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xedeon | 1 year ago

The upcoming Toyota Hilux Champ is a modern alternative to the venerable Kei Truck.

https://www.motor1.com/news/701958/toyota-hilux-champ-cheap-...

I really hope Toyota brings it to the U.S. it will sell like hotcakes. I really like the modularity aspect the most.

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bamboozled|1 year ago

The kei car or truck is a class of vehicles of a certain engine size in which owners don’t have to pay road tax in Japan. This includes Suzuki Jimny.

I don’t really see how one model of car can take on like 50 models of car ?

The champ looks larger than most kei cars anyway…so it’s a different class of vehicle.

xedeon|1 year ago

Key word is “alternative” which is what I alluded to. It fits most of the use cases of the Kei class of vehicles and the price is really attractive.

I was also referring outside of the Japanese domestic market. Which the Hilux Champ is slated to be released.

nrp|1 year ago

The Telo Truck is more directly a modern take on getting the most truck into the smallest footprint: https://telotrucks.com/

xedeon|1 year ago

Yeah, but that's an EV with a base price of $49,999, whereas the Hi-lux is around $10-12K. That's coming from someone who has been an all-EV household since 2017.

zdragnar|1 year ago

Oh wow, that would do insanely well here.