This week’s video features a mashup concept vehicle that will resonate with anyone for whom Tonka Trucks were a childhood staple.
Toyota Australia has taken its HiLux off-roader and given it a Tonka makeover, increasing the ride-height by 150mm, and introducing a high-riding axle, heavy-duty suspension and 35-inch diameter tyres. The rugged HiLux Tonka Concept also features a carbon fibre skin on the bonnet and tailgate, while storage boxes in the truck bed contain a fire extinguisher, axe, shovel and high-lift jack – everything a big kid needs to get in and out of trouble.
Underneath the famous black and yellow Tonka livery, a 2.8 litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel provides the grunt. The video shows the truck tackling some fairly extreme dunes somewhere in Oz, complete with oversized football and bucket & spade. King of the sandpit indeed.
want one!
The want is strong on this one!
No outback there, those are coastal sand dunes, possibly Stockton (just north of Newcastle, NSW).
Thanks for the heads up Iain. Amended now.
It is great, like to see more pictures and Technical achievements.