How much do wreckers pay for a Toyota Hilux?

The Toyota Hilux has been on New Zealand roads since the 1960s, and it’s built a reputation that few utes can match. It’s known for going the distance; there are Hilux utes still running well past 300,000km, and that kind of reliability is exactly why the model holds strong resale and salvage value even decades after it rolls off the production line. Farmers, tradies, and daily drivers have relied on it for years, and that popularity is a big part of why we see so many Hilux utes coming through for wrecking, whether they’re being sold for parts or scrapped after an accident.

To know how much wreckers pay for a vehicle, the seller must consider a few things. These include, but are not limited to, salvageable parts and demand. The more parts we can salvage and the more demand the model has, the more money the seller gets. It is simple, we make more, so you get more share of it

The table below shows real prices we’ve paid. A newer year doesn’t automatically mean a higher payout, we pay according to condition, and sometimes an older model in good shape earns more than a newer one that’s been through the wars.