Toyota Hilux N300

Toyota's code list calls the 2017 Japanese Hilux the GUN120 series; its 2017 brochure gives QDF-GUN125 designations for the X and Z, and the October 2021 brochure gives 3DF-GUN125. The model went on sale on 12 September 2017, and Toyota's chief engineer said Japanese sales had ended in 2004. The facelift followed on 19 August 2020. Toyota's manual index covers production from September 2017 to July 2020 and from August 2020 to April 2026. A fully remodelled Hilux went on sale in Japan on 28 May 2026, with a 1GD diesel; it is not part of this page.

The only engine in the Japanese range is the 2GD-FTV, 2,393 cc, common-rail diesel with 92.0 × 90.0 mm bore and stroke, compression ratio 15.6 and an 80-litre tank. Toyota rates it at 110 kW (150 PS) at 3,400 rpm and 400 N·m at 1,600 to 2,000 rpm, net, the same on X, Z and Z GR SPORT. The transmission is the six-speed 6 Super ECT with part-time 4WD. Fuel economy was 11.8 km/L on the JC08 cycle in 2017 and 13.6 km/L on JC08 after the facelift, which also quotes 11.7 km/L on the WLTC cycle; do not compare JC08 and WLTC figures.

The 2017 X and Z are 5,335 × 1,855 × 1,800 mm on a 3,085 mm wheelbase, with five seats, a 500 kg payload, a 6.4 m turning radius and 215 mm ground clearance. The Z weighs 2,080 kg and the X 2,060 kg. The bed is 1,520 × 1,535 × 480 mm. The October 2021 brochure gives the X and Z as 5,340 × 1,855 × 1,800 mm and the GR SPORT as 5,320 × 1,900 × 1,840 mm and 2,110 kg, on 265/60R18 tyres against 265/65R17. Suspension is front double wishbone with coils and a rear axle on semi-elliptic leaf springs.

At launch there were two grades, X and Z. The Z Black Rally Edition, a 50th-anniversary special announced on 12 November 2018, went on sale on 17 December 2018 with black wheels, grille and bumpers, overfenders and 18-inch white-letter tyres. The Z GR SPORT arrived on 8 October 2021 with a 1,900 mm-wide body, dedicated suspension, sport seats and paddle shift, but the same 150 PS engine. The Z Revo ROCCO Edition took orders from 22 December 2023, with release planned for about May 2024; it is coachbuilt and needs carry-in registration. No numbered limits were found for these editions.

The August 2020 facelift added idle-stop, improved suspension and variable-flow power steering, and gave the Z Auto LSD and clearance and back sonar. In October 2021 the X gained standard pre-collision safety and lane departure alert and the Z gained independent left-right temperature control. On 28 September 2023 the Z gained a panoramic-view monitor, back monitor and display audio with navigation as standard. Equipment therefore depends on grade and date: check what the individual truck has.

Toyota's owner's manual says the diesel burns off trapped soot automatically every few hundred kilometres in normal driving, and the display shows DPF regeneration in progress. Some white smoke, which is water vapour, can appear at start-up or during regeneration. A message may ask for manual regeneration, and another means a dealer inspection.

The exhaust must not be modified. The truck also uses AdBlue: warnings appear at 2,400 km and 800 km of range, and when it runs out the engine cannot be restarted. The distances are a guide.

Toyota's recall filed on 2 December 2020 says the resin piston in some brake boosters was moulded under improper conditions, so repeated pedal use could break it and lengthen stopping distance. The remedy is to check the booster number and replace qualifying boosters. It covers QDF-GUN125 frames GUN125-3905246 to 3909364, built from 27 July 2018 to 29 March 2019, 4,087 vehicles. The range can include unaffected trucks, so ask a dealer to check the frame number.

Toyota said in 2017 that as a Class 1 vehicle the Hilux requires annual inspection and incurs slightly higher expressway tolls. In a named 2017 road test of the Z 4WD, webCG's reviewer Sano (佐野弘宗) found the unladen ride hard by any standard but the absolute handling stability not bad, with no cheap noises from the frame or body. That is one reviewer's view of one truck. Toyota builds the Japanese Hilux at Toyota Motor Thailand's Ban Pho plant.

US: the federal safety-standard exemption (49 CFR 591.5(i)) covers a vehicle 25 or more years old, counted from the individual truck's own manufacture date. EPA separately expects the engine to be the same model and configuration as the original; check any replacement with EPA. Canada: vehicles older than 15 years, with age set by manufacture month and year; Toyota's manual index lists production from September 2017, which reaches 15 years in September 2032. State and provincial registration, including right-hand-drive rules, are separate.