Toyota Hilux Australia's best seller

The Toyota HiLux was Australia's best-selling vehicle in May 2015, hitting a significant milestone by passing 850,000 sales in this country.

Toyota's May total included 3173 HiLux single, extra and double cabs, which it claims is almost 300 sales ahead of any other vehicle in the market.

It is the 14th time HiLux has topped the monthly sales charts — and HiLux remains the only vehicle of its type to have achieved that distinction.

Early in the month, Toyota registered its 850,000th Australian HiLux customer since the nameplate was born in 1968. The grand total now includes more than 478,800 HiLux 4x4 variants and 373,500 in 4x2 guise.

Toyota Australia Executive Director Sales and Marketing Tony Cramb said HiLux is a global and Australian success story with more than 16 million sold around the world.

"HiLux has been a long-time favourite in Australia with 850,000 sales and is now more popular than ever as confirmed by its best-selling status last month," Cramb said.

"Renowned for its 'unbreakable' tag, HiLux has delivered the size, capabilities and performance demanded by customers for more than 47 years," Cramb said.

"The current model line-up continues to outperform its rivals, which gives Toyota a great launching pad for introducing an all-new HiLux to the market later this year," he said.