The Small Engine Shop
Holding Cell 0.0 => Off Topic Posts => Topic started by: smallengineshop on February 08, 2025, 05:44:38 PM
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This video shows the Toyota IMV 0/Hilux model pickup truck sold over seas with the base model coming in at $10,000. To be fair, the model in the video is more than $10,000, because it obviously comes with optional equipment. The base model is configured as a two wheel drive, gas powered 4 cylinder engine with a flat bed in back. The truck is so basic it doesn't even come with interior trim where you would expect it on a truck sold in America. What makes this truck so attractive is it's low starting price, and the option to configure it from the factory anyway you want. You can even replace the flat bed with a box, and turn it into a mini box truck. But don't expect it to come to America, because it won't. It's impossible for Toyota to offer it at this price in the United States. But even if Toyota had to double the price, it would still sell well in North America in my opinion.
Do you know:
- The cheapest new Toyota truck in America is close to $35,000 after taxes, fees and licensing.
- Japanese manufacturers now sale UTV's with features normally only seen on cars and trucks. Some cost as much as $30k or more in USA.
- Federal safety regulations alone make the Asian Toyota IMV 0/Hilux model impossible to sell in USA.
If Toyota brought this pickup truck to America they would be stepping on so many hands including their own. The reason I mentioned UTV's in this list is because it would make more sense to buy this Toyota truck than many of these over priced UTV's.