SA's Fastest Toyota Hilux Drag Race! New GR Sport vs 48V vs Legend

We headed to an airport runway to race three brand-new Toyota Hilux double-cab bakkies. The new Toyota Hilux GR Sport is so much more than just a sticker pack and boasts more power, better brakes and so on.

With Jacob Moshokoa behind the wheel, it faces off against the brand-new Toyota Hilux 48V, the brand's first diesel-electric hybrid. Could the electric boost cause a massive upset and give David Taylor bragging rights?

A standard Legend was along for the ride, just to keep the new protagonists in check, but Ashley Oldfield felt he wouldn't be completely outgunned thanks to his considerable motorsport experience. Which Hilux do you think won the race?

0:00 - Intro
1:29 - Toyota Hilux 48V
1:56 - Toyota Hilux GR Sport
2:11 - Standard Toyota Hilux
2:50 - Drag Race
4:05 - Drag Race recap
5:28 - Quarter mile times

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[dean]

Now the hijackers can make an even quicker getaway.

[Saida]

😂Don't underestimate a Stock standard white Hilux

[sleepyheadoutsho]

Jacob! Jacob! Jacob! You are good man. The energy this channel needed 👏

[pietervanbiljon]

You forgot the V6 and the rolling race

[yissibiiyte]

Same price as a Raptor for half the power. What a steal

[khanyavakala]

we need more drag race videos like this

[ZKhweziN]

SA's favourite bakkie in single cabs/fleet... But in double cabs, Ford Ranger sales beat the Hilux HANDS DOWN!!!!

[MIGerlag]

It’s quite disappointing that this video lacks the important details…

The only difference the 4X4 systems would have in this race is the negligible disadvantage of their own dead weight, it’s not a full-time AWD system which means 4H should only be used on unsealed surfaces, all these bakkies should be running in 2H for this & you can also see evidence of this at 5:13 the green 4x4 indicator above the centre instrument display was not illuminated & again with the GR Sport right at the very end of the video 6:05 spinning its rear wheels.

You should be clear on what configuration you are running the vehicles in, if you did actually run them in 4H you should specify that & also state that it’s not indicative of normal road use as the vehicles should actually be in 2H on sealed surfaces.

If this was done on gravel with the 4X4 bakkies in 4H then the 4X2 Hilux would have fallen behind.

It would have also been nice to see the good ol’ 4.0 V6 however, I know those are hard to find these days, you could have also had the 2.8 GD-6 manual with its reduced torque output compared to the auto as another comparison.

The best rival comparison would be the Ford Ranger Tremor as this is the vehicle that the GR Hilux actually competes with.

For everyone comparing it to the Raptor, put your guns away, the raptor is R200k+ more expensive than the GR Sport & in a different league, hopefully someday Toyota will make a full fat GR version that will compete directly with the Raptor, until then the Ranger Tremor is the actual competitor to the GR Sport.

Having said all that, it would be nice to have both the Tremor & the Raptor in this race as well just to see what’s what.

[DavetheCarGuy]

Second to comment. Third to finish the race 😂

[mmaseromdu]

Ash was gaining so with more distance.I think the standard was going to keep up with GR

[ozemsadventureofrandomstuf]

awesome stuff guys. i believe Ash was right the true formula is definately stock standard. even if all had all terrain tyres if you can stretch the runway to maybe half mile or so the normal Legend will creap ahead. More power isnt always best answer..nice race. but do a chinese run now..LDV versus P Series versus JAC T9 versus JMC GRAND Avenue (if it arrives). That T9 looks good hey..i love the club cabs though this double cab thing is becoming boring 🤏

[smj]

Think we would like to see a raptor vs v6 hilux vs amarok

[kholofelojoe]

Since 2018 Toyota have been playing around the same bakkie changing here and there, this time they went as far as introducing the legend, gr another gr ant the wide body, not forgetting the 48 v bakkie, it's a game of money making

[gcinanomela]

Where is Ciro De Siena? I haven't seen him in a long time.

[saddammalima]

Those things gearbox is a big limiting factor its automatic but changes gears like a manual from 1990

[Chif_GT]

Ford Ranger Raptor was the camera car.

[RubenUithaler]

i am interested to know if the 48V provides a benefit when driving in town at slower speeds .
Does it provide power for 10-20KM reducing consumption .
Cause then it would just make sense other than carrying a extra battery

[mocambicanonoyoutube]

CarWon SouthAfrica. Hugs from Mozambique

[LCBBuilders]

Awesome. The same quarter mile times as my first shit box car when I was a teenager 35 years ago.

[mosekintsime]

The hybrid system on hilux is belt driven if i am not mistaken so it wont perform like a gear driven hybrid system. I might be wrong by saying the system on the hilux is belt driven but if i can recall on a review by AUS...its belt driven. Corrections are welcome.