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Pete:

--- Quote from: DQ12 on November 07, 2023, 01:33:36 PM ---Imagine buying a new pickup for 10k, but unobtainable because no form of it would never be available in the US  at anywhere near that price point.


--- Quote ---First Drive: Toyota's $10,000 Pickup Truck Is Perfect. So, Why Are We Sad?
This Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Series lookalike is a no-frills, cost-reduced Hilux flatbed/pickup optimized for lower-GDP markets.

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The Toyota Tacoma pickup is built in America for Americans and Canadians, to dodge the "chicken tax," but 181 other countries around the world get the Toyota Hilux pickup. It looks a bit like our Tacoma, but more basic. You'd recognize it from global news footage of relief aid or conflict areas. Well, apparently it had gotten a trifle fancy and at about $15,200 to start, it was pricing itself out of some of those markets. The Toyota IMV 0 intends to fill in that low-cost space beneath the Hilux with a target starting price of $10,000. It made its debut at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show, wearing cool Land Cruiser 70 Series style. Shortly after the Tokyo show, we took one for a spin.

Back To Basics
Toyota has rethought every inch if this truck with an eye toward cost optimization and delivering everything that's absolutely necessary and nothing that's not. The development team even invited upfitters from around the globe to weigh in on how to better optimize the chassis and cab for to prepare them for aftermarket builds. Here are some the changes, what's still included, or what's been left out:

All flat glazing for the windshield, side, and rear windows

Flatbed with no sides as standard, with a limited number of upgrades like the drop-side model we drove

No anti-lock braking, but a load-sensitive proportioning valve is standard, and ABS will be optional (Hilux's standard ABS makes it difficult for upfitters to install heavier-duty rear axles)

No airbags (these will also be optionally available or standard in some markets)

No armrests, just door pockets that double as door pulls

Crank windows

Plastic and rubber galore inside

Hilux control-arm, coil-sprung front/leaf-sprung rear chassis easily upgraded for higher GVWR

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https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2025-toyota-imv-0-pickup-truck-first-drive-review-japan-mobility-show/[/list]

cc @Pete !!

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Man, I saw this announcement too and immediately thought this is some bullshit that we cannot buy this thing.

Katpappy:
Supposedly, Toyto is coming out with a small truck that will compete with Ford Maverick with the "24 Stout, which will start at $22,000.

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