WHAT’S IN A NAME?

WITH NO PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS, IS THE HILUX TRD WORTHY OF THE TOYOTA RACING DEVELOPMENT NOMENCLATURE?

THE HILUX TRD’S 2.8-LITRE ENGINE IS SMOOTH, QUIET AND TORQUEY DOWN LOW, BUT ALSO HAPPY TO REV HARD WHEN ASKED IT HAS been almost ten years since the TRD nameplate was attached to a Hilux. That was the previous generation Hilux – and a petrol V6 at that. TRD stands for Toyota Racing Development, a division within Toyota that deals with racing and performance parts. The previous (launched in 2008) Hilux TRD was a product of Toyota Australia’s TRD division and came with a supercharger for the 4.0-litre petrol V6, Bilstein sports suspension, bigger front brake callipers and rotors, a body kit, and numerous styling details. Thanks to the supercharger, the power was up by nearly 30 per cent – to 225kW – and torque up 20 per cent to 453Nm. Nice…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2017

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