Toyota Hilux review

Diesel first. There are four trims: Active, Icon, Invincible and Invincible X. The base Hilux costs £42,845 (inc VAT) and gets 17in steelies, LED headlights, a rear diff lock, rear-view camera, parking sensors, a four-speaker audio system, the whole nine yards of ADAS plus the smaller screens.

Icon is next up at £48,545, with its 17in alloys, wheelarch mouldings and side steps, heated front seats and steering wheel, 12.3in touchscreen, dual-zone air con, MTS and DAC systems, double the number of speakers and wireless phone charger.

Invincible spec is £51,145 and adds 18s, a part-leather upholstery, electronic driver’s seat adjustment, 12in driver’s display, an auto-dimming rear-view mirror.

But Toyota expects more than half of its customers to opt for Invincible X at £54,095: that gets upgraded 18s, a rollover bar, drop-in load liner, rear heated seats, a JBL audio system, a 360-degree monitor and the multi-terrain monitor that overlays the wheels onto the approaching surface to help you plot a prang-free path forward.

The electric Hilux can only be bought in Icon and Invincible grades, costing £57,845 and £60,695 apiece. Toyota reckons 70 per cent will go for the latter. Both qualify for the Plug-In Van Grant, knocking £5k off the purchase price.

Double cab pick-ups are now treated like company cars from a BiK perspective, so if you’re running the diesel for work it’s gonna cost you: it attracts the top rate of 37 per cent (a two-seater is coming to get round that problem). On the other hand, as it can carry more than a tonne the VAT on the purchase price is reclaimable. Phew.

There’s a three-year/100,000-mile manufacturer’s warranty, followed by a service-activated warranty capped at 10 years. The EV’s battery is guaranteed to 70 per cent of its capacity for 10 years or a million miles – that’s a lot of overlanding.