In this Month’s update you will find a brake master cylinder ( 41151) for the 7the generation Toyota Hilux. This iconic pickup is currently on its eight generation. It has been in production since 1968 and has earned a reputation for being robust or even nearly indestructible.

The television program “Top Gear” put a Hilux on top of a high building which was set for demolition with explosives. After they freed the car from the debris it would still start. Subsequently they set fire to the car, drove it in to the sea and after all that abuse it could still be repaired using simple hand tools and would still start.

Although the Hilux is still in production it has been replaced in the North American market with the Tacoma. The wagon version of the car is sold under the name 4Runner. The seventh generation shares the chassis with the Toyota Fortuner.

In this month’s Range Update you will find Wheel Speed Sensors (33007 & 33008) for the Ford Transit and E-transit. These items are for the 2014 generation of this van. The series started out in 1953 as the Taunus Transit but officially the first generation Ford Transit van was built in 1965. The current series Ford Transit of which production started in 2014 is the fourth generation of this famous van.

In some EU markets it has been (or still is) the number one selling van. Worldwide it ranks at number two with 8.4 million units sold. The Volkswagen Transporter holds first place with 12.4 million units sold. Ford also hold third place with 8.3 million units of the US Ford E series van (1961-present).

In the range update of this month you will find a brake caliper (423461 / 423462) for the Iconic Land Rover Defender. This particular part can be fitted to the 90, 110 and 130 models. The original Defender was created in 1983 and is a redesign of the original Land Rover. One of the noticeable changes in this redesign of its predecessor the Series III is the addition of coil springs instead of leaf springs. Coil springs offered both better ride quality and improved axle articulation.

Adding a lockable centre differential to the transfer case gave the Defender permanent (on-road) four-wheel-drive capability. Both changes were derived from the Range Rover, and the interiors were also modernised. Some models of this generation of the Land Rover Defender remained in production until 2020 when it was replaced with an all new design.