# Japanese pickup diesels?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-pickup-diesels/431621
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 29, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-pickup-diesels/431621 "2007-12-29T19:44:05Z")
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### Author:  [@ntcrawler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ntcrawler)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-pickup-diesels/431621/21 "2007-12-30T18:47:14Z")
[QUOTE=Enola Straight]
Wasn’t the Hilux marketed here as the Tacoma and/or SR5 and/or 4Runner?
> **[Toyota Hilux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilux)**
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> The Toyota Hilux (/ˈhaɪ.lʌks/; Japanese: トヨタ・ハイラックス, romanized: Toyota Hairakkusu), stylised as HiLux and historically as Hi-Lux, is a series of pickup trucks produced and marketed by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. The majority of these vehicles are sold as a pickup truck or cab chassis, although they could be configured in a variety of body styles
> According to Toyota, the "Hilux" name is a portmanteau of the words "High Luxury", this name means "comfortable vehicle with high te...
[/QUOTE]
It is, but the number of options, configurations, engine choices, etc are fairly limited compared to the rest of the world. For example, the rest of the world was able to enjoy the 4-door crew cab version, but that model didn’t appear in North America until a few years ago.
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### Author:  [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-pickup-diesels/431621/22 "2007-12-31T05:56:07Z")
> **[2024 Toyota Tundra | Toyota.com](https://www.toyota.com/tundra/)**
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> Explore the features and the options you can get when you choose the 2024 Toyota Tundra with its intensely powerful twin-turbo engine and exceptional towing capacity.
I believe Toyota can market a 3500/ F350 competitor with a minimum of alterations.
Tale the long bed of the Regular Cab and graft it to the CrewMax Cab, on an appropriately lengthened frame. Bolt on some plastic/fiberglass fenders on the back for a dually.
Something like…THIS!
> **[SEMA 2007: Toyota Tundra Dually Diesel - Autoblog](https://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/30/sema-2007-toyota-tundra-dually-diesel/)**
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> click above image to view more pics of the Toyota Tundra Diesel Dually
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