Skip to main content

The invincible truck returns! Toyota Thailand teases the 2016 Hilux Revo

Following a batch of cloudy spy photos last month, Toyota of Thailand has released a new teaser video for the eighth-generation Hilux pickup. Known as the Hilux Revo abroad, you can see the truck’s new silhouette in the futuristic film, which we’re happy to bring to you in non-potato quality.

The new Revo sports a sleeker, more modern look than its predecessors, with stretched headlights and a chunkier front bumper highlighting the vehicle’s front end. The design themes are emphasized in Toyota’s sci-fi inspired teaser, which depicts the launch of the Hilux literally as the truck is shot toward Earth with frightening speed. In fact, it appears to be fired at our planet inside some sort of menacing laser beam, but we’ll gloss over that fact for now.

Toyota Hilux Revo
Image used with permission by copyright holder

The brand has also revealed what engines will be available on the 2016 model. There are two turbodiesel powerplants to choose from: a 2.4-liter unit with 160 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque and a larger 2.8-liter mill with 177 hp and 332 lb-ft. A 2.7-liter gas four-cylinder is rumored to carry over as well, as will a variety of five and six-speed manual and automatic transmissions.

Recommended Videos

As far as toughness is concerned, the eighth-gen Hilux has a lot to live up to.

Top Gear (yes, we miss it too) famously tried to put down a 1988 diesel version back in 2003, but despite drowning it in the ocean, smashing it with a wrecking ball, dropping a caravan on it, setting it on fire, and placing on top of an imploding building, the dang thing still started up with hand tools.

Toyota is expected to reveal the all-new Hilux on May 21st.

Andrew Hard
Andrew first started writing in middle school and hasn't put the pen down since. Whether it's technology, music, sports, or…
I tried an e-bike for the first time and now I’m hooked
It’s not about being a 'bike person', it’s about finding small upgrades to everyday life
A woman sitting on the Aventon Pace 4

Before this year, I’d never even touched an e-bike before, and the thought of riding one was never on my radar. With life already in constant motion thanks to two toddlers, biking wasn’t something I ever considered adding to the mix.

I’d always assumed e-bikes were for hardcore commuters or serious cyclists, not someone like me. I wasn’t looking for a big lifestyle change. I just wanted a quicker way to get to the park so we’d have more time to play before dinner.

Read more
This week in EV tech: Audi exemplifies auto industry’s EV holding pattern
Close-up of 2025 Audi SQ5 grille, headlight, and badge.

The road to the future runs through the present, and it’s not a straight line. This week, we’re focusing on how Audi is negotiating the twists and turns on the way to an electrified future. EVs are here to stay at Audi, but a gasoline crossover SUV is still the automaker’s bestselling model, and it’s not ready to risk those sales just yet. That’s why the 2025 Audi Q5 received a top-to-bottom overhaul for this model year, bringing its tech features and styling up to date without altering the what has proven to be a very popular package. By maintaining parallel lineups of electric and internal-combustion cars, Audi hopes to give customers more choices. But that doesn’t completely level the playing field. The new Q5 may have yesterday’s powertrain, but Audi isn’t holding back on tech. It features the same electrical architecture, operating system, and three-screen dashboard display as the latest Audi EVs, like the Q6 e-tron. So aside from a little engine noise, there’s little difference in what you can see and interact with from the driver’s seat. It’s not just the infotainment systems. The Q5 and Q6 e-tron are close in size, with similar space for passengers across their two rows of seats. The Q6 e-tron has a bit more cargo space, but not as much as you’d think given the lack of a bulky engine, transmission, and driveshafts. The two SUVs also have similar styling but, having now driven both, we can say that the Q5 is the more pleasant of the two.

More than a difference of powertrain tech

Read more
Take a peek inside the factory making tomorrow’s ride
A Zoox robotaxi.

Amazon-owned Zoox has opened its first facility producing fully autonomous robotaxis. 

A video (above) released by the California-based company offers a peek inside the factory, which, when it reaches full capacity, could roll out as many as 10,000 autonomous vehicles per year.

Read more