Toyota Kijang

Toyota Kijang
1997 Toyota Kijang SSX 1.8 (KF70, Indonesia)
Overview
Manufacturer	Toyota
Also called	Toyota Tamaraw/Revo (Philippines, 1976–2005) Toyota Unser (Malaysia, 1998–2005) Toyota Zace / Zace Surf (Vietnam and Taiwan) Toyota Qualis (India, 2000–2004) Toyota Stallion/Venture/Condor (Africa) Toyota Traka (Papua New Guinea, 1980)
Production	1976–2007
Body and chassis
Class	Compact pickup truck (1976–2007) Compact station wagon (1986–2007)
Body style	2-door pickup Station wagon Van
Layout	Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive (1976–2007) Front-engine, four-wheel-drive (fourth generation only)
Chassis	Body-on-frame
Chronology
Successor	Toyota Avanza Toyota Innova Toyota Hilux Toyota Fortuner Toyota Hilux Champ

The Toyota Kijang is a series of pickup trucks, station wagons and light commercial vehicles produced and marketed mainly in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, India and South Africa by Toyota between 1976 and 2007 under various other names.

The vehicle first entered production in the Philippines as the Toyota Tamaraw in December 1976. It was then introduced in Indonesia in June 1977 as the Kijang, after its unnamed prototype model was showcased in Jakarta in mid-1975. The first two generations were produced from factory as pickup trucks, conversions to other body styles were conducted by local third-party companies. Availability of the model was expanded to more markets since the third-generation model, such as Africa and Taiwan.

The Kijang was relatively affordable in the markets where it was sold when compared to the four-wheel drive vehicles (it is predominantly rear-wheel drive) and had high seating capacity, high ground clearance and rugged suspension, popular features in an area with generally poor road conditions and large extended families. It was also designed with ease of manufacture in mind; in 1986, the assembly of the Kijang only cost 42 percent of the cost of assembling the smaller EE80 Corolla. It was manufactured as a CKD (complete knock-down) unit in almost every country it was sold in and many of the parts come from each of the markets in which it was sold.^[1]

The name Kijang means muntjac or deer in Indonesian. Due to the varying names used in different countries, the vehicle is internally known as the 'TUV', short for 'Toyota Utility Vehicle'.^[2][3] Fourth-generation models in the Philippines were sold under the Toyota Revo nameplate. The Kijang was also sold in other countries, and is known as the Toyota Qualis in India and Nepal (third generation), Toyota Zace in Vietnam and Taiwan (third and fourth generation), Toyota Unser in Malaysia (fourth generation) and Toyota Stallion in Africa for the basic models (third and fourth generation), with higher specifications labelled Toyota Venture (third generation) and Toyota Condor in South Africa (fourth generation).