You have to assemble the Toyota Pick-up for 12.000 euros all by yourself

Toyota has recently introduced the model Hilux Champ for Thailand. It's a model pick-up truck, which due to its design fulfills many requirements. The manufacturer wanted it to be affordable and pragmatic, so they decided to make it fully manufactured by future customers.

dr. Jurachart Jongusuk, chief engineer Toyota's IMV platforms, is for Road & Track described the truck as “70 percent complete", the last ones 30 percent is made by the customer. Champ (the production version of the IMV 0 concept) is therefore a blank canvas. Toyota indicated the possibilities of z a range of concepts, including an ambulance, a food truck, a vending machine and other creative applications. For cost reduction the manufacturer also applied its strict in the supply chain The Toyota Production System. Engineers visited suppliers and shared their knowledge to improve the process and reduce costs. The company went so far as to paint the rear leaf spring hangers in different colors to save money.

Toyota will hand over 70% of the vehicle to Hilux Champ buyers, and the remaining 30% is in the hands of the owners of this vehicle, which is manufactured in Thailand.

On the loading surface pick-up truck they are screw holes to which you can attach whatever you want. Toyota Motor Thailand will also refer you to more than 100 accessory manufacturers, which can be retrofitted Hilux Champ. By design, the vehicle is more of a pick-up with a rear chassis commercial purposes like a car. It's designed for work. Hilux Champ with two-wheel drive, it is available in short and long wheelbase versions. Three engines are also available: 2,0- or 2,7-liter petrol engines or 2,4-liter diesel engine. Eight gear ratios are available with either a five-speed manual transmission or a six-speed automatic transmission.

Toyota Hilux Champ will be available in Thailand from 12.000 euros.

Prices vary between 459.000 and 577.000 baht (approximately 12.000 to 15.000 euros at today's exchange rate). Depending on what you put on your back, the costs naturally increase. Hilux Champ is a further development of the concept Rangga Concept and is heavily inspired by Toyota Kijang from the mid-1970s. If Toyota could only produce an EU version.