The Toyota Hilux GR-S III is a good-looking bakkie and a solid double cab, but not a direct rival for the potent Ford Ranger Raptor.
Widebody and extra drag result in a slower sprint time for attractive double cab.as a global company have always played by their own conservative rules. The Japanese carmaker has never been forced into rushing new cars and tech to the market and then having to backtrack. In South Africa, this cannot be more obvious than with the Toyota Hilux.offer the freshest tech and powertrains. And the Nissan Navara and Isuzu D-Max can also bring whatever they have to the party.
Flared wheel arches and aggressive styling cues not only make this bakkie look mean. They make it physically wider and longer in the front and the rear. It is just as imposing. The Toyota Hilux GR-S III also features an optimised front and rear suspension, bigger 17-inch front brake discs and new 15-inch rear discs, and an increased ride height that offers an improved approach angle for those that will always test the “go anywhere” off-road capabilities of their bakkie.Almost every comparative box gets ticked. But the Blue Oval has a 292kW/583Nm fire-breathing Ford Ranger Raptor with all the latest tech in the world loaded in the cabin.
Of course, the Ford Ranger Raptor kills them all with a time of 6.90 seconds to 100 km/h. But then it becomes the more realistic battle of the diesels with the older Hilux GR-S II next at 10.32 seconds, the Isuzu D-Max AT35 at 10.91 seconds and the newcomer Toyota Hilux GR-S III a fraction behind them at 10.94 seconds.That widebody and extra drag will do this to the figures.
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