I just got back from a trek through Australia and New Zealand, and besides the natural scenery the thing I drooled over most was all of the Hilux I saw! It's amazing what the rest of the world does with these trucks. I'm assuming they're basically Tacomas with slight modifications, right?
I thought it was interesting to see that all the highway work crews all had Hilux - here in the US people in construction think anything less than a F250 might as well be a Yugo. Yet over there, the Hilux handle it all. In 6 weeks, I only saw 2 full size trucks - both of those were in camper van parks towing trailers.
I wish Toyota would bring their diesel to the US, and drop the Tacoma's back to the same size they were from '04 and earlier... Bigger is not always better. Heck, I even heard on the radio while in Australia that they just passed the US as the fattest country on the planet - and they still make out fine in their smaller trucks!
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