# Toyota IMV platform
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{{Infobox automobile platform
| name = Toyota IMV platform
| manufacturer = [Toyota](/source/Toyota)
| aka = {{unbulleted list
| Toyota Global Quality (GQ) Project[{{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}}]
| F3[{{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}}]
}}
| production = 2004–present
| layout = {{unbulleted list
| [Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive](/source/Front-engine%2C_rear-wheel-drive_layout)
| [Front-engine, four-wheel-drive](/source/Front-engine%2C_four-wheel-drive_layout)
}}
| body_style = {{unbulleted list
| 2/4-door [pickup truck](/source/pickup_truck)
| 5-door [SUV](/source/SUV)
| 5-door [minivan](/source/minivan)
}}
| vehicles = {{unbulleted list
| [Toyota Hilux](/source/Toyota_Hilux_(AN10)) (pickup truck, seventh generation onwards)
| [Toyota Fortuner](/source/Toyota_Fortuner), [Toyota Land Cruiser FJ](/source/Toyota_Land_Cruiser_FJ) (SUV)
| [Toyota Innova](/source/Toyota_Innova) (minivan)
}}
| engine = {{unbulleted list
| '''[Petrol](/source/Petrol_engine):'''
| [Toyota TR engine](/source/Toyota_TR_engine)
| [Toyota GR engine](/source/Toyota_GR_engine)
| '''[Diesel](/source/Diesel_engine):'''
| [Toyota L engine](/source/Toyota_L_engine)
| [Toyota KD engine](/source/Toyota_KD_engine)
| [Toyota GD engine](/source/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)](/source/Toyota_Hilux_(AN130))
}}
The '''Toyota IMV platform''' is an [automobile platform](/source/automobile_platform) for [SUV](/source/Sport_utility_vehicle)s, [pickups/light trucks](/source/Pickup_truck) and passenger cars from [Toyota](/source/Toyota). The name "IMV" stands for "Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle".[{{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}}][{{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}}] It uses a [ladder frame](/source/ladder_frame) chassis construction.
IMV platform-based vehicles are either [rear-wheel drive](/source/rear-wheel_drive) or [four-wheel drive](/source/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.[{{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}}] The vehicles were released in 2004 as the [seventh-generation Hilux](/source/Toyota_Hilux_(AN10)), [first-generation Innova](/source/Toyota_Innova_(AN40)) and [first-generation Fortuner](/source/Toyota_Fortuner_(AN50)) respectively.[{{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}}]
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](/source/knock-down_kits). The production of major components was divided, for example [diesel engine](/source/diesel_engine) production was centered in Thailand, [petrol engines](/source/petrol_engines) in Indonesia and [manual transmissions](/source/Manual_transmission) in the Philippines and India.