New fashions – Toyota – Hiace
HiAce and Granvia duo ditch V6 petrol in favour of diesel for Toyota’s MY22 replace
2 Aug 2021
TOYOTA Motor Company Australia (TMCA) has up to date its HiAace gentle business van and associated Granvia folks mover for the 2022 mannequin 12 months, with many of the modifications revolving round elevated security and the axing of the petrol V6 drivetrain.
Based on TMCA, it was the “overwhelming buyer choice” for the extra environment friendly and torquier 2.8-litre turbo-diesel engine that led to the demise of the 207kW/351Nm 3.5-litre petrol.
Paired nearly solely to a six-speed automated transmission – a handbook is obtainable on the long-wheelbase HiAce – the diesel donk churns out 130kW/450Nm, although the torque determine dips to 420Nm when paired with the handbook.
Below the bonnet of the HiAce Commuter, it drops even additional, to 120kW/420Nm.
Out there from September, pricing for the mid-sized business and people-moving vary has risen marginally on the account of additional customary gear and security equipment provided on each variant – the HiAces are all up $990 to begin at $44,230 plus on-roads whereas the Granvias have risen “by lower than two per cent” to begin from $65,150.
Main the cost for the brand new gear is the inclusion of Toyota Linked Companies, the Granvia additionally selecting up rear privateness glass, carpeted entrance ground mats and 6 USB Sort C ports changing the outgoing mannequin’s older Sort A format.
As for its commercial-oriented sibling, the HiAce scores a brand new centre console field containing a detachable tray, an A4-sized binder rack and a movable partition, whereas the Commuter GLs go one step additional with an LED gentle housed throughout the field and upgraded USB ports.
Current customary gear highlights on all variations embrace an 8.0-inch touchscreen infotainment system with Apple CarPlay/Android Auto, cruise management, a reversing digicam and parking sensors entrance and rear.
Little has modified on both mannequin when it comes to look, with the one giveaway being the brand new ‘low-profile’ roof-mounted antenna and the one color (on the HiAces no less than) being ‘French Vanilla’.
The HiAce had the measure of the two.3-3.5t van section by way of the primary half of the 12 months, chalking up 4956 gross sales, incomes it a 34.7 per cent share of the market.
The Granvia didn’t honest fairly so effectively, with solely 100 items shifted in comparison with the 193 Mercedes-Benz V-Lessons offered over the identical interval, netting the Merc a dominant 38.8 per cent share of the $60,000-plus folks mover section in comparison with the Toyota’s 20.1 per cent.
Making issues worse for Toyota, Mercedes additionally occupies second spot within the section with the Valente notching up 109 gross sales for a 21.8 per cent share.
2022 Toyota HiAce pricing*
LWB Van | $44,230 |
LWB Van (a) | $46,230 |
LWB Van 4-door (a) | $46,230 |
LWB GL Van (a) | $47,230 |
LWB Crew Van (a) | $49,230 |
SLWB Van (a) | $54,230 |
SLWB Van (a) | $55,230 |
SLWB Commuter Bus (a) | $69,230 |
SLWB Commuter GL Bus (a) | $72,230 |
*Excludes on-road prices
2022 Toyota Granvia pricing*
6-seater (a) | $65,150 |
8-seater (a) | $67,150 |
VX 6-seater (a) | $76,650 |
VX 8-seater (a) | $76,650 |
*Excludes on-road prices
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