Toyota IMV platform

Motor vehicle platform
  • Toyota Global Quality (GQ) Project[1]
  • F3[2]
Production2004–presentBody and chassisLayout
  • Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
  • Front-engine, four-wheel-drive
Body style(s)
  • 2/4-door pickup truck
  • 5-door SUV
  • 5-door minivan
Vehicles
  • Toyota Hilux (pickup truck, seventh generation onwards)
  • Toyota Fortuner (SUV)
  • Toyota Innova (minivan)
PowertrainEngine(s)
  • Petrol:
  • Toyota TR engine
  • Toyota GR engine
  • Diesel:
  • Toyota L engine
  • Toyota KD engine
  • Toyota GD engine
Transmission(s)5-speed manual
6-speed manual
6-speed AC60E automaticDimensionsWheelbase
  • 2,745–2,750 mm (108.1–108.3 in) (wagon)
  • 2,750–3,085 mm (108.3–121.5 in) (pickup truck)

The Toyota IMV platform is an automobile platform for SUVs, pickups/light trucks and passenger cars from Toyota. The name "IMV" stands for "Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle".[3][4] It uses a ladder frame chassis construction.

IMV platform-based vehicles are either rear-wheel drive or four-wheel drive (can be either full-time or rear-based part-time). The front suspension is independent double-wishbone, while the rear suspension is half-dependent. Engines are mounted longitudinally.

History

The IMV Project was first announced by Toyota in 2002. The project aimed to develop and produce pickup trucks, a minivan and an SUV outside Japan to reduce costs.[5] The vehicles were released in 2004 as the seventh-generation Hilux, first-generation Innova and first-generation Fortuner respectively.[6]

Initial production of IMV vehicles were centered in Thailand, Indonesia, Argentina and South Africa, which would supply vehicles to countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, Oceania, Latin America and the Middle East in a complete form or by knock-down kits. The production of major components were divided, for example diesel engine production were centered in Thailand, petrol engines in Indonesia and manual transmissions in the Philippines and India.[5]

Cumulative sales reached 1 million vehicles in 2006, 2 million in 2008, 3 million in 2009, 4 million in 2010, and 5 million in March 2012.[6]

Applications

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Toyota IMV platform.
  1. ^ "Kijang Innova Menuju Pasar Global". Toyota Indonesia. 2004-11-26. Archived from the original on 2004-12-05. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  2. ^ "VIDEO: Interview with 2016 Toyota Hilux executive chief engineer Hiroki Nakajima". Paul Tan's Automotive News. 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  3. ^ a b c d "Toyota IMV Sales Reach Global 5 Million-unit Mark" (Press release). Toyota Motor Corporation. 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  4. ^ a b c d "IMV Project Production Vehicles". Toyota Motor Corporation. 2012. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  5. ^ a b "Toyota's IMV Project Takes First Big Step Forward". Toyota Motor Corporation Official Global Website. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  6. ^ a b "Toyota IMV Sales Reach Global 5 Million-unit Mark" (Press release). Toyota Motor Corporation. 6 April 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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