I completely dropped the ball and didn't attach a thumbnail initially... House of crying girlies can be distracting hahaha

The most famous Hilux has to be the one the guys from Top Gear tried to destroy. A couple of local microbreweries use those mini trucks to deliver kegs, great to see them on the road around here in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Mitsubishi should really sell the Triton in the US. It has a 4A 4WD setting but I believe it's not a clutch based system but a torsen center diff system. Having a pickup on sale would make them some extra money they desperately need.

Me laughing in Australian, I see these on the daily 😂

Interesting tidbit about the Navara: It has coil springs at the back Also, the Mazda BT-50 had quite the transformation from the hideous Ranger-based 2nd gen 😊

Mitsubishi and Mazda BT-50 look pretty solid

The BT-50 is just stunning!

I loved this video. Never thought people knew about the Daihatsu trucks. Can you do another video like this but with sedans or even kei cars

Two things you forgot to mention about the Mitsubishi Triton: 1. It's also known in some countries as the Mitsubishi Strada or L200. 2. It shares its underpinnings with the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport/Montero Sport. Also, the Isuzu D-MAX has an SUV version called the MU-X while the Nissan Navara has the Terra SUV.

Most Americans wouldn’t consider Kei trucks real trucks. They have to have huge trucks that eat up lots of gas and have high towing capacity. Kei trucks make sense in Japan cause the roads are narrower and gas/diesel is a lot more expensive than in the US.

I am completely with you on the 70 series LC's. What a great basic truck that comes in many configurations. I like the functionality of these vehicles over more electronics and plush interiors. Happy New Year! Here's to hit 200k in 2022! Best...

Our police force here in Jamaica uses the Hilux and the Triton (also called the L200 and L300).

Thank you Kirk for highlighting these! The chicken tax is a joke and needs to be repealed. I would love a 70 series Landcruiser especially a Troopy!

Japan is more about the van than the truck. Kirk should highlight some of the luxury vans that aren't sold in the US next.

Triton sounds and looks the coolest. The triton based 'Pajero Sports' is also best bang for the buck SUV in its class. Never knew Tacoma doesn't come in diesel. wow

0:07 Woah that's an awesome Ridgeline. Let's hope Trailsport will evolve into this and won't just mean plastic cladding lol.

LOVE 💕 Mazda’s pickup 🛻 💨 it looks like a CX9 with a cargo bed 🤩 Gimme gimme gimme - take my Money 💰

The Mazda is the same as the 2020 ford ranger, with a 3.2lt 5 cylinder turbo diesel. Here in the Dominican Republic we have almost all those small trucks plus the ones produced in the USA

these tiny trucks are very important for the Asian market because they have a lot of people there where have her own small little company and they have only money for the daily life.

The Patrol pickup is missing on this list. Also based on the Navara is the DongFeng Rich. There is also an EV version of it! Yes yes laws don´t make any sense sometimes. 😁

Anybody remember the old Mazda truck with a rotary engine? It had a slightly larger and sleeker body than the B-## It was late '70s. I used to work for a Mazda dealer and loved that old truck.

I’ve won one of those hilux in 2016 from the raffle draw of the SM super malls in the Philippines months before we migrated to Canada so we had to sell it. Great truck but I wish I had more time with that 3.0 diesel, love the torque and very efficient.

It's funny just last night I was watching a promotional video for the new Mazda BT-50 and i was thinking to myself, "wow that's a really nice pickup, if it was sold in North America I could see myself driving one of these". But were not allowed to have cool cars in America apparently.

These Kei trucks are basically what the UTVs are in America just more compact because they are cab-over. Slap a 1L turbo engine in them and they'll be an absolute blast.

Mazda built small pickups for Ford (Ford Courier and Ford Ranger)( Mazda B Series) back in the day, 1971, then Ford started making the Mazda pickups. Mazda sold the Ford Ranger-based B-Series pickup from 1994 to 2009.

Mitsubishi Triton is one of the most underrated pick-up trucks ever

0:12 I'm surprised Nissan didn't adopt the Navara's modern styling when redesigning the Frontier. They played it way too safe. Pretty forgettable

Toyota Hilux with diesel engine has so much torque and pulling power.

Renault (i know is not a Japanese brand) has their own pick up called Alaskan based on the platform of the Navara/Frontier

The Tundra is basically a cheapo Land Cruiser so that's really cool.

Yeah Kirk…u right they are some kool looking pickup 🛻 trucks especially that HILUX😁

I’m a huge Mazda fan and the BT50 would tick all my boxes.

I own a 2019 Hilux dual cab 4x4 with a 4.0 V6, and even though it's the top of the line when I got it(the 2021 GR version is the top now), I think its way more rough and basic compared to the Tacoma. I'm from the middle east

also can't wait till i can import an isuzu vehi-cross...they came in some amazing colors in japan that we didn't get in the usa. plus i miss driving a rhd vehicle...

Nissan discountiued the Navara in Europe 😕.

I believe the Hilux is kicking ass in the Dakar 2022

3:00 When exactly did the Hilux deviate from the small Toyota truck we had in the USA for years?

Me being a Honda boi I laughed at "K series truck" BoostedBoiz are thinking of K swapping their old tow rig 😂 btw sick Goku. Thx for all the dope content this year. All the best to you and your family Kirk. Happy New Year!

You forgot to mention one of the biggest draw of the 70 series for many….the solid front axle. Wish I could get my hands on one of those.

I want one of those land cruiser trucks so badly!

Correction Kirk. My 1990 Mazda B-2200 was all Mazda, Made in Japan with a 2.2L Mazda engine. Later 'Mazda' PUs were rebadged Rangers. For years I have wished the BT-50 would hit our shores.

Love this

I'm an American living in the Philippines and I own a Toyota Innova. You pronounce it wrong by the way. Stress is on the second syllable. In nova. Minivan? Doesn't have sliding doors. In Europe they would call something like that a people carrier or an MPV. Admittedly the front of it does look a lot like a minivan.

I noticed a Land Cruiser pickup some time ago.

Happy new year and merry christmas

my town is FILLED with those land crusiers

Very excellent.

Mitsubishi Triton has Mitsubishi's Super Select 4WD what it means is that it can be RWD(2WD) AWD and 4WD at the same time which is an underrated feature of Mitsubishi

Only an American will refer to a Land Cruiser as a "small, minimal truck". The grass is always greener on the other side, i always wanted a dodge ram or ford F truck but have to make do with a tiny little "cruiser"

Before the new Navara/Frontier they were exactly the same. Now the Navara is a Renault Alaskan IIRC. The only difference back then was probably the diesel engine in most of the Navaras.

highlax? interesting never heard it pronounced like that lol this video deserves more views :/ what i wonder is why the companies wouldnt just offset the tax to the consumers like most companies do?

The Toyota LC reminds me of my 80 model 4WD Truck. First year here. I like the looks of a Hilux way better than the Tacoma.

You should do an suv one next, that’s even more competitive

Many of these Japanese trucks are manufactured in RHD only seems they never intended to bring to US in the first place ?

If you want to see Different cars from Japan Old toNew in Mint condition come to Puerto Rico so many cars I have never seen before are here.

It's clear that they still hate us, we get the Ridgeline and none of these awesome trucks!!!

Great Info Kirk as always, =( ..... give us the Toyota Hilux !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and what you give Australia

The previous gen bt-50s where based on the ford ranger Mazda and ford split costs to develop both utes/trucks and Isuzu and gm split cost on the previous d-Maxs/ Holden Colorado’s so after Holden went Mazda and Isuzu developed the next gen and ford and now Volkswagen are developing the new ranger and amerok

funny this vid came...was looking for a mini truck 😆

I cry in D-Max.

The Mazda and Isuzu are kinda here in the U.S in the form of the diesel Chevy Colorado…

Absolutely no way the Kei trucks would sell "really well" in America.

If they really wanted to sell them here they could produce some here as well.

The Hilux is available in Brazil. Super popular there

Where is the US Toyota HD pickup?

Kei trucks are farm trucks in Japan

This reason why America doesn't get them is because people here in America have gotten lazy and dumb. People here in America now want more SUV's that can just get you from point A to Point B, and they want it in Automatic because they want to be on their cell phones when they drive. This is one reason why manual transmission is going to be dead within the next 5 to 6 years here in the US along with 2 door sports cars, where in Japan, and many parts of Europe, they want a fun driving car. In Japan a staggering 42% of the drivers in Japan STILL drive a manual, YES A MANUAL. When I visited Japan back in 2018 1 out of 3 cars was manual, and most of the taxi services that picked me up in Japan where mostly manual. The same could be said in Europe, but once again here in America it's so much more different. Like I stated our country has become lazy, they want driving to be as easy as possible instead of being fun. Not only that driving a manual will cut out so many of the texting and driving accident's. I would love to see some one try to text and drive with a manual when they need to shift every other second stuck in traffic. It's one reason why I still drive a manual, and why I will still continue to import cars from Japan. I already have a R32 Nissan Skyline GTR, and a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III.

The Hilux comes with 2.8l 4cycl turbo-diesel 204hp, 500nm pf tq and a 2.4l 4cyl turbo-diesel 150hp, 360nm of tq.

We all of those hilux, navara, produced here in south Africa, imported triton , bt50, locally made Isuzu. I have a amarok 2.0t auto for work, can't get a Hilux because I would be robbed and stabbed the next day. Would love the new tundra....

I always thought because of that tax they have created a nich that never has been filled but could be taken advantage of. For what ever reason the automakers foreign or domestic dont think its practical to build and sell a true mini truck here in the states. I think its a foolish omission.

In the Dominican Republic you can drive: 2021 Volkswagen Amarok TDI 2022 Volkswagen Teramont 2021 Volkswagen Nivus 2021 Volkswagen T- Cross Premium 2022 Toyota FJ Cruiser Trail Team 2022 Toyota Fortuner SRV 2022 Toyota Hiace VIP GL 2022 Toyota Hilux Revo Adventure 2022 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado TXL 2022 Toyota Raize 2022 Toyota Land Cruiser LX Serie 70 2022 Suzuki Jimny GLX 2022 Mitsubishi L 200 Sportero 2022 Mitsubishi Montero Sport 2021 Mazda BT-50 2022 Isuzu DMAX Limited Edition 2018 Daihatsu Hijet

How is the hilux better than the Tacoma we get here?

Chicken tax…..they just hating

Have u seen the transformer version Hilux ? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fd90jZBlytK7fHk.html

Surprisingly as a 3rd world country we have every one of those trucks in our country

in Australia and here in Thailand, we wish we could have the full size American pick-up truck. Many farmers are rich enough as small-medium manufactory owners, and they most of the time drive the goods themselves across the country in a commercial light duty truck.

Gotta to remember it’s not just the chicken taxes. It’s the other government regulations on why we can’t get these cool vehicles. Particularly now with tighter fuel requirements the Biden administration reinstated. Imagine how much we could correct the imbalance of ridiculously high prices trucks if these trucks could sell here.

The narrow yet tall curvy warped body style of nearly all the foreign trucks look like complete crap. I’m glad we don’t have them here.