{{Infobox automobile platform | name = Toyota IMV platform | manufacturer = Toyota | aka = {{unbulleted list | Toyota Global Quality (GQ) Project<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kijang Innova Menuju Pasar Global|url=http://www.toyota.co.id/news/article.php?article_id=1568|last=|first=|date=2004-11-26|website=Toyota Indonesia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041205235020/http://www.toyota.co.id/news/article.php?article_id=1568|archive-date=2004-12-05|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref> | F3<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-07 |title=VIDEO: Interview with 2016 Toyota Hilux executive chief engineer Hiroki Nakajima |url=https://paultan.org/2016/06/07/video-interview-with-2016-toyota-hilux-executive-chief-engineer-hiroki-nakajima/ |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Paul Tan's Automotive News |language=en-UK}}</ref> }} | production = 2004–present | layout = {{unbulleted list | Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive | Front-engine, four-wheel-drive }} | body_style = {{unbulleted list | 2/4-door pickup truck | 5-door SUV | 5-door minivan }} | vehicles = {{unbulleted list | Toyota Hilux (pickup truck, seventh generation onwards) | Toyota Fortuner, Toyota Land Cruiser FJ (SUV) | Toyota Innova (minivan) }} | engine = {{unbulleted list | '''Petrol:''' | Toyota TR engine | Toyota GR engine | '''Diesel:''' | Toyota L engine | Toyota KD engine | Toyota GD engine }} | wheelbase = {{unbulleted list | {{convert|2580|–|2750|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} (wagon) | {{convert|2580|–|3085|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} (pickup truck) }} | image=IMV Hilux Frame.webp | caption=IMV frame for Toyota Hilux (AN130) }}
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".<ref name="Toyota IMV Sales Reach Global 5 Million-unit Mark">{{cite press release | url = http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/12/04/0406_3.html | title = Toyota IMV Sales Reach Global 5 Million-unit Mark | publisher = Toyota Motor Corporation | date = 2012-04-06 | access-date = 2015-12-30}}</ref><ref name="75 Years of Toyota, IMV Project Production Vehicles">{{cite web | url = http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/data/automotive_business/production/production/overview/imv.html | title = IMV Project Production Vehicles | publisher = Toyota Motor Corporation | date = 2012 | access-date = 2015-12-30}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Toyota's IMV Project Takes First Big Step Forward |url=https://global.toyota/en/detail/223095/ |access-date=2022-01-25 |website=Toyota Motor Corporation Official Global Website}}</ref> The vehicles were released in 2004 as the seventh-generation Hilux, first-generation Innova and first-generation Fortuner respectively.<ref name="Toyota IMV Sales Reach Global 5 Million-unit Mark2">{{cite press release |url=http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/12/04/0406_3.html |title=Toyota IMV Sales Reach Global 5 Million-unit Mark |publisher=Toyota Motor Corporation |date=6 April 2012 |access-date=30 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030012943/http://www2.toyota.co.jp/en/news/12/04/0406_3.html |archive-date=30 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Initial production of IMV vehicles was 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 was divided, for example diesel engine production was centered in Thailand, petrol engines in Indonesia and manual transmissions in the Philippines and India.<ref name=":0" />
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.<ref name="Toyota IMV Sales Reach Global 5 Million-unit Mark2" />
== Applications == * Toyota Hilux ** AN10/AN20/AN30 (2004–2015, also referred to as "IMV1"/"IMV2"/"IMV3")<ref name="Toyota IMV Sales Reach Global 5 Million-unit Mark" /><ref name="75 Years of Toyota, IMV Project Production Vehicles" /> ** AN120/AN130 (2015–present) ** AN220/AN230 (2025–present) * Toyota Fortuner / SW4 / Hilux SW4 ** AN50/AN60 (2005–2015, also referred to as "IMV4")<ref name="Toyota IMV Sales Reach Global 5 Million-unit Mark" /><ref name="75 Years of Toyota, IMV Project Production Vehicles" /> ** AN150/AN160 (2015–present) * Toyota Innova ** AN40 (2004–2015, also referred to as "IMV5")<ref name="Toyota IMV Sales Reach Global 5 Million-unit Mark" /><ref name="75 Years of Toyota, IMV Project Production Vehicles" /> ** AN140 (2015–present)<!-- Still sold as of November 2022 --> * Toyota Hilux Champ/Rangga/Tamaraw/Stout ** AN110/AN120 (2023–present) * Toyota Land Cruiser FJ ** J240 (2026–present)
<gallery widths="170" heights="100" class="center"> File:2013 Toyota HiLux (KUN26R MY12) SR5 4-door utility (2015-08-07) 01.jpg|Toyota Hilux (AN10) File:2024 Toyota Hilux 2.4 V 4x4 Crew Cab (Indonesia) front view.jpg|Toyota Hilux (AN120) File:2025 Toyota Hilux Travo Overland Double-Cab 2.8 Plus Prerunner.jpg|Toyota Hilux (AN220) File:2013 Toyota Fortuner 2.7 G LUX wagon (TGN61R; 12-16-2018), South Tangerang.jpg|Toyota Fortuner (AN50) File:Toyota Fortuner 4x4 LTD 2-Tone White Pearl-Black (cropped).jpg|Toyota Fortuner (AN150) File:Toyota Innova (first generation) (front), Kajang.jpg|Toyota Innova (AN40) File:2021 Toyota Kijang Innova 2.0 Venturer (Indonesia) front view 02.jpg|Toyota Innova (AN140) File:2023 Toyota Hilux Champ 2.4 Diesel SWB Attractive Package.jpg|Toyota Hilux Champ File:Toyota Land Cruiser FJ prototype.jpg|Toyota Land Cruiser FJ (J240) </gallery>
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