2025 Toyota HiAce: Safety Upgrades for Aussie Businesses

2025 Toyota HiAce: Safer, Smarter and Still the Van Aussie Businesses Trust

For more than 50 years, the Toyota HiAce has been the van of choice for Australian businesses. From tradies and couriers to national fleets, its reputation for reliability and low running costs has made it the country’s best-selling commercial van. Now, Toyota has raised the bar again with the 2025 Toyota HiAce, arriving in local showrooms from late August.

This latest update focuses on what matters most to business buyers: keeping drivers safe, making long days behind the wheel less tiring, and protecting resale value.

Safety First: New Tech to Protect Your Team

The standout story for 2025 is the expanded Toyota Safety Sense suite. All HiAce grades now include:

• Lane Trace Assist: helps keep the van centred when adaptive cruise control is active – a major upgrade for highway driving.
• Emergency Driver Support: if the driver doesn’t respond to alerts, the HiAce can slow, stop, and activate hazard lights – crucial for duty of care.
• Safe Exit Assist: works with blind-spot monitoring to warn of cyclists or cars when opening doors roadside.

These join existing systems like lane departure alert, pre-collision safety, speed sign assist, and automatic high beam. On top of that, airbag coverage has been boosted – now eight as standard, or ten in LWB Crew variants with two rows of seats.

Compared with the previous HiAce, which already had a strong safety package, these additions deliver a clear step forward. In fact, the level of active tech now brings the HiAce closer to Toyota’s passenger range, offering car-like safety in a commercial van.

Less Fatigue, More Comfort on the Job

The introduction of electric power steering across the range makes manoeuvring smoother and less draining, whether you’re in tight city streets or navigating a loading dock. For drivers clocking 40–50,000km a year, it’s a change that directly reduces fatigue.

Every HiAce now features a 7.0-inch digital instrument cluster with nine selectable displays, giving drivers clearer information at a glance – a feature more in line with Toyota SUVs. An electric parking brake (standard on all but the base manual) and improved air-conditioning performance further lighten the workload in stop-start delivery driving.

Compared with the outgoing model, these upgrades make the HiAce less tiring and more intuitive to live with day after day.

Proven Toyota Power and Reliability

Under the bonnet, Toyota has stuck with what works – the 2.8-litre turbo-diesel engine producing 130kW and 450Nm (420Nm in the manual). It’s the same engine family trusted in the HiLux and LandCruiser Prado, giving buyers confidence in proven, hard-working performance.

For business owners and fleet managers, this means:

• Parts commonality with other Toyota workhorses,
• Simplified servicing and maintenance,
• Predictable running costs and minimal downtime.

When you add Toyota’s resale strength, the HiAce continues to be one of the smartest total-cost-of-ownership buys in the van market.

Built for Every Kind of Business

The 2025 HiAce is available in multiple configurations to suit all kinds of commercial needs:

• Long Wheelbase (LWB) or Super Long Wheelbase (SLWB)
• Crew Van for dual-row seating
• Choice of lift-up tailgate or barn doors

Pricing starts from $51,880 (LWB manual) and tops out at $63,190 (SLWB Barn Door automatic), keeping the HiAce highly competitive in the large-van market.

Why It Matters for Your Business

Whether you’re a sole trader hauling tools, a courier on the road every day, or a fleet manager responsible for driver safety, the HiAce’s 2025 upgrades deliver:

• Safer staff → fewer incidents, better duty of care, lower insurance risk.
• Less tiring to drive → happier, more productive drivers.
• Proven Toyota reliability → reduced downtime, predictable servicing, strong resale.

In short, the 2025 Toyota HiAce is not just a van — it’s a smarter investment for your business.