I'd like to purchase a Toyota Champ truck. Can you purchase one in Thailand and then ship it to America? I'm sure that you would have to pay the Chicken Tax and it most likely will pass all of the EPA standards so that it's legal to drive in America. Not 100% about that but I think it would be legal.
Cybertruck is more Star Trek, this is more Aliens, or Galactica, or Last Starfighter. Betting the fit and finish is better on this too, with nowhere on it that tears shirts or cuts owners.
I went to the dealership here in Thailand to look at it. Even unmodified it looks pretty cool and the price is just unbelievable. I'll probably get one.
Imagine if USA had low cost work trucks like this, cheap street food, affordable rent, no worries about extreme liability, low barriers to entry to start a business and make money…. If USA had all that then it would have a great future ahead of it.
Still has his red numberplate, less than 2 months and bro has added an extra pair of wheels. I love Thailand the individuality in vehicles is unparalleled.
The Truck is amazing & the owners modifications are a perfect example of what makes this truck so appealing. the ability to purchase a vehicle for a reasonable amount & have enough left over to customize it to your specific need is priceless.
Its a work truck, Chevy and Ford used to sell those with plastic floors, roll up windows no radio/AM radio in the '80s for about $10K, you could hose out the interior.
Ford, GM and Chrysler will not let that happen. You crazy? They are shafting people with $80,000 f-150s. Even Toyota don't want people in the US to know about these cheap pickups, they are selling Tundras for 80k and Tacomas for 50k.
@@zeusapollo8688 alot of our 2nd hand pickups here in Barbados are imported directly from Thailand, only a matter of time before some of these turn up too...
Night you wouldn’t believe it. I was looking at the same thing but making it into a full-blown dragster caught up with the Petaya about a year and a half ago. I start the build next year. I’ll send you photos of the progression.
As you know we love modify things even human, we just needed basic truck with lowest price. Then let our idea flourish to fit each other's preference and styles. 😁
the reason they don't sell those trucks in america is because it would hurt gm, ford and dodge a lot and they are already having a hard time selling trucks right now.
Even if it cost $15k and met all US safety and emission standards, it would never sell here; dealers can't get you hooked for 84 months @ 9%, and it's not brodozer / 'influencer' cool. Very refreshing seeing this, as it reminds me more of how it used to be in the US - Pickups used as pickups, not vanity projection devices that used to be the cheapest new Toyota vehicle on the lot. I remember when a new Corolla cost more than a basic new Toyota truck.
Hope to see more videos like this, where you talk to and test drive local's cars. And those red light vendors are cool. When they sell fresh donuts it's pure bliss! 👌👍
the 2gd ftv in this truck is fully complaint to euro 6 emissions , so it will easily pass american emission tests. the other engine options like 2tr-fe were sold in usa for many years in toyota tacoma and 4runner . they won't sell it in america because americans can afford to pay 50k 80k 120k for a truck while much of thai population can only afford 10k 20k truck.
I would love one of these. I need a truck for little things around the house and this would be great for that use. But I'm not gonna hold my breath for it to come to the US without a huge increase in cost.
I love that Toyota have built these great little trucks. These something really special about a really utilitarian vehicle. I imagine that there are going to be some amazing builds done with these as a basis
In the '80s, the government introduced a new law that made it harder to import new cars from abroad. Furthermore, in the '60s, a tax called the Chicken Tax added a 25% tax to light-duty trucks, which the Hilux was. To get around these laws, Toyota started making cars in the US, as that would avoid those regulations.
This modify so same as "1986 Nissan Big-M 6 wheels version pickup truck (D21)" but completed from factory and become a rare to find it. I'm sure a Toyota Hilux Champ (IMV-0) can be anything from modification as mini-trailer truck, motorhome and special vehicle such as "jigsaw kit car"
The car market is crap here plus super expensive so they'll never bring that little truck here. The dealers couldn't keep them in stock!!! Thanks for keeping the videos coming!!
I love it. Absolutly cool. Beautiful concept. Would like to buy. But we don't get it here in Europe. Have to move to Thailand. You'll see them soon there with Bi-turbo (and more), I think.
I wanna see that chili grinder in action! I have to drive 2.5 hours to Nashville for descent Thai food. I’m looking forward to the feature videos btw. I like these kinds of videos! Are both rear axels driven?
I love Thai people, Thai food, Chili and Beer (the owner) and the cold ones. Super cool custom Champ. I assume the trailing axle just there for load or is that driven by the engine somehow? I love the small diesel, the flat bet with fold down sides too. Curious how he loaded that big hog in the back. Thanks for that tour and in cab drive.
Be interested to know what it would take to have some form of saftey rating for this in most countries (considering lots of us drive around in old vehicles that are probably just as unsafe) - you know the Japanese and Australian design teams have a version that would work in other countries
In Australia we get Hilux also made in Thailand, also with wheel on right, also 2WD, also with 2.4L diesel on workmate model. But almost twice the price ~US$24k without auto.
And we can't get little two door trucks because of some out of date law that encourages massive sedans with truck beds. I'd love to own this in diesel form but at this point I'd be happy with a NA gas 4 cyl.
Soon to be launched (and be built) again here in the Philippines as 'Tamaraw' (name after a native small buffalo). This will definitely sell here very well with variants ranging from gas and diesel engines as well as m/t and a/t options. And no, no 6-wheeler variant.
Hey Chad. Love you work. Cool truck. The closest experience to a 6 wheeler. Dual rear is a single real spooled differential. A full locked diff. Not a true trac or Detroit. A spool. Cheers mate 🙏
The TUV is actually a Toyota kijang imported from Indonesia. The 2nd gen kijang was exported as the TUV, the 3rd gen was exported as the stallion, while the 4th gen was exported as the zace. But these are all the same model and used similar engines (3k, 4k, 5k, 7k). For whatever reason Toyota decided to export different generations with different names until the 5th gen (Innova)
Cool. Love it. The Truck. The modification he had done...and his Harley in the back mostly. Yeah...show us those local builds. I know you got the baller street cars covered...but what aboot the budget guy...what are they doing to their cars ?
Looks like a "tag" axle. Hope it has a lot of suspension travel so that when backing up in rough areas that the rears don't lift the drives off the ground. Saw that happen a lot in the farmlands in the US midwest back in the day. Be nice if it was s twin screw. Just my 2 cents. Other than that, love it.
The Suzuki Carry orders must have dried up with this diesel Toyota Champ. It is not surprising that Suzuki is stopping to manufacture vehicles in Thailand.
I’ve never seen a Champ with an automatic transmission or adjustable steering wheel, I wonder if those were modified as well. Nice cell phone cut-ins with the bear 🥳
That 2.4 (2GD) engine is already potent with 150hp, 343nm (mt) and 400nm (at), very enough and sufficient already for that chassis. What more if they install their 2.8 (1GD) with 200hp and 500nm! 😎
Interesting video. I loved when mini trucks did that back in the 80s. I don’t see any of that extra axle up in Northern Thailand. I have a diesel Isuzu pickup. Wondering how much it would cost to add another axle.
Awesome little truck. I am shopping for one now, but I don't want any of the massive things they sell over here. A 4 cylinder turbo Tacoma can cost about $75k. Not from me they won't. I will refurbish 20 year old Tacoma before I pay that price and still pay about a 1/3 of want the want for a new on. I want one the many small trucks I see in the Thai videos.
If I am going to import this truck, I will get it from the Philippines instead which is the Hilux Tamaraw. They are basically the same thing but with LHD version instead of the RHD from Thailand which is perfect for US and Canadian roads.
I believe it's actually a Thailand exclusive, they don't sell it anywhere else unfortunately. But they do know the Thai people customize everything they own, so it's the perfect country to sell a barebones Truck and let other shops/companys customize it to every customers specific needs. I'm sure there's a shop that makes you a nicer interior, build a camper addition, ambulance module or a small ramp truck for transporting a jetski, scooter or sidebyside, or build a rolling whirlpool to pickup ladyboys.
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i've heard Thai food spice level turns your butthole into a napalm dispenser. (specially after watching Mark Wiens enough)
FYI, $12,000 is about how much it costs to replace the emissions equipment on a new F250 diesel.
Especially you should come to visit nagaland North East India 🇮🇳 for more spicy food 🥵🥵🔥 King chili 🌶️
Where do I want to modify the contact?
I'd like to purchase a Toyota Champ truck. Can you purchase one in Thailand and then ship it to America? I'm sure that you would have to pay the Chicken Tax and it most likely will pass all of the EPA standards so that it's legal to drive in America. Not 100% about that but I think it would be legal.
With a name like BEER that drives a Harley and a badass toyota ...he's a man of culture for sure
Bro is obviously a fan of usa😂
Thai people nicknames are GOATED 😂
Their fighters have names like "Superlek" and "DieselNoi"
the 6 wheel conversion looks perfect! i clicked the second i saw the video just wow! im impressed.
Same here
That truck is so cherry, I'd love to have one in the states. Thank you for covering this majestic creature.
Yup, same. I was close to getting a used Honda Ridgeline but kinda big and mpg still poo. That truck for $15k would be awesome.
100x better than the Cybertruck
Cybertruck is more Star Trek, this is more Aliens, or Galactica, or Last Starfighter. Betting the fit and finish is better on this too, with nowhere on it that tears shirts or cuts owners.
@@PiDsPagePrototypescybertruck looks like a refrigerator 😂
@@charliestoybox2099 One the doors don't shut properly on, going by the reports on fit and finish.
not very hard to achieve but true
Or any giant penis enlargement American trucks thats not being used for any work but to inflate fragile ego.
I went to the dealership here in Thailand to look at it. Even unmodified it looks pretty cool and the price is just unbelievable. I'll probably get one.
Возьми и мне .... парочку 😂
I like the new format Chad. Happy to see some locals get camera time and be able to share their stories. Thanks for doing this!
Imagine if USA had low cost work trucks like this, cheap street food, affordable rent, no worries about extreme liability, low barriers to entry to start a business and make money…. If USA had all that then it would have a great future ahead of it.
We could even name it, call it the American dream!
Bro it costs $200 to start your own LLC. You have internet. google it and do it
used to exist, was why our country was founded
that would be giving the werking class a bone. death core capitalists say: hell no, shut up git back to werk homies
The Zionist occupied government isn't interested in American welfare or prosperity. They serve the interests of their masters, full stop
This truck was just released in Thailand, and they have already modified it. Crazy!!
Still has his red numberplate, less than 2 months and bro has added an extra pair of wheels. I love Thailand the individuality in vehicles is unparalleled.
Thai fabrication works are unmatched
im sure performance mods are soon to follow as with the
isuzu trucks
The Truck is amazing & the owners modifications are a perfect example of what makes this truck so appealing. the ability to purchase a vehicle for a reasonable amount & have enough left over to customize it to your specific need is priceless.
Toyota Champ is a really cool vehicle especially the ones modified with bigger wheels and suspension.
This is reads like an AI comment 😂
Its a work truck, Chevy and Ford used to sell those with plastic floors, roll up windows no radio/AM radio in the '80s for about $10K, you could hose out the interior.
Bring this to North America this shit will go crazy
Already been tried for a year heh.
There is more than 1 guy doing it for sure already but the import fees will double price, easily
Ford, GM and Chrysler will not let that happen. You crazy? They are shafting people with $80,000 f-150s.
Even Toyota don't want people in the US to know about these cheap pickups, they are selling Tundras for 80k and Tacomas for 50k.
Bro, you know very well that, if and only if, they bring this truck to the US, I will not be $12000. Add a zero....
@@EuroVrod This truck with some extras for 20k is a deal.
Illegal in the US. The government has been bought by the big 3.
that truck is a bargain. would love to see those in the Caribbean. the 6 wheel setup is👌🏾
Import tax
@@zeusapollo8688 alot of our 2nd hand pickups here in Barbados are imported directly from Thailand, only a matter of time before some of these turn up too...
@@briangriffith3985 we used to buy from Japan. I have never seen used cars that clean again
@@zeusapollo8688 the models from Japan and Thailand have better features than the ones from our local dealerships
Night you wouldn’t believe it. I was looking at the same thing but making it into a full-blown dragster caught up with the Petaya about a year and a half ago.
I start the build next year. I’ll send you photos of the progression.
Hey Toyota ! Bring this to the states.
i told them for a year... the prices are too high because of regulators etc
Chicken tax would never
i would buy one today
By the time they did that would cost 40k 😂
It would be illegal if they brought it to the US
As you know we love modify things even human, we just needed basic truck with lowest price. Then let our idea flourish to fit each other's preference and styles. 😁
the reason they don't sell those trucks in america is because it would hurt gm, ford and dodge a lot and they are already having a hard time selling trucks right now.
that true 😁😁
That's what I like also about Thailand is the all the custom car and modified without the heavy restrictions or rules in other countries.
Just take engineering aprove it go to build 🤣🤣
pretty cool truck and the convertion to 6x6 was nicely done
It's probably a 6x4 or 6x2.
Only Thailand will made work trucks sick af
This video starts wild. Turbo Diesel Toyota, 6 wheeled, driven and owned by a guy named Beer, who uses it for his Chili business and motorcycle.
Even if it cost $15k and met all US safety and emission standards, it would never sell here; dealers can't get you hooked for 84 months @ 9%, and it's not brodozer / 'influencer' cool. Very refreshing seeing this, as it reminds me more of how it used to be in the US - Pickups used as pickups, not vanity projection devices that used to be the cheapest new Toyota vehicle on the lot. I remember when a new Corolla cost more than a basic new Toyota truck.
I can't with the closed captions saying "sweaty cups" when you said sawadeekup 😂😂😂
Hope to see more videos like this, where you talk to and test drive local's cars. And those red light vendors are cool. When they sell fresh donuts it's pure bliss! 👌👍
I definitely agree with him about the cab. That truck would be awesome with a crew cab.
"basic" truck with 2.4 diesel and automatic transmission. This is a treasure.
Thank You 🙏🏻 for showing more details on this truck!!
My first Muay Thai Kru was from Nakon! 😊
Great work truck for an awesome price. As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇
That boxy look will always be my favourite...
the 2gd ftv in this truck is fully complaint to euro 6 emissions , so it will easily pass american emission tests. the other engine options like 2tr-fe were sold in usa for many years in toyota tacoma and 4runner . they won't sell it in america because americans can afford to pay 50k 80k 120k for a truck while much of thai population can only afford 10k 20k truck.
I would love one of these. I need a truck for little things around the house and this would be great for that use. But I'm not gonna hold my breath for it to come to the US without a huge increase in cost.
I love that Toyota have built these great little trucks. These something really special about a really utilitarian vehicle. I imagine that there are going to be some amazing builds done with these as a basis
12K unbelievable, that is one sick Toyota. Love it, its not in US or Canada because they know they can gouge the consumer.
In the '80s, the government introduced a new law that made it harder to import new cars from abroad. Furthermore, in the '60s, a tax called the Chicken Tax added a 25% tax to light-duty trucks, which the Hilux was. To get around these laws, Toyota started making cars in the US, as that would avoid those regulations.
Awesome CHAMP 🏆
That is so sick.... I want one!! One of the reason I want a Velociraptor 6x6
Awesome and outstanding truck.Thanks for sharing and taking us along
YES! Superb truck for the $$$. Great interview/video! thanks.
I love those plastic interiors! They don't get damage!
Thank you for coming to Thailand.😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊
That truck is dope AF, damn son!
This modify so same as "1986 Nissan Big-M 6 wheels version pickup truck (D21)" but completed from factory and become a rare to find it.
I'm sure a Toyota Hilux Champ (IMV-0) can be anything from modification as mini-trailer truck, motorhome and special vehicle such as "jigsaw kit car"
It's just sweet you can see its genuinely a work truck for his business and a leisure truck for his bike. Not a pavement princess.
Toyota's philosophy never dies.
That ride goes hard. Can’t wait to drive it in the states.
The car market is crap here plus super expensive so they'll never bring that little truck here. The dealers couldn't keep them in stock!!! Thanks for keeping the videos coming!!
We got millions of unroadworthy vehicles running around and they claim this is about crash testing. Our gov is so uneducated lol
IT’s corruption not education.
Chad,you rock! That's one badass little truck for 12k. Keep the content coming. Peace ❤
I love it. Absolutly cool. Beautiful concept. Would like to buy. But we don't get it here in Europe. Have to move to Thailand. You'll see them soon there with Bi-turbo (and more), I think.
I was literally talking about champs to my wife last night. That one is awesome
I wanna see that chili grinder in action! I have to drive 2.5 hours to Nashville for descent Thai food. I’m looking forward to the feature videos btw. I like these kinds of videos! Are both rear axels driven?
The chances of you getting decent Thai food in Nashville is slim to none. 😂 what’s the name of the restaurant?
we need this champ in America!
I love Thai people, Thai food, Chili and Beer (the owner) and the cold ones. Super cool custom Champ. I assume the trailing axle just there for load or is that driven by the engine somehow? I love the small diesel, the flat bet with fold down sides too. Curious how he loaded that big hog in the back. Thanks for that tour and in cab drive.
That's the Thai G wagon 6x6, if that was the camper version it would be sweet as though I still love it.
Be interested to know what it would take to have some form of saftey rating for this in most countries (considering lots of us drive around in old vehicles that are probably just as unsafe)
- you know the Japanese and Australian design teams have a version that would work in other countries
I like how you did a u turn onto a 2 lane and a cybertruck would struggle to get a u turn done with 3 lanes
In Australia we get Hilux also made in Thailand, also with wheel on right, also 2WD, also with 2.4L diesel on workmate model. But almost twice the price ~US$24k without auto.
Yeah, we still get slugged with taxes meant to protect the now non-existent car manufacturing industry.
Ah man cool stuff indeed. Can't wait to see one in person.
And we can't get little two door trucks because of some out of date law that encourages massive sedans with truck beds. I'd love to own this in diesel form but at this point I'd be happy with a NA gas 4 cyl.
That thing looks like a beast!!! I'd daily drive the hell out of it in the Midwest!!! 🔥
I love that truck ! So awesome 👍👍
If I am ever moving to Thailand, this will probably be the number one reason why.
I think if it ever came to the US it would take a bunch of sales away from the tacoma and every other "mini trucks". I want one of these so bad.
It's also a Toyota, like the Tacoma. But this ain't legal in the US even if a US factory builds them. Though i bet this is legal in Mexico
@@sepg5084it should be even a Chinese car is legal in Mexico now I spotted some JAC and BYD here in us from Mexico
Would love to see the undercarriage, specifically the added axle. Someone knows what they are doing.......
Soon to be launched (and be built) again here in the Philippines as 'Tamaraw' (name after a native small buffalo). This will definitely sell here very well with variants ranging from gas and diesel engines as well as m/t and a/t options. And no, no 6-wheeler variant.
That Harley is Badass
Hey Chad. Love you work. Cool truck. The closest experience to a 6 wheeler. Dual rear is a single real spooled differential. A full locked diff. Not a true trac or Detroit. A spool. Cheers mate 🙏
They developed the previous generations of this in South Africa in the 1980s. The very first model was called Toyota TUV. (Utility Vehicle)
The TUV is actually a Toyota kijang imported from Indonesia.
The 2nd gen kijang was exported as the TUV, the 3rd gen was exported as the stallion, while the 4th gen was exported as the zace.
But these are all the same model and used similar engines (3k, 4k, 5k, 7k).
For whatever reason Toyota decided to export different generations with different names until the 5th gen (Innova)
Chad, you should try to link up with the Crown Prince of Johor, Malaysia. His car collection is insane.
Cool. Love it. The Truck. The modification he had done...and his Harley in the back mostly. Yeah...show us those local builds. I know you got the baller street cars covered...but what aboot the budget guy...what are they doing to their cars ?
I Remember buying a Base Tacoma for $14,999 back in 2006 ...
Toyota needs to make the Back to Basic Truck for the US market
So there's no video of the conversion?
How much does the conversion cost?
I love the look! I wish i could drive this one in germany!!!😍
Looks like a "tag" axle. Hope it has a lot of suspension travel so that when backing up in rough areas that the rears don't lift the drives off the ground. Saw that happen a lot in the farmlands in the US midwest back in the day. Be nice if it was s twin screw. Just my 2 cents. Other than that, love it.
Chad do you have a link to the company that carries out the 6 wwheeler upgrade?
Toyota had a 1-ton dullay truck in the U,S, back in 1980s, they need to bring this vehicles to America!!!
Wow, what a deal for that truck. Wish we had that in the states!
Mans built an excellent truck.
What we really need are Japanese bubble cab trucks like Canter, Dutro, Elf, and Atlas
8:53 Turn Signals on Right Side 🤔
The Suzuki Carry orders must have dried up with this diesel Toyota Champ.
It is not surprising that Suzuki is stopping to manufacture vehicles in Thailand.
Suzuki And Toyota Has Tie Up Now.
They Are Selling Each Other's Vehicle In India With Just Badge Change
I did not hear Suzuki was stopping production in thailand.what are they doing with their plant at BoWin?
In the Philippines, they call this Toyota Hilux Tamaraw. Check them out.
You could of bought at least one drink off the poor guy baking in the heat 🤣🤣🤣😝
Knowing Chad, he probably did (off cam).
Oh it is coming and everyone will be buying one
I want one so bad!!! But Toyota said there is no market in the US.
I'm into truck that much but When I saw this truck advertised in my area it's so fking cool and I want one for no reason
I love it. I'd buy one tomorrow if I could get for that price plus a reasonable shipping fee to get here.
,👍😀@CBMedia COOL Video!!!
How would this compared to the Isuzu trucks like the Elf or Npr /similar size or engine??? Price?? Specs?;etc...thaks
That truck could be the frame of a sick cube van/tiny home!
I’ve never seen a Champ with an automatic transmission or adjustable steering wheel, I wonder if those were modified as well.
Nice cell phone cut-ins with the bear 🥳
the markups for these would be insane in the States
That 2.4 (2GD) engine is already potent with 150hp, 343nm (mt) and 400nm (at), very enough and sufficient already for that chassis. What more if they install their 2.8 (1GD) with 200hp and 500nm! 😎
Interesting video. I loved when mini trucks did that back in the 80s. I don’t see any of that extra axle up in Northern Thailand. I have a diesel Isuzu pickup. Wondering how much it would cost to add another axle.
He owns a Harley in Thailand, so bet he's rich
Also there quite a lot of similar conversation here
iirc pricing isn't really that far from actual Hilux
LOL about the dog.
The dogs down in Mexico are no different. Kind of dangerous at night, as i've come across a few sleeping on the road, on a bend.
Awesome little truck. I am shopping for one now, but I don't want any of the massive things they sell over here. A 4 cylinder turbo Tacoma can cost about $75k. Not from me they won't. I will refurbish 20 year old Tacoma before I pay that price and still pay about a 1/3 of want the want for a new on. I want one the many small trucks I see in the Thai videos.
If I am going to import this truck, I will get it from the Philippines instead which is the Hilux Tamaraw. They are basically the same thing but with LHD version instead of the RHD from Thailand which is perfect for US and Canadian roads.
This will carry the iconic Tamaraw name for the Philippine market. Yum.
I believe it's actually a Thailand exclusive, they don't sell it anywhere else unfortunately.
But they do know the Thai people customize everything they own, so it's the perfect country to sell a barebones Truck and let other shops/companys customize it to every customers specific needs. I'm sure there's a shop that makes you a nicer interior, build a camper addition, ambulance module or a small ramp truck for transporting a jetski, scooter or sidebyside, or build a rolling whirlpool to pickup ladyboys.
ใช่เลย รถส่วนมากขายแบบไม่มีเบาะ หรือกระบะหลังด้วยซ้ำ หลังจากนั้นแต่ละองค์กรก็สร้างสรรค์ได้ตามสบาย ถ้าวิศวะกรรองรับได้ก็จดทะเบียนเสียภาษีได้ปกติ 🤣