Anyone has or had a Toyota Hilux or a Mitsubishi L200?

Anyone here had one of these 2 pickups or driven them or had some experiences operating them?

Which one had better on road performance and had less issues in terms of reliability and parts availability.

I thought the Hilux had a reputation these days for being indestructible.

top gear loves the hilux

and all my info is based on TG lol

so get the hilux

@OP: Ford Ranger?

Depends what you want it for really. If it's going to spend that much time on road you're probably better off looking at a big van. If it's going to spend most of the time off road I'd stick with the Defender

I've driven the Hilux from the Top Gear polar special in the desert and it was bloody awful.

In what way was it awful?

Can you jog my memory a bit, which version of Hilux was used in that episode as I don't recall that episode.

Off-road probably 20-30% the problem with using a van for this job is the soft mud and a steep slope that makes it difficult to climb.

Also we are getting rid of the Defender as it is also too thirsty and underpowered for the work it needs to do especially when you hitch a trailer.

I've driven both but not extensively unfortunately. The Hilux was a lot newer than the L200 but they both seemed to be standing up fairly well, as they were both given a fair amount of abuse working on a farm. I'm guessing you're looking at something fairly new?

Which Defender are we talking about here? The 2.0L Puma engine as used across the Ford Transit range has a reputation as being a great engine, and I can't see it being less economical than anything you're going to get in a Toyota or anything else. The TD5 and the 200/300Tdi engines are also brilliant. The Defender is also rated to tow 3.5t braked which is fairly impressive, and not something a lot of other 4x4s will match.