Dont bother with the Hilux, wayyy too expensive.
If your on a budget like myself, check out the Courier or the Bravo. great cars and damn cheap 2nd hand. I picked this one up for under $14K and it only had 150,000 kms on the clock. Plus it already had a long range tank, dual batteries, UHF and everything else you can see on it.
These have a 2.5 TD but its just as guttsy as a 3L Nivara or Hilux
Best of all, it came with a DVD player to watch a kite movie when there's no wind.