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Taxi owner, white van man rejoice!

The Quantum has taken it on the nose! Witness Toyota’s all new minibus and panel van range packed with newfound practicality, comfort and bigger turbodiesel engine tech, extra convenience and cargo carrying ability, added safety features and an ultra-modern all new look along with the return of Hilux as a taxi based on the outgoing Ses’fikile.

Now boasting a semi-bonnet design rather than the eternal cab-over format in search of a more cab space, a modern new look and enhanced aerodynamics, new Quantum packs increased overall length and passenger space, with improved leg room and seating comfort.

Add an aggro radiator grille and headlamps with GL Bus models benefiting chrome treatment and vertical LED Daytime Running Lights, fog lamps and colour-coded bumpers and door handles, new 16-inch steel wheels, and large multi-functional side mirrors that are even power-retractable on GL models too. 

Quantum comes in new panel van and bus derivatives plus 3-seater panel vans in long and super-long wheelbases, heightened-roofs and even a six-seater long wheelbase crew cab, while the ‘L Bus range offers 11-seater long and 14-seater super long wheelbase versions.

Add an all-new quieter and more economical turbocharged and intercooled 115kW 420Nm 2.8-litre turbodiesel engine delivering 115 or 130kW depending on the model, and 420Nm turning a 6-speed manual gearbox with MacPherson strut front and leaf spring rear suspension for excellent straight-line stability and a quiet, comfortable ride and ventilated front discs and rear drum brakes with ABS and EBD.

Talking about Ses’fikile, the 16-seater Commuter will be renamed Hiace and continue to be built on the previous Quantum platform at Toyota South Africa’s Prospecton production facility. The Hiace name is well known and trusted in South Africa, and pays homage to the iconic ‘Zola Budd’ or ‘Siyaya’ commuter busses of the 90’s. The Hiace Ses’fikile will retain the existing 2.7 litre petrol and 2.5 diesel engine and drivetrain. 

Toyota Quantum 2.8 Pricing
LWB GL Bus 11-seater – R597K
SLWB GL Bus 14-seater – R613K
LWB Panel Van 3-seater – R473
LWB Panel Van 3-seater AC – R481K
SLWB Panel Van 3-seater - R509K
2.8 SLWB Panel Van 3-seater AC – R517K
2.8 LWB Crew Cab 6-seater – R482K
2.8 LWB Crew Cab 6-seater AC – R490K
2.8 LWB Crew Cab 6-seater F&R AC – R495K

Toyota Hiace Ses’fikile Pricing
2.7 16s – R419K
2.5D 16s – R444K