2012 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck Facelift

2012 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck facelift Front Angle View

2012 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck facelift Front Side View

2012 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck facelift Rear Angle View

2012 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck facelift Cockpit Dashboard View

Toyota has blessed the European market Hilux pickup with a mid-life facelift for the model of 2012 years. Cosmetic surgery starts with the exterior clad, sporting a newly designed front of a different grille, chrome, new hood, headlights and front bumper profits. That changes with the new front and rear wings, a new generation of 15 – and 17-inch steel and alloy rims and new mirrors.

On the inside, Toyota redesigned the upper part of the dashboard and instrument panel, while the Company “sent out by the introduction of a uniform dark with a more consistent color in the interior, and the addition of silver decoration” also claims to improve the perceived quality.

Under the body, with the launch of the variable nozzle turbo, the 2012 Hilux 2WD 2.5-liter D-4D models benefit from a 24 hp power increase with the four-cylinder diesel engine is now rated at 144 horses, 3,600 rpm and 343 nm at 2000 revolutions per minute.

Toyota says that despite the extra power, combined cycle consumption of 1.0 km to 7.3 km lt/100 lt/100 (32.2mpg 38.7mpg U.S. or UK) is reduced, while CO2 emissions have been reduced by 26 g / km to 193 g / km.

In addition, the 2012MY 2WD versions with the chassis of the 4WD models, which increases the vehicle ground clearance and towing capacity have increased to 2.5 tons.

For the 2012MY, both the 2.5-liter D-4D and the more powerful 3.0-liter D-4D with a diesel particulate filter (DPF).

Besides the two diesel engines, European buyers of the 2012 Hilux also have a choice of three body styles, manual and automatic transmissions and two-or four-wheel drive layout.