Toyota Hilux Adventure

Toyota has kept things simple for the cabin of the Hilux Adventure, as a result of which it looks plain and sophisticated without going overboard with elements and features. The pickup gets an all-black fabric upholstery as standard, which is well contrasted by silver accents at places.

The chunky-looking multi-functional steering wheel and the wide instrument console with a TFT display in the middle make the driver’s cockpit of the Toyota Hilux Adventure very commanding in its appearance. The pickup gets an asymmetric centre console, which has a layered layout, with sleek and curved AC vents at the top and a large 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system below it.

The lower centre console is also asymmetric in its appearance, with it housing the controls for climate control. The Hilux Adventure is decently adorned with comfort and convenience features like automatic climate control, cruise control, push start-stop button, tilt and telescopic-adjustable steering wheel and a 6-speaker audio system.

All the iterations of Hilux have always had immense road presence of a tough, rugged vehicle, and with the Toyota Hilux Adventure, the road presence of this pickup truck is at its best. The Toyota Hilux Adventure gets a host of cosmetic add-ons, which make it look ready to take on all kinds of adventure coming its way.

The front profile of the Toyota Hilux Adventure has a rugged-looking fascia, the highlight of which is the muscular-looking grille. Surrounded by thick body cladding all around, the grille of the Toyota Hilux Adventure also gets a satin silver finish bar and horizontal slats in its upper part. The front bumper also has a muscular appeal with cladding and scuff plate, along with C-shaped housings for the fog lamps. The Hilux Adventure gets trapezoidal headlamps, which offer all-LED illumination with projectors and daytime running strips.

From the side, the Toyota Hilux Adventure looks macho with the flared wheel arches which have thick cladding over them. The cladding for the front wheel arches merges with the housings for the front fog lamps. The Hilux Adventure also comes with blacked-out 18-inch alloy wheels and a side step as standard. At the back, the Toyota Hilux Adventure gets vertically-aligned triangular tail lamps with LED inserts and a rugged-looking rear bumper.

While the Toyota Hilux Adventure is a plush pickup by today’s standards, it is a pickup truck in the end, which is meant to be durable and rock-steady over rougher terrains. For that purpose, the Toyota Hilux Adventure comes with a rugged suspension setup comprising of double wishbones at the front and leaf springs rigid axle at the rear. While the ride quality feels a bit bouncy due to this, the suspension setup, along with the four-wheel drive system, makes it a flawless vehicle in off-road conditions.

The Toyota Hilux Adventure is offered with a single 4.0-litre naturally-aspirated V6 petrol engine as standard in the UAE. Shared with the Land Cruiser pickup, this engine is paired with a more refined 6-speed automatic gearbox and churns out 235 bhp of maximum power and 376 Nm of maximum torque.

Armed with a decent amount of safety features, the Toyota Hilux Adventure gets front, side and driver knee airbags, ABS with EBD and Brake Assist, vehicle stability control, hill assist control, trailer sways control, tyre pressure monitoring system, rear parking sensors and camera, and follow-me-home lamps.

The Toyota Hilux has an image of an indestructible vehicle, and with this Adventure version, it is at its best as a plush vehicle which can also be used as your daily driver. The more muscular design, more comfortable interior with added features and the added power coming from the reliable V6 engine contribute to making the Toyota Hilux Adventure an absolute winner.