2 Toyota Hiace Demo & Near New Cars For Sale in New South Wales

Toyota’s venerable workhorse van continues to be Australia’s favourite, so what makes it so good?

How does the Toyota HiAce light commercial van rate these days after decades as a segment benchmark?

The Toyota HiAce hydrogen prototype is a zero-emissions commercial van, but not as we know it, and Drive was invited to sample it.

Toyota and Hyundai offer the two biggest-selling vans in Australia, but can Hyundai's all-new Staria Load close the gap to the rampaging Hiace that outsells it three to one? Glenn Butler runs the ruler over these cargo carriers.

Toyota has updated the old 'flat-nose' HiAce van – which dates back to 2004 – with a revised look in Japan.

Sales in the two largest of Australia’s three van segments dipped in 2025, dragging the segment down overall.

A radical redesign is on the cards for the next Toyota HiAce van – possibly with electric power – if these new concepts are a guide.

Safety upgrades have prompted Toyota and Mitsubishi to submit their vehicles for a new round of crash testing under fresh criteria.