The Bongo Brawny name came back in April 2019 as a badge-engineered fifth-generation Toyota HiAce.
Median 114 hp across 43 similar cars
Lead trim: 2.0 Petrol (1TR-FE) · up to 149 hp
Mazda Bongo Brawny H200TRH200M/GDH20#M · 2019–present
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FactThe Bongo Brawny name came back in April 2019 as a badge-engineered fifth-generation Toyota HiAce.
The third Bongo Brawny, on sale from May 2019, is not a Mazda design: it is the fifth-generation Toyota HiAce van (H200) supplied by Toyota. It comes with a 2.0-litre 1TR-FE petrol (two-wheel drive only) or a 2.8-litre 1GD-FTV turbodiesel with two- or four-wheel drive, both with a six-speed automatic.
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 Petrol (1TR-FE) | 2019–present | 2.0 L I4 | 134 hp | 134 lb-ft | — | RWD | automatic | — |
| 2.8 Diesel Turbo (1GD-FTV) 4WD | 2019–present | 2.8 L I4 | 149 hp | 221 lb-ft | — | 4WD | automatic | — |
| 2.8 Diesel Turbo (1GD-FTV) RWD | 2019–present | 2.8 L I4 | 149 hp | 221 lb-ft | — | RWD | automatic | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
The Bongo Brawny name came back in April 2019 as a badge-engineered fifth-generation Toyota HiAce.
The 1999 Bongo Brawny moved to the SK platform and came in 2400 mm or 2600 mm wheelbases.
The first Bongo Brawny went on sale in June 1983, three months before the regular Bongo it was a wider version of.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
Chevy pitched the Astro as the anti-minivan, telling buyers life was too big for one, while it rode on a rear-wheel-drive truck frame.
The IIHS rated the Astro Poor in a 1996 crash test, yet 2001–2004 Astros later had the lowest driver death rate of any US passenger vehicle.
The boxy, unglamorous Astro quietly posted one of the best real-world safety records in America: IIHS found 2001-2004 models had the fewest driver deaths per million vehicles of any passenger vehicle on US roads.
The third-generation Tourneo Connect, released in Europe in October 2021, is a rebadged fourth-generation Volkswagen Caddy, assembled by Volkswagen in Poland.
Ford beat the 25% "chicken tax" by importing the Transit Connect as a passenger van — rear windows and seats included, then stripped out and recycled once it landed in the US.
Ford spent years in federal court over the second-gen Transit Connect: in June 2019 the US won its appeal, and judges ruled the van was cargo-only — ending Ford's workaround for the 'chicken tax.'
GM sold a rebadged Nissan NV200 as the Chevy City Express for four years, then killed it in 2018, citing weak sales and the fact that its parts weren't even compatible with GM's own parts catalog.
Its name is a pun: "S-Cargo" means "Small Cargo" but sounds just like escargot — French for snail, the shape the whole van was built to resemble.