Guide to Foreign (Non-USA) Model Toyotas

[IronClad]

that thing looks like its going to fall over just sitting there lol

[hansi530]

can i please have all of them foreign yotas are sooo rad

[kneedownnate]

Had a similar one come by the shop a few months back and snapped a pic on my phone, just don't have a way to post pics from my phone here.

[Rocksurfer]

Had a similar one come by the shop a few months back and snapped a pic on my phone, just don't have a way to post pics from my phone here.

email it to yourself.

[46&2]

Australia 4WD Action magazine just launched a cool new web series that follows the crew on 4WD adventures all across Australia. Sounds like they will be putting out a new episode about once a month. First one is up, looks like its going to be an awesome series. 

http://www.4wdaction.com.au/video/webisodes

Also a small shameless plug for my Facebook page, we are almost up to 500 fans. 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Toyota-Bring-the-70-Series-Landcruiser-and-Diesel-Engine-Options-to-USA/114538188610595

[HogCanyonHopper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk6KJXeOM0k

[46&2]

Toyota is bringing a double cab 70 series to the market down under. Pretty cool.

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/53674/2013-toyota-landcruiser-70-series-dual-cab

[TimberlineBryce]

The Volkswagen Taro (Toyota Hilux)

In January 1989,[1]Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles introduced a 1 tonne pickup truck, called the Volkswagen Taro, to complement the half tonne Caddy pickup / panel van ranges, and the 1 tonne Transporter van and chassis cab ranges. The name "tarō" is a suffix used in Japanese to denote the oldest brother or son, or the first born son of a family.

The Taro though, was a project of badge engineering. The Taro was a rebadged Toyota Hilux - fully engineered and designed by Toyota.

The two companies came together to solve each others problems:

Volkswagen Group at the time did not have a one-tonne pickup truck;
Toyota wanted European market share of European 1 tonne utility market.
So in the late 1980s, Volkswagen Group and Toyota signed an agreement that Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles would manufacture the Toyota Hilux at its VWCV factory in Hanover, Germany, and it would be sold under the Volkswagen Taro moniker.

The first Taros manufactured in Hanover, Germany, from 1989-1994 had a 2.4 litre diesel engine with 61 kilowatts (83 PS; 82 bhp), torque was 165 newton metres (122 lbf·ft) at 2,400 rpm, with loading space of 3.4 square metres (37 sq ft) and a 1,125 kilograms (2,480 lb) payload.

In September 1994 at the IAA Nutfahrzeuge (Commercial Vehicle Fair) in Hanover, Germany,[2] Volkswagen released the four-wheel drive version of the Taro which had an extended cabin.

The 4x4 Extended Cab Taro was manufactured in Toyota's Tahara plant in Japan, but now the Taro had an updated 2.4 litre diesel engine which produced 58 kilowatts (79 PS; 78 bhp) at 4,000 rpm and torque of 163 newton metres (120 lbf·ft) at 2,400 rpm.

The 4x4 Taro had a 2.9 square metres (31 sq ft) loading space and 815 kilograms (1,797 lb) payload, but could tow 750 kilograms (1,653 lb) without brakes, and 2,100 kilograms (4,630 lb) with brakes.

The joint venture ended in 1996, due to sales failing to meet either car marques expectations.

[46&2]

Cool 70 Series commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RgfXL3dVHwE

[yota_krawler]

everytime i look at this thread i think, man the US got screwed in the toy department! Love the thread though.

[46&2]

This was posted in the "Picture of the Day" thread on PBB. Supposedly somewhere in Nor Cal. Ok, fess up, whose rig is this and how did you get it here?!?!

Left hand drive, 12 volt guy switches and Marlin Crawler dual cases.... looks to be a newer model too.     

[46&2]

I had forgotten that Proffitt's Cruisers had imported several 70 series cabs and beds and dropped them on 60 and 80 series chassis. This must be one of them.

[Rocksurfer]

You can find 70's in Canada.

[zembalayan]

I had forgotten that Proffitt's Cruisers had imported several 70 series cabs and beds and dropped them on 60 and 80 series chassis. This must be one of them.

I saw that rig in person earlier this year at Georg of Valley Hybrids Stockton Swap Meet.  Everything was so sweet.  I spoke with the owner maybe and others there who seemed to know some more about the rig.  I also heard its body was sourced via Proffitt's, which was one of seven or so 2010 bodies originally from middle Eastern 70 series cruisers, but its chassis and drive train originally belonged to a former north American mining truck so that rig is all 70 series to the bone, including its diesel power plant. 

Still a lot of the story remains a mystery, but I know you would have loved drooling over just as much as I did!

[46&2]

[KDXSR5]

'Tis AWESOME!!!

[BUDDERS]

Me likey!   I'd like to see the inside setup too.

[46&2]

Me likey!   I'd like to see the inside setup too.

Me too. Unfortunately, have not been able to find interior shots.

This is the new (to the Australian market) 70 Series Double Cab.

[steveco.]

whats the reasoning for the cage in the back to come stock? farm use i assume?

[Rocksurfer]

Unlike in the U.S., trucks in some countries are used for more things than to tote your dirtbike in.

[BigMike]

Sad news on the 70-series...

Toyota killing off 70 series

An Australian bush icon will cease to exist within five years when tightening safety and emissions requirements force the discontinuation of Toyota’s long-running 70 Series LandCruiser.

The long-awaited availability of ABS brakes from October and an all-new dual-cab version also due on sale by year’s end will be the final additions to the aged 70 Series range before the popular ute, wagon and Troop Carrier line-up is killed off.

Toyota Australia Product Planning Division Manager Greg Gardner recently confirmed to motoring.com.au there will be no replacement for the 70 Series, which dates back to 1984 in Australia.

“There are no plans to replace the 70 Series,” he said. “Five years down the track it will probably peter out.”

Mr Gardner said the 70 Series range would continue to be sold while demand continued in its biggest markets, including the Middle East and Australia, where the 70 Series remains popular with fleet buyers including mining and agricultural companies.

More than 60 per cent of 70 Series sales go to fleet buyers, who in turn support a significant local aftermarket industry that fits rollover safety equipment to most mining company vehicles to meet OH&S requirements.

Sales of the LandCruiser ute were up almost 40 percent in the first half of this year, with no fewer than 4228 examples sold to June – representing 7.3 per cent of a 4x4 ute segment that is dominated by Toyota’s HiLux (24.1 per cent), followed by the Nissan Navara (21.3 per cent), Mitsubishi Triton (12 per cent), Ford Ranger (8.3 per cent) and Mazda BT-50 (7.5 per cent).

So far in 2012 the LandCruiser ute has outsold popular 4x4 utes including the Isuzu D-Max, Holden Colorado, Volkswagen Amarok, Great Wall V240, Land Rover Defender and Nissan Patrol, while a large proportion of the 5713 LandCruiser wagons to this year were also 70 Series models.

Mr Gardner describes the 70 Series as a “backbone” model that Toyota Australia cannot get enough of. “We sell as many as we can get,” he said.

However, all that will change in 2013 when Australian mining giant BHP Billiton, which is a major Toyota fleet customer, requires all vehicles purchased for its fleet - not just in Australia but globally - to come with a five-star (maximum) NCAP safety rating.

While the 70 Series will finally be available with ABS brakes from October, it will never be fitted with electronic stability control or side curtain airbags, without which it cannot achieve a five-star NCAP rating.

Toyota has confirmed it will upgrade its entire HiLux range to qualify for a five-star ANCAP safety rating next year, when stability control and a full complement of airbags will become standard across the range, rather than on selected premium models.

Toyota says it has advised BHP of the upcoming HiLux upgrade and is working closely with key fleet buyers to ensure the 70 Series continues to meet their requirements. Mr Gardner pointed out that ‘sunset’ clauses within the new BHP safety policy would allow continued sales of the 70 Series to BHP for an unspecified period.

A ‘grandfather’ clause within BHP’s strict new vehicle buying policy will allow its fleet purchasers to continue to buy HiLux models with a four-star safety rating until the upgraded five-star models become available, but it will not apply to the three-star 70 Series.

“The 70 Series is appropriately named because that’s when it was designed – in the 1970s,” said Mr Gardner. “It is what it is. It’s a light truck that deals in a specific market segment and meets the requirements of the buyers within that segment. The 70 Series is a heavy-duty off-road vehicle and people accept it for what it is.

“We’re working closely with the miners regarding the future of the 70 Series. We’re discussing a lot of those safety issues going forward and all HiLux models will be five-star next year. There’s still demand for the 70 Series. (But) It will gradually peter out.”

The same fate is likely to meet Nissan’s existing Patrol, which also dates back decades and also comes with a three-star ANCAP rating. The current Patrol will continue to be available in wagon and ute form beyond the launch of the new Patrol wagon early next year, although Nissan Australia says the model will continue on sale “indefinitely”.

Toyota introduced an upgraded 70 Series in March 2007 with a new 4.5-litre V8 diesel engine, while an updated interior comprising twin front airbags was fitted to all 70 Series models in September 2009. Similarly, Toyota introduced a facelifted HiLux in September last year, when ABS became standard across the range, and stability control and curtain airbags were made standard, but only in four top-shelf variants.

This is despite the introduction of all-new five-star Ranger, BT-50 and Amarok ute models this year, and last month’s launch of the redesigned Colorado ute, which was also awarded a five-star ANCAP crash rating this week.

The HiLux has been Australia’s top-selling ute for 15 years, and is regularly the top-selling vehicle – bar none – in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Other utes to come into BHP’s firing line will be the Navara and Triton – Australia’s second- and third-best selling utes – which currently both come with a four-star ANCAP rating.

Mr Gardner suggested the all-new 70 Series dual-cab - which will join single-cab/chassis (pictured), five-door wagon and Troop Carrier derivatives on sale soon – would not have been developed if Toyota knew how limited its life span would be.

“The (70 Series) dual-cab was designed before BHP announced its five-star safety requirement (in May),” he said. “We’ll do ABS from August production, but there will be no VSC for any 70 Series.”

One third of compensable work related fatalities involve a vehicle and ANCAP has encouraged other businesses to follow the lead of BHP’s safety policy, which steps ahead of the federal government’s light commercial vehicle policy. From July 1, all LCVs purchased by the Australian government are required to have a four-star safety rating.

Source: http://forum.ih8mud.com/70-series-tech/604959-toyota-killing-off-70-series.html

[madhunt]

boo

[46&2]

Sad news on the 70-series...

Source: http://forum.ih8mud.com/70-series-tech/604959-toyota-killing-off-70-series.html

Very sad news indeed. More proof that increasing regulations and safety requirements will eliminate heavy duty, reliable workhorses from the market entirely. Pretty incredible that ONE corporation's rules are capable of shaping an entire market in Australia. Australia and the Middle East were the last strongholds, if you will, of solid axle, heavy duty diesel Toyotas. I am sure the diesels will persist but it looks Toyota is finally caving and wussifying Toyotas internationally. 

And BigMike, I fully 100% agree with your post on MUD. The wild success of the Wrangler/Rubicon makes me want to pound my head against the wall when I see Toyota's weak responses (Tacoma TRX ).

[46&2]

On their way around the world, Expeditions 7 passes through Engineer Pass in a Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series pick-up with an ultimate goal of rural Eastern Colorado later that night. The image was taken on a Canon 5D MKIII, with a Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L lens. The image was exposed for 1/2000th of a second, with an F-number of 4.0.

Image by Scott Brady

[Zs Confederate Toy]

That's a great pic! I love wheelin here in CO. Views like that are second to none

[46&2]

That's a great pic! I love wheelin here in CO. Views like that are second to none

Yes it is. You guys have some amazing scenery out there.

[46&2]

If you have 20 Gs to spare you can have yourself a 1986 BJ73 in Alabama.

http://rmr4x4.com/web/1178/vehicle/1278586/1986-Toyota-Land%20Cruiser-BJ73

[46&2]

Keep your fingers crossed, but hopefully Toyota jumps on the emerging new US diesel market. Chevy, Mazda, and now Chrysler are planning to bring diesels to the US market in the next year or two. Best news is, Chrysler's new diesel with be a Ram 1500. More hope for a small truck diesel to materialize....

by James R. Healey, USA TODAY

Published: 02/15/2013 11:43am

Chrysler Group will announce Thursday that it will offer a diesel in the standard-duty Ram 1500 pickup in the third quarter this year, making it the first modern half-ton pickup in the U.S. market with a diesel power option.

That should attract a significant number of buyers, because while a diesel typically costs more than a gasoline engine up front, it uses less fuel, has greater pulling power, often lasts longer and has higher resale value — dollars-and-cents issues important to business users who account for many pickup sales.

Ram's internal studies show that "customers have been emphatically asking for this, thirsting for it, craving it," said Fred Diaz, CEO of Chrysler's Ram brand in a phone interview from Mexico (Diaz is also CEO of Chrysler de Mexico).

He wouldn't forecast sales, but said, "The business case (for Ram) is a positive one. This isn't just a little side note. We plan to do good business with the diesel."

That's because he thinks the pool of half-ton diesel buyers is deep. "This isn't a one-and-done or a fad," he said.

Copyright 2013 USATODAY.com

[46&2]

Super clean, and super pricey BJ70 for sale in Florida. 

http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/3716821861.html

[HogCanyonHopper]

http://perth.craigslist.com.au/cto/3746724145.html  that is sweeet!