How long have these been available?

Don't think it's a Toyota dealer as the emissions from this engine do not comply with Aussie emission requirements....and most of the world.
Must be a grey import....but did not think they could bring in new ones.....someone else will confirm or correct this issue.
Would be a good truck to have.
BW....

Here is a link to the Carpoint ad

Toyota Styleside Landcruiser

Interesting that half the ad says it is a 4.2 but on the spec sheet it says V8.

Photos definitely show a pretty basic 4.2 non turbo with a single battery setup.

Be interested to see if it was plated for Australia

looks good, i noticed its advertised as demo or near new so maybe thats a way around emission regs??? also has 12m warranty so its not a main dealer

maybe a local member could take a look

cheers mike

Here is the dealer contact:

Cousins Motor Co

She's the Belmont model, doesnt even have a radio!

Grey import possibly was destined for a minesite
Personally I think it's poor value for money

From what I have read the 4.2 non turbo model was released in Africa. The car, chassis and all is the same as the V8 except they put the old motor in as I think was requested for that market. They can do this in developing countries as they are not required to have the same emission standards at this time.

You will also note there is no scoop on the bonnet.

I think an individual can bring their own car at a cost into Austalia so it would be considered second hand albeit near new. Why would they bother? And who in the Australian market would want it?

Here is the full story..............................

They imported two of these units complete with a VIA but they COULD NOT be registered as they had no ADR plates.

Both units were sold to a mine site and the ad was really only posted to see if there was any more interest.

This has been ongoing for the last half of this year in WA with a number of minesites importing them from SA. They are being imported due to problems with the current V8 T/Back when operating on the minesites - especially underground. They are imported as 2nd hand and when finished will be scrapped. They do not and were never intended to be made available to the public. regards

Couple of years ago, a bloke told me Xstrata were talking about importing some of these SA 6 cyl utes into Australia, because they weren't happy with the V8s. Never heard anymore on the outcome.

As mentioned in a previous thread, I've seen Mahindra utes, in mining specs, heading into western Qld.

Those styleside bodies were all the go, when I was in the East Kimberley, back in the late '60's and early '70's. All the Stock Inspectors used them, and other goverment depts, as well as many stations. It was only once bullcatchers started using tray backs, on long wheel base utes(for recovering bulls out of heavy sand country) that the stations started to opt for traybacks as well. The stylesides were good, but any heavy loads, like full drums of Avgas, could only be loaded at the rear. They were quite a bit lighter too, than a trayback.

Bob.

I believe they are imported into Australia by Toyota and are available to Mine dealers.

Had to look at one about 3 years ago for Denso to see if we could manufacture some stuff for it...... they ended up importing the stuff from South Africa.

$66 grand seems a bit steep.