Another record month for Toyota HiLux, despite wait times

It is not the most recent ute on the block – that would be the Ford Ranger – yet the venerable Toyota HiLux just broke its second successive month-to-month revenue report.

The HiLux was Australia’s top rated-offering vehicle in July with 6441 profits, up 40 per cent above July 2021. This result follows a history June in which the HiLux managed 7582 revenue – its most effective single every month tally at any time. 

A great deal of these have been deliveries to prospects who’d been waiting around quite some time, with sellers reporting regular wait around instances on significant-desire grades of HiLux of all around 6-12 months.

This period of time is shorter than numerous other Toyotas, led by the LandCruiser 70 for which orders are paused, and the prime-advertising RAV4 Hybrid.

HiLux revenue so considerably this yr sit at 38,412 (up 17.5 for each cent yr-on-calendar year) as opposed to 22,728 for the Ford Ranger. Of this HiLux tally, 28,693 are the much more highly-priced 4×4 versions.  

This YTD progress figure indicates existing shortages – as significantly as Toyota is worried in any case – are as much a result of need spikes, as they are provide snags.

The new Ranger is just coming on stream now, whilst Ford launched keeping shut to 20,000 orders and claimed to be bringing 10,000 models to dealers throughout July and August.

Ford finished up marketing 2934 new and runout Rangers in July, although it was continue to potent adequate to be the market’s variety-two motor vehicle all round, although outgunning the rival Isuzu D-Max (1930) and Mitsubishi Triton (1879) as very well.

We’re expecting major, big Ranger tallies in August and September.

When the HiLux is beginning to seem really dated next to the Ranger – not that it’s hurting level of popularity still – Toyota has promised some updates prior to the close of 2022 in a bid to sustain the rage.

It’s giving the Australian-designed HiLux Rogue flagship a important makeover, providing it a meaner glance, wider keep track of and peak, revised suspension, and upgraded brakes. It is also preparing on some minor characteristic improvements for the SR and massive-advertising SR5. 

Of possibly the most interest, Toyota Australia will axe the HiLux Rugged X flagship and substitute it with a new “apex off-road variant” – evidently with a single eye on Ford’s warm-selling new Ranger Raptor which has 4000 pre-orders and counting.

Without having confirming considerably in the way of depth, the unnamed HiLux halo will be developed and suitably modified by Toyota Australia at its Melbourne Product Centre – as was the case with the Rugged X, and the upgraded Rogue spinoff.

Ute sales for January to July 2022