TOYOTA - Hi-lux RN1* - 1ª geração RN10, RN11, RN13, RN15 - 1968 - 1972

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Em 1964 a Toyota lança a primeira pick-up de raíz, a Stout. Clicar aqui para ver o tópico da Stout.

A oferta de modelo era completada com a Publica, Corona e Crown, no entanto estes eram derivados de veículos ligeiros de passageiros. Nesta época existiam também outros modelos como a Toyota 25, Toyo Ace etc.

Em Março de 1968 surge o segundo modelo especifico de pick-up, a Hi-lux que significa"High-luxurious" que era a posição que a Toyota queria que o modelo ocupasse no seu segmento. No entanto, tratava-se de uma modelo básico apenas com melhores acabamentos face a outras propostas japonesas da época. Esta foi a única geração que usou o nome "Hi-lux" separado por hífen.

A primeira geração da Hi-lux foi desenvolvida e construída pela subsidiária Hino Motors e era o modelo que substituía modelos como a Hino/Toyota Briska e a Light Stout. A Hi-lux era também conhecida como o modelo "half-ton" das pick-ups. A Hi-lux era montada nas fábricas de Tahara e Hamura em Tóquio.


Marca: Toyota
Modelo: Hi-lux
Versões: RN10, RN11, RN13, RN15
Carroçarias: Cabine simples
Chassis: Curto e longo a partir de Abril de 1969
Produção: Março de 1968 a Abril de 1972

Motores: Toyota 4 cilindros em linha OHV, todos a gasolina
Versões: 2R - 1490cc; 3R - 1897cc; 8R - 1858cc; 12R - 1587cc; 18R 1968cc;


Legenda: Modelo RN10

Dimensões: RN10 e RN13
Entre eixos:  2,535mm
Comprimento:  4,215mm
Largura:  1,580mm
Altura: 1,570mm
Distância ao solo: 190mm
Peso: 1025 kg

   
Especificações motor RN13:

Motor: Toyota 12R - 4 cilindros em linha OHV a gasolina
Lançamento: 1969 utilizado até 1983.
Combustível: Gasolina sem chumbo.
Cilindrada: 1587cc
Curso: Diâmetro: 80,5 X 78mm
Compressão: 8.5 : 1
Potência: 90cv ás 5400rpm
Binário: 135NM ás 3000rpm
Ralenti: 650 - 750rpm

Velas: W16EX ou BP5EZ
Bateria: 12V de 35AH

Tracção: Traseira
Caixa: L42 manual de 4 velocidades sincronizadas
Embraiagem: Disco simples por cabo.
Diferencial: 4.875 : 1
Travões: Hidraulicos, de tambor ás 4 rodas com diâmetro de 230mm
Suspensão frt: Molas helicoidais, barras estabilizadora e amortecedores telescópicos duplos.
Suspensão tr: Molas semi-elípticas e amortecedores telescópicos simples.
Depósito: 52 litros na RN10 e 46 litros na RN13
Bomba de gasolina: mecânica.
Óleo de motor: 3,5 litros e 4,2 com filtro.
Liquido de refrigeração: 6,5 litros.
Transmissão: 1,8 litros
Diferencial: 2,5 litros - SAE 75W/90 ou 80W/90, API GL-4 ou GL-5



A evolução:

General markets

1968
RN10 - Motor 2R de 1490cc, comando da caixa de 4 velocidades na coluna da direcção.


Legenda: Modelo RN10

1971
RN13 - Esta versão substitui a RN10. Monta o motor 12R de 1587cc, já com comando da caixa no chão. Distingue-se da anterior pelo motor, pela grelha, emblemas, volante e outros pequenos pormenores.


Legenda: Modelo RN13

América do Norte


1969
RN15 - Versão optimizada para os mercados da América do Norte. Motor 3R de 1897cc e 86cv, o comando da caixa para o "chão" e é introduzido o chassis longo. Este tipo chassis longo também era conhecido como "long bed". Na publicidade apareciam geralmente motas Yamaha na caixa de carga.

1970
RN1? - No mercado americano a oferta é complementada pela substituição do motor 3R pelo motor 8R de 1858cc e 98cv, dispondo de mais binário.


1972
RN1?  - É introduzido no mercado americano o motor 18R de 1968cc e 110cv para as versões de chassis longo.

Em 1972 é lançada a 2ª geração do modelo, a RN20.



Diferentes versões de equipamento:

Standard e Deluxe

- Tomada no porta luvas para ligação de gambiarra extensível. Também incluída. Era chamada luz de inspecção (furos etc)
- Cinzeiro e isqueiro
- Sofagem (em alguns mercados)
- Conjunto de ferramentas de manutenção
- Rádio e antena (Deluxe)
- Frisos cromados na borracha do parabrisas (Deluxe)

Opcionais e acessórios:

- Sofagem
- Rádio
- Cinzeiro
- Kit de emergência: Três tipos de lampadas, num total de 8; fusíveis; fita-cola e fio eléctrico.



A Hilux à data desta mensagem tem 7 gerações e é o 2º modelo mais vendido da Toyota ultrapassando as 12 milhões de unidades. A primeira versão 4X4 surgiu em 1979 e iniciou um dos mais gloriosos caminhos no segmento das pickups.

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Edited by: kombota at: 13/4/07 15:46

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First-Generation Hi-Lux: 1969-1972

Though the 1969 Hi-Lux was initially powered by the same "3RC" 1.9-liter engine as the old Stout, it had the advantage of being a smaller truck with a more supple chassis and more comfortable cabin. That was enough to establish it in the market. And it was available in any form you liked as long as that was a two-wheel-drive machine with a standard cab and a short bed.

There was nothing revolutionary about the Hi-Lux's engineering. The front suspension consisted of A-arms and coil springs, while the solid rear axle rode on a pair of semi-elliptical leaf springs. Not only was that typical of all truck engineering back then, it's still how virtually all trucks are made today.

By 21st-century standards, the Hi-Lux's interior was sparse with a bench seat covered in the toughest plastic imaginable spreading out from door to door. Compared to the Stout, though — and to a lot of full-size American trucks back then — it was neatly detailed with easily read instrumentation and easily reached ventilation and audio controls. And the four-speed manual transmission shifted with elegance and ease compared to the brutal transmissions used in domestic trucks.

It still wasn't a pretty truck, though. The styling was more contemporary, but the turn signals were now bolted to the top of the fenders as if they were an afterthought, and the bottom edge of the bed didn't even come close to aligning with the bottom edge of the cab. It wasn't ugly like the Stout, but it sure was boring.

The 1970 Hi-Lux got a new 1.8-liter, SOHC engine ("8RC" within Toyota) that was both more powerful (about 97 hp) and much more refined than the previous year's engine, but the rest of the truck was very much a carryover. Sales were growing, so Toyota didn't bother changing the truck for 1971.

At the start of the 1972 model year the Hi-Lux was blessed with yet another new engine as the 2.0-liter, SOHC, 18RC found a home in the truck. Its 108 hp was the most yet in a Toyota pickup. But the pickup around it would change at midyear.

Second-Generation Hi-Lux: 1973-1974

A straightforward update of the Hi-Lux came on line midway through the 1972 model year (but marketed as a 1973) with revised styling that finally put the turn signals inside the front grille where they always belonged. The interior was updated as well with many elements seemingly lifted straight from the car lines to produce a more comfortable environment.

The big news for 1973 was literally big as a new "Long Bed" model appeared with a 7.5-foot bed that could haul many items that only a full-size truck could swallow before. It was so successful that Toyota did virtually nothing to update the truck for 1974.

Third-Generation Hi-Lux/Compact Truck: 1975-1978

With emissions requirements threatening to strangle down the 18RC, that engine grew to 2.2 liters to create the "20R" for 1975. The 20R (and its successor, the 22R) was the bedrock upon which the Toyota truck legend has been built. There are Toyota trucks out there with 20Rs under their hoods that have gone hundreds of thousands of miles with oil the consistency of oatmeal in their crankcases. These are the engines that would keep running even when their maintenance was entrusted to teenagers. The only way the 20R and 22R could have been more reliable is if they had no moving parts.

But the 20R wasn't the only change for '75, however. The cab was now larger in virtually every important internal dimension, and the styling and comfort became even more carlike. And for the first time a five-speed manual transmission was offered, which let the engine run slower at high cruising speeds, making it much better at commuting on American freeways. The basic chassis setup, however, carried forward pretty much unchanged.

The major change for 1976 was the deletion of the Hi-Lux name from the American version of the compact truck. The rest of the world could still get a Hi-Lux, but over here it was simply known as the "truck" or the "compact truck."

There were practically no significant changes to the truck-with-no-name for either 1977 or 1978.