A single owner drove this Toyota Pickup 1,000,000 miles and it is still running strong

Legends aren’t born overnight, and this Toyota Pickup, known globally as the Hilux, has quietly racked up a million miles, and is still eager for more.

The Toyota Pickup may not be the flashiest vehicle around, but it has one unique selling point: it simply refuses to quit.

Some might call a million-mile Toyota predictable, but that’s detracting away from this particular truck’s feat.

Not every Hilux out there can hit a million miles, and this one is still special.

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The Toyota Pickup outsold every muscle car in the 1980s

The Toyota Hilux story began in 1968 as a humble, compact work truck designed to be simple, tough, and affordable.

Over decades, it evolved into one of the most trusted utility vehicles on the planet, earning a reputation for its durability.

The Hilux can survive anything, even some of the most challenging terrain imaginable.

In North America, it wore the simpler ‘Pickup’ badge, but the DNA remained the same.

It retained its body-on-frame construction and no-nonsense engineering, which made it easy to live with (and easier to fix).

In fact, the Pickup quietly outsold every American muscle car during the 1980s, solidifying its place in American car culture.

This million-mile example from YouTube channel High Mileage Reviews is a perfect case study in why the Hilux legend exists.

Purchased new in 1980 and owned by the same person ever since, the truck lived a hard, adventurous life.

It was raced, rallied, jumped, and driven across deserts, beaches, mountains, and highways for more than four decades.

Its exterior wears the scars proudly.

You can see layers of paint from different eras, and the rust tells stories rather than hiding them.

A roll cage, added early on after a serious crash, hints at just how seriously this truck was used.

The truck’s interior is also a little worse for wear, but nothing that is unexpected in a truck this old.

It’s all about regular maintenance

Mechanically, the story is even more impressive.

The original 2.2-liter 20R engine ran for over 400,000 miles before being swapped.

No, it didn’t fail; the owner simply wanted more performance.

Its replacement, the legendary 2.4-liter 22R, has since added another 600,000 miles, paired with a later five-speed manual gearbox.

It may creak and leak, but it keeps going anyway.

As the owner puts it, the secret to hitting a million miles isn’t magic, but simplicity.

If you want something easy to fix, you should never stop maintaining it.

Oh, and get a Toyota Hilux. That helps too.

After all, just look at this 2017 Toyota Hilux, which managed to rack up 1 million km, or around 620,000 miles, in just six years.

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