{"id":61281,"date":"2021-01-30T02:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=61281"},"modified":"2021-01-29T08:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T13:41:09","slug":"toyotas-invincible-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/01\/30\/toyotas-invincible-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota&#8217;s Invincible Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tya0zX7czD4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Big Car<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 1 Nov 2020<\/p>\n<p>Toyota&#8217;s best-selling vehicle is the long-running Toyota Corolla, but second is Toyota&#8217;s resilient pickup the Hilux that&#8217;s been sold for over 50 years. No matter where you are in the world, you&#8217;ll likely find one moving up to a ton of cargo down a dusty lane. In the process it&#8217;s turned into a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde vehicle. On the one hand it&#8217;s the basic indestructible commercial vehicle that thousands of businesses rely on every day. On the other it&#8217;s become a well-specced weekend leisure vehicle. And in some cases it&#8217;s a bit of both! So why did this unassuming vehicle get a place of honour at the <em>Top Gear<\/em> studio, and what other successful vehicles have been born out of this long-running pickup?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to support what I do, and get early access to advert-free videos and exclusive channel updates, please consider supporting the channel from just $1 or 80p a month: <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/bigcar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/patreon.com\/bigcar<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-30-Toyota\u2019s-Invincible-Truck.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-30-Toyota\u2019s-Invincible-Truck-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-62895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-30-Toyota\u2019s-Invincible-Truck-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-30-Toyota\u2019s-Invincible-Truck-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-30-Toyota\u2019s-Invincible-Truck-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-30-Toyota\u2019s-Invincible-Truck.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Car Published 1 Nov 2020 Toyota&#8217;s best-selling vehicle is the long-running Toyota Corolla, but second is Toyota&#8217;s resilient pickup the Hilux that&#8217;s been sold for over 50 years. No matter where you are in the world, you&#8217;ll likely find one moving up to a ton of cargo down a dusty lane. 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