Despite significant interest still being shown, Toyota has indicated that the half-ton Hilux Champ still 'isn't ready' for South Africa.
Version of the Thai-market Hilux Champ has been alluded to, but remains under investigation with no exact date of arrival planned for now.
Subsequently, Theron remarked at Toyota’s State of the Motor Industry conference at the beginning of the year that a local launch remains uncertain, adding, “we are looking at various options, hopefully, to bring it into the country, but I cannot give you 100% confirmation. If it does come, it will be much later”.
Last present in the segment more than four decades ago with the Stallion spun-off of the Venture, itself a local market development of the South East Asian Kijang, Kirby said the need for an entry-levelA broad range of customisation parts can be specified for the Champ in Thailand. Image: Toyota Thailand
“, right now, we don’t have approval to manufacture it in South Africa and we don’t have immediate plans to launch it either. But it is not something we are discounting. We are investigating it and we will certainly look for every opportunity if it makes sense for us to introduce it”.Comprising eight models in Thailand, the rear-wheel-drive only Champ, a layout incidentally also used by the Stallion, derives motivation from three engines shared with the Hilux; the normally aspirated 2.
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