The Toyota HiLux remains Australia's favourite ute (and vehicle, for that matter) sweeping aside newer rivals like the Ford Ranger and Isuzu D-Max in the dual-cab sales race.
The 2022 sales results were genuinely wild for Toyota, which - in a year marked by stock shortages and delivery delays - managed to increase HiLux sales by almost 22 percent 64,391, making it not just Australia's favourite ute, but also the country's favourite vehicle overall.
The Ford Ranger finished second, with 47,479 sales - making it the country's second most popular vehicle - while the Mitsubishi Triton finished third, with 27,436 sales (fourth most popular vehicle overall). Next came the Isuzu D-Max, with 24,336 total sales.
What makes Toyota's result even more impressive is the fact that, while Ford and Isuzu have both introduced hugely impressive new models in recent years, the HiLux is still within the generation that first launched in Australia in 2015.
Will the ever-green Toyota ever be toppled? Only time will tell, but Toyota certainly doesn't think so.
"We have a GR Sport coming, we have the Rogue on-going, we have incredibly exciting things ongoing around that car. In the end, the market will determine it, but I expect that HiLux will be very strong ongoing."
Andrew Chesterton
Contributing Journalist
Andrew Chesterton should probably hate cars. From his hail-damaged Camira that looked like it had spent a hard life parked at the end of Tiger Woods' personal driving range, to the Nissan Pulsar Reebok that shook like it was possessed by a particularly mean-spirited demon every time he dared push past 40km/h, his personal car history isn't exactly littered with gold.
But that seemingly endless procession of rust-savaged hate machines taught him something even more important; that cars are more than a collection of nuts, bolts and petrol. They're your ticket to freedom, a way to unlock incredible experiences, rolling invitations to incredible adventures. They have soul.
And so, somehow, the car bug still bit. And it bit hard.
When "Chesto" started his journalism career with News Ltd's Sunday and Daily Telegraph newspapers, he covered just about everything, from business to real estate, courts to crime, before settling into state political reporting at NSW Parliament House.
But the automotive world's siren song soon sounded again, and he begged anyone who would listen for the opportunity to write about cars. Eventually they listened, and his career since has seen him filing car news, reviews and features for TopGear, Wheels, Motor and, of course, CarsGuide, as well as many, many others.
More than a decade later, and the car bug is yet to relinquish its toothy grip. And if you ask Chesto, he thinks it never will.
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