Toyota HiLux 2023 to be released this year with upgraded Rogue flagship
Australia’s best-selling new vehicle will be refreshed in late 2022, with the revamped Rogue flagship offering rear disc brakes and wider tracks – plus technological upgrades for the best-selling SR5.
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It Toyota HiLux 2023 will see the introduction of major upgrades across its lineup, with key safety technologies added for the high-end model, and two overhauled flagship variants – one of which is the GR Sport HiLux.
Because by the end of 2022, the HiLux lineup will be updated with key blind-spot safety technologies – consisting of blind-spot monitoring, rear traffic warning and 360-degree camera – and an immobilizer for the SR5, as well as trim changes for the SR.
Prices will go up as part of the update, with Toyota dealers earlier this year suggesting a hike of between $600 and $1400 – but it’s unclear if the new Rogue will be included in this.
However, the 2023 upgrade is a revamped Rogue model – one of the two new flagships, the other replacing the Rugged X with a “new apex off-road model,” presumably sporting the GR Sport badge.
The HiLux Rogue 2023 will benefit from a 140mm wider front and rear track and a 20mm higher ride height, providing better stance on the road, and improving on-road and off-road dynamics.
It will also introduce ventilated rear disc brakes to the current generation HiLux lineup for the first time, replacing drum brakes – while the front disc brakes will be made 25mm larger.
The rear disc brake upgrade brings the Toyota HiLux in line with the new generation Ford Ranger, as well as the old and new Volkswagen Amarok, and the more affordable LDV T60, GWM Ute and SsangYong Musso.
Other markets – including the Nissan Navara, Mitsubishi Triton, Isuzu D-Max and Mazda BT-50 – are sticking with the rear drum brake, which is cheaper, but still quite effective.
Toyota’s media bulletin made no mention of the rear disc brakes – or upgraded front brakes – spreading to lower variants in the range, including the best-selling SR5.
However, there is no mention of any power to use the new brakes, with the current 150kW/500Nm 2.8 liter turbo-diesel HiLux four-cylinder to carry, with the six-speed automatic standard in the Rogue class.
A V6 diesel-powered Toyota HiLux going up against Ford’s new 3.0-liter turbo-diesel Ranger V6 is unlikely before the next generation model arrives, which is expected sometime in 2025.
To accommodate the wider track width of the new Rogue, Toyota says the front suspension arms have been extended, the rear axle has been extended, the rear dampers are brought further towards the wheels, and for the first time on the HiLux, the rear stabilizer (anti-roll rods).
Combined with a 20 percent increase in roll stiffness, Toyota says the updated Rogue offering “[improved] steering feels when cornering and changing lanes
Incorporating wider wheels and tires – which seem to carry over from the current Rogue, with Dunlop tires and 18-inch alloy wheels – were wider fender flares, new fenders, and an “extended front body”.
The current HiLux Rugged X will be discontinued, and new “top off-road models” added at a later date – with all further details to be announced “in due course”.
While it’s not yet confirmed, the new off-road flagship could sport the GR Sport branding – but it’s unclear which of the four GR Sport HiLux models are available overseas (Japan, Thailand, Europe and South Africa).
Along with the upgraded flagship variant, the dual cab version of the Toyota HiLux SR5 will get new safety technologies – blind spot monitoring, rear traffic warning and 360-degree camera – in line with its main competitors.
However, while these features are standard on every Isuzu D-Max, Mazda BT-50 and Ford Ranger, they are only installed on the HiLux SR5 double cab – as well as the Rogue above it – with the cheaper WorkMate/SR model, and the SR5 Extra Cabin. too bad to miss.
Also new for the HiLux SR5 (and Rogue) 2023 dual cab are pool lights in the rearview mirror – replacing the heating function – and the ID Box anti-theft immobilizer on the automatic version, replacing the steering column lock.
Meanwhile, the extra-cab and dual-cab SR models get 17-inch black alloy wheels to replace the steel ones, along with new body-coloured door handles.
It Toyota HiLux 2023 Maturity range in Australian showrooms in the fourth quarter of 2022 (October to December). Dealers reported first arrivals in October, after production begins next month.
Pricing will be confirmed closer to launch, but dealers have been warned to expect an increase of between $600 and $1400.
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