I test drove one today. Used my mirrors to park. Old school. Easy as. Thank you for your time and thought though! Love it 😍

Great review! I drive a Fortuner Legender, here in Cambodia and I also experienced the transmission sluggish shifting. I asked some tuners in Thailand and they said it’s because of the Torque converter lock and unlock, a tune will help eliminate it right away. Anyways, I love the 2.8 here and we drive at 120-140 day to day with average of 9.5L/100km. Cheers mate thanks for sharing!

This is the best review I've found well done ✅

Sadly this type of cars is not affordable in my country but i like it anyway, so be grateful about it and keep the good job 🔥

Interesting watch, I just signed up for a black rogue yesterday, I was blown away with the way it drove, and mostly ergonomics were spot on! The power surprised me aswell. Arrives in 3 weeks 😎

Great review!

Thank you for the honest review.

I agree with everything you said mate. I absolutely love the car, I don’t understand why so many people dis the 2.8, I personally find it it drives better than the mighty 3.0 4JJ3 from a D-Max. As for the transmission, I have the same issue when taking off, shifting 2nd to 3rd the car will up shift and then down and shift again. But if you give a bit more throttle it disappears, but this thing use so much fuel during take off. Another issue I find with the transmission is that on the highway the car stays in 5th gear most of the time. And engine braking downshifts are way too aggressive, there’s literally times where I’m sitting at 4K rpm going downhill with empty load. I have to force it to manual when going downhill.

Just watched a heap of your videos. Subscribed and liked each one!! First thing I am thinking is to rip out the roller unit and put on canopy. Now need to convince wife.

My cruiser was lower at the front too. I never gave it much thought until my local ARB guy advised me to "level up the suspension" and a 50mm rise when I changed my suspension to OME to tow my 20' van.

Totally agree with sterio comments Mark. Happy enough with the base one in my GX Fortuner

Great review! It’s easy to take off the tub fairing. But you are left with a rather rough edge. I can see someone making up a blank to cover the edge for fitting a rooftop tent. The panels on the inside pull off easily, then undo two bolts that hold the small outside fairing, then you have access to all the bolts.

Great video Mark. I have a 2021 Rugged X with some mods. I'm very happy with it. I won't be selling it either.

I agree, super engine. Deserves no flack, great on fuel. Heaps of power and wayyyyy more economical than other brands, I drive at 90 to 100 on open road, including around town getting 8.6l 100 with Fortuner. Very happy 😊

Hijet Truck + Husky 701SM or Hilux Z/GR? I live in the Japanese countryside and sometimes go to the city. Diesel is cheaper than petrol here but they have capacity and weight taxes. What would you choose?

Nice review man. I picked up my Hilux GR about 4 months ago, I'm building it from the top down. Waiting patiently for my rhino backbone and pioneer roof rack. I live in Trinidad so I have to ocean freight unfortunately.

Great review. Looking at Red one now!

Hi mate i also have a 23 rogue my dash also creeks and cracks drives me nuts but all in all very happy with it so far

I test drove an Isuzu first and then nearly bought it until, I then test drove a Toyota 😊 it felt like a Toyota 😊😊 and I bought one.

I love the technology and the fact I have heater dials and not a stupid large bright screen that you have to adjust everything on. I read the other day Volkswagen are going back to manual controls and smaller screens as that's what people want 🎉

Thanks heaps for this thorough and honest review! I’m thinking about getting one but still not fully in. I’ve got ‘22 Fortuner GXL with the upgraded interior that I got for a great deal. Sitting in the Rogue it unfortunately just doesn’t feel as good in quality. But I do love the width height and I’m wanting a Ute. Hmmm 🤔 still umming and ahhhhhing.

Ordered the 48v, does it have the JBL? Thought they were standard? Great review, the roof top tent got me laughing, that's why we have a separate cab chassis or just order a cab chassis as your daily for modifying & camping etc.

The "trail cam" will stay active to 20km/h if you hit the button while rolling, defaults to 10km/h otherwise. $80 will get you wireless carplay! Went for the Rhino Rack quick mount system and vortex bars over the tray.

Great review buddy. One thing i HATE is the front passenger seat height. Really needs to be adjustable and go lower.

I agree that Hilux rogue is going to be a collectors for sure. Same as the 2022-23 prado. I feel if anyone is looking to buy a collectors Prado they ought to buy the 2022-23 runout model year as it has all the corrections plus extras additional features add to that built year. One the other hand If I was a single man, yeah I probably would have a ute too, but right now for me the station wagons fulfils much of our needs. Just with your gear hilux gear box, it would be interesting to learn if the SR5/SR gear box do the same things? I’m thinking it maybe due to the wheel size and the wider track as compared to the standard SR/SR5 models. I’m sure you will sus that out and share us that info. Cheers! Great info thanks for sharing!

I like the platform rack on your current tray

Great Production,I Wonder if those wheel arches fit a normal Hilux SR5?

Main issue fuel gauge 80lt tank light comes on with still about 14lt left , most other vehicles usually have about 50 to 70km left when light comes on not 140😮

I use ceramic coating on the fenders etc. protects and great for bringing faded trims etc back to how they should be.

I f.k.n love mine same as yours and colour 😊

How is the sound proofing of the cabin? About the glare on the head unit: dark foil the back windows and this should reduce that and also will help with temp inside while the car is in the sun. The back seats not folding is a strange thing. Tacomas have very well organized back space. I guess it is a price issue - they try to keep it at some level and additional stuff will drive it up...

excellent review I was keen on a Hilux, Will be investing in a Nissan Warrior, Keep up the good work.👍👍👍

@ Minute 26:00 i Ordered mine without anything on the back so that i can modify it my self, i find that roller cover lid to be a waste ,, nice video

Hi, great review. Do you need to drill holes in the Tub to accommodate the frontrunner rack. Thanks

i own a 2023 rogue loved daily driving it but i work in a quarry and the dust killed my tray in 2 months. 10/10 apart from the tray

HI, Great Video thanks. I have a 300 VX on order but not keen to fork out that kinda dosh. I just seen the Hilux SR sport with a few nice features that I like. Now Toyota has thrown a spanner in the works by telling everybody that the NEW Prado is not too far away(what a Dilemma)! I did have a quick look at a demo Rogue yesterday and was surprised to find it has a carpeted tub liner 😒. For a vehicle that will be used as a touring vehicle, I guess that's fine. But I'm not entirely convinced. You mentioned the lack of tiedown points (Oh dear). And I certainly not keen to drill holes in my floor to accomodate the bolts for the tracks. Yikes!! I will continue to follow your exploits in your awesome looking Rogue. It's a tough decision cos I owned a Ford Falcon XC many years ago and it was a POS. I will never own anything other than a Toyota. They just keep going and going. I have had 3 Toyotas (celiac, 120 Prado, 200 LC0 and never had a single rattle, squeak or stoppage in over nearly 500,000km. I'm happy with that. My 200 has 235,000km and is amazing. Again thanks for the great videos.😃 Peter

Interesting dash creaking, don't hear in my Fortuner. I have a dash carpet which keeps the sun off the dash and sun glare. Love them, buy one for every car,

I've had my 23 rogue for a month now (2000 ks ish ) and I agree with many of the things you say. I have a rumble inside the dash when I hit a certain RPM slowing down and sometimes its quite loud and it does bug me. My EGR roller started having problems after less than 100 ks but I told toyota about it and they recalibrated it and I haven't had a problem since. Turning circle yes I must admit its a bit of a pain and you have to go sooooo far forward to park in a spot but the cameras really help and most of the time I can get it in two goes. I live in Perth and work at a older shopping centre so the car spots are small. I haven't had anyone ding my doors.....yet I would argue that the fenders might help protect the car. The carpet is a weird one for me too I was like hmm that's really weird and extra but yes I love it now I put my dog in the tray and it protects the tray easy to clean also makes it so I can shuffle around on my knees in the tray and its fine on the old knees. The biggest things I hate about the rouge is the number of tie down points I have plans to weld in some tracks on the tray itself so that will fix it for good. The other one is the trans I used to drive only manual cars and I feel like it sorta doesn't know what gear to be in half of the time it shifts up and down and up and down when accelerating. Sometimes on the highway it stays in 5th and I have to go a little faster so it shifts to 6th then slow down so it uses a higher gear at 100ks and the engine braking when going down hill is way to aggressive for my taste. But other than that like you said fuel econ is fantastic for such a big car I get 9L to the 100 city driving. Power is excellent and there when needed for what I use it for which is touring. The Hilux has defiantly found a place in my heart replacing my 99 forester GT.

Great review Mark. Ive done nearly 6k in my Saturn blue Rogue and absolutely live it. Yes it has its issues(roof rack😡) but on the whole its bloody great. I have the factory bullbar which adds weight and aero issues, snorkel and Yokohama At's and i get between 10-10.5lt/100. Not great but not bad. Your issue with transmission hunting was cured on mine when i added a throttle chip module, pretty much drives like its in POWER mode all the time now and transmission is a lot happier. I drove a SR5 for work and i find the ride is soooo much better on the Rogue, it rides better than my NX pajero which i traded in for the hilux. Wife is also very happy with ride so it cant be that bad(my wife drives a lifted JK wrangler, so probably not a great comparison). Your front ride height can raised,.just fit the factory winch springs, about $180 if i remember correctly. Also the JBL sound system rocks,.way way better than the 6 speaker SR5 system. Amount of tech is perfect,not too much but everything you need.( Thankgod for buttons and dials)( although i wish the fan speed was a rotary dial instead of +-buttons). Rear seat drop down is a total miss by Toyota, obviously not thinking on that day. But something i have noticed is the towing, its an awesome tow'r. Very very impressed with towing( although an extra 15kw would help, I'm looking at you GR sport!!!!!) Yes its expensive ( especially with snorkel and bullbar, 80k for mine). But its a Toyota, it will do everything you want and reliably. Also with more than 400 stealerships and product support nationwide, you cant go wrong.

Parking bays these days are not marked out to Australian standards. Maybe go measure and verify with the AS.

I have a question for you. Do you notice a strange rattling in the front driver side suspension when going over rough roads at speed? I took mine to the dealer when it hit its first 1,000km. They say they tightened the hood stops. But they said there was a bolt they tightened on the bottom as well but did tell me what they tightened. It still does it but not as bad as before. I'll be complaining about it every time I bring it in for service so there's a running account on the issue. Other then that I love the truck. Glad I didnt buy a Ranger.

I have the same issue with the auto transmisson being tricky at half throttle and the late/early shifts on my 3.2 px2 ranger.

Yea the nosie (little click) from the middle of gear box I noticed it as well. it comes and goes not happened on a regular bases but i definitely noticed it when it clicks. It seems like clicking on the start of the fourth gear. If there is anyone knows what it is that would be awesome.

Replying to the transmission issue My 2023 rogue does not like to sit on 50kph it just keeps dropping down a gear then up then down. Drives me nuts

Would reccomend everyone runs there fridge on an Anderson plug.

Thanks for all the detail and including the dislikes. A few of the other reviews out there could learn from you. ;)

I love Toyota. Its reliability just works with enough technology..

I had a 2021 BT50 (what a cheap nasty hunk of junk) which has the same box. It would go up and down all day and used to torque converter lock/unlock to act like a 10 speed box, very annoying. Strangely enough, it wouldn’t sit on 80 very well but would do 110 and above in 6th beautifully. Problem solved now. Went and bought a 2022 SR5 manual. I carry 600kg permanently in the tray, average 9-10.5 l/100km surprisingly. It has quite noticeably more top end grunt than the previous gen 2.8 (2017) but definitely has some turbo lag. Honestly I prefer the previous generation 2.8. Better response for day to day grandma driving.

I’m looking at buying one

Great reviews! I've had the rogue for a couple of months now and at around 4K K's. Did also have roller shutter issues that are ongoing (sometimes works, sometimes doesn't). I am concerned about degradation of the exterior plastics and did a little research. I found a product from "Chemical Guys" called VRP which is a Vinyl/Rubber/Plastic protectant. I've been applying this to the exterior plastics after most washes and seems to work well. Time will tell I guess but worth a look. On another note.. the first thing I said when I got it was "the screws for the visor should be black!". Anyway.. I've got over that now. Cheers.

I have one but is Standard my fuel economy is the same even though I have 2.5 OME lift and 32 inches of tyre

Never thought I'd say this but this is the Hilux I'd buy over the South African one.... guess I'll have to import it😅😅😅💯🙏

I had a 2021 rogue and had nothing but issues with it since day dot. The car wouldn’t start constantly with Toyota replacing the battery 3 times. The electric roller doors also died on me. The 2023 certainly looks a bit better, but I’ll never buy another hilux again.

They don't put wide fenders on Hilux in Thailand

I love my hilux ..great engine 2.7 lt petrol but thirsty..lol

All Land cruiser series (Prado, 200, 75) are built by Toyota factories in Japan which have better QA control than other countries. Hilux is not built in Japan.

why the seat headrest facing back

Transmission annoys me down shifting down hills. Fortuner Doesn't do what you describe up hills.

I feel like this was a review for all the many reasons you shouldn't buy a Hilux rogue 😅

not familiar with Australian term raked?

But then im pulling a trailer about a ton up and down mountains..lol

haha mate you are not going to hang on to this for ever, as soon as the new Hilux is out you will be trading this in :)

“Modability” is not a word in the English language … you are looking for modification!

Check latest sales figures Hilux is in front for the year over Ranger.

tint your windows