It has won the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies in 2016, 2017 and 2021, the Dakar Rally in 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025, and the World Rally-Raid Championship in 2022 and 2023.

Since 2016, Toyota Gazoo Racing and its regional subsidiaries field the Toyota GR DKR Hilux model, which is produced by SVR Hallspeed in South Africa; prior to that, the car was mainly used by private installations Imperial and Overdrive Racing.

[2][3] TGR's international rally division introduced an upgraded Hilux, the Toyota GR DKR Hilux EVO T1U, in 2024.

[4] Overdrive Racing prepares its own model separate from TGR dubbed the Toyota Hilux Overdrive.

A Hilux developed by WCT Engineering, intended to be affordable for privateers, has been raced since 2023.