The Toyota Hilux Surf (豊田 ハイラックスサーフ Toyoda Hairakkususāfu) is an off-road vehicle manufactured by Toyota, sold mainly in Japan, with large numbers exported as used vehicles to Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia. The original Surf was little more than a Toyota Hilux pickup truck with a fiberglass shell over the bed, but the model has since undergone significant independent development into a mid-size, off-road vehicle. The first and second generations were derived from the Hilux Pick-Up range, while the third and fourth generations were effectively rebodied Landcruiser Prados.
The Hilux Surf is sold outside Japan, primarily in the United States and Australia, as the Toyota 4Runner. The second generation models were also briefly marketed in the United Kingdom as the Toyota 4Runner. The first run of Hilux Surf models were built at Toyota's plant in Tahara, Japan, but starting with the third generation models, production was split between the Tahara plant and Hino Motors' Hamura, Japan plant.
For South-east Asia the Hilux Surf was replaced in 2005 by the similar Fortuner, which is based on the Hilux platform.
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“Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)