China is currently the world's second largest pickup truck consumer market, and pickup penetration of less than 2% means that there is room for further growth in market capacity in the future. Coupled with the rise of high-end, passenger and intelligent concepts, overseas pickup brands have turned their attention to China and regarded the Chinese market as the next focus of their globalization strategy. Mitsubishi, GMC, Ford, and Jeep have all begun to promote the process of their products entering China, including medium-sized pickups, full-size pickups and electric pickups, of which the Ford Raptor and Jeep Gladiator have officially opened pre-sale.
Several overseas imported pickup trucks are staring at the Chinese market at the same time, as one of the world's pickup truck giants Toyota naturally can not be left behind, there is news that the new European version of the Hilux model is expected to land in China through parallel import channels. A few days ago, Toyota Overlord 2800 diesel version has officially passed the parallel import of China VI environmental protection test, parallel importers immediately introduced a 2022 European version of Hilux 2800 diesel version to participate in the National VI environmental protection test, it is said that the new car is expected to be able to complete the National VI environmental protection test project in June, obtain emission licenses to land in the domestic market.
The 2022 European version of Hilux is the latest version of the model, the four-door short bucket version is about 5.35 meters long, and the basic four-door short bucket version imported into China is a four-door short bucket version. The appearance of the new car adopts Toyota's latest generation of family design language, the whole car appears more rigid and powerful, and the new mid-grid grid outline has a circle of frosted chrome decoration, which is very designed. The headlights of the new car have also been updated, and the new LED light group is more exquisite in shape and looks bright. The lines on the side of the body are also thicker, with black wheel eyebrows appearing very strong, the tail change is small, and only the LED taillight shape has been adjusted.
The interior design layout of the new car is basically consistent with the previous generation model, and the position of some buttons has been adjusted and optimized, which has raised the overall grade of the interior by one stage. In terms of configuration, it has 8-inch multimedia display, 4.2-inch color instrument display, 7 airbags, keyless entry, one-touch start, leather multi-function steering wheel, electric folding exterior mirrors, adaptive LED brake lights, particle filters, Apple Carplay / Android Auto, lane departure warning, automatic dual LED headlights, Follow-me-home kinetic energy integrated in the main headlights, etc.
In terms of power, as mentioned at the beginning, the new car is equipped with Toyota's latest 2.8L four-cylinder diesel engine, the maximum power is 202 horsepower, the peak torque is 500N·m, the power is increased by 15.3% compared with the old model, the torque is increased by 11.1%, matching the 6-speed automatic transmission, the new car also provides a manual version, but the manual version of the torque is reduced to 420N·m. In addition, the new Hilux has a payload of 1010 kg, a towing capacity of 3500 kg, a trailer load of 750 kg, a ground clearance of 310 mm, an approach angle of 29°, a departure angle of 27°, and a wading depth of up to 700mm.
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