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What do you get when you cross a HiLux with a Tonka?

Toyota Australia has just released a behind the scenes look at their new HiLux – Tonka concept. For Toyota Australia’s product design team, combining the tough and enduring DNA of HiLux and Tonka was a …

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May 30 2017

May 30 2017

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Toyota Australia has just released a behind the scenes look at their new HiLux – Tonka concept.

For Toyota Australia’s product design team, combining the tough and enduring DNA of HiLux and Tonka was a natural fit. Both are bywords for “tough”: Tonka with its enviable reputation for rugged trucks, and the unbreakable Toyota HiLux being not just the best-selling workhorse for over 18 years, but Australia’s best-selling vehicle for 2016.

As well as a short sneak peak of the HiLux – Tonka concept.

This article was originally posted by Mr. 4X4.

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