I'm talking about trucks not cars, finish is indeed important on most cars, however trucks are workhorses, they're already far too luxurious, what should matter with a Pickup is how much it can haul and how well it can get through swamps/uneven terrain etc. It's sad that there's such a big market for selling prettied up trucks that can't do anything properly to idiot lawyers who wished they were the construction worker guy from the Villiage people.
Turbo diesels are not powerful, they were never meant to be, the torque however is clearly significant enough for the Hilux to do everything a fullsize pick up can do, right up to the very extreme end of the scale where someone wants to tow 7 or 8000 lbs (Something less than 1% of pickup drivers do)