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SPY PICS: 2015 Toyota HiLux
Next generation of Toyota's top-selling workhorse snapped testing in southern Europe is expected to arrive locally in 2015The next generation Toyota HiLux that is expected to arrive locally some time in 2015 will benefit from significant development input from Australia.
These photos snapped by spy photographers Automedia in southern Europe show the die was cast for the next-gen HiLux when the up-sized N70 series was introduced locally in 2005.
Although subject to various upgrades in a model life that will stretch out to 10 years by the time it is replaced, the HiLux as we know it today set the stage for a new generation of workhorse utes now spearheaded by the likes of Ford Ranger/Mazda BT-50, Nissan Navara, Volkswagen Amarok and Mitsubishi Triton.
Looking at the spy photos, the shapes seem very similar to the current HiLux. The overall proportions of this dual-cab ute look as if they could be interchangeable with the HiLux we know and love.
About the only changes clearly visible – apart from a new-look front end with redesigned headlights, a bold, Toyota-signature lower air intake and a slightly different rear with re-profiled bumpers – is the re-shaped side window line incorporating a kicked-back C-pillar. The A-pillars also appear to flow into the bonnet line more smoothly.
Automedia also reckons the HiLux looks to have a larger cabin than currently, which could well be the case, although it's unlikely any increase in dimensions here would compromise the rear load space.
No scuttlebutt yet on powerplants for the next HiLux, but it could reasonably be expected that an upgraded version of the current 126kW/343Nm 3.0-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel will figure in Toyota's plans.
Word is that the new series HiLux will be joined in 2015 by the co-developed, Holden Colorado-style Toyota Fortuner workhorse/SUV that will virtually reprise the HiLux-based Toyota 4Runner that was discontinued here in 1996.
The HiLux and Fortuner, like the current generation Prado, will benefit from the input of the company's Melbourne-based Toyota Technical Centre.
– with Automedia
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