They defintely do! It was so hard not to buy one, but I needed the tow capability. I even serioiusly looked at using an old WB van my mate has stashed away as a tow vehicle, and having a nice white VE ute to drive. I would have had to ditch the 202 and M20 from the WB, and fit a V8 and auto, but I bought the V6 Hilux instead. Marks 4x4 are working on a GenIII/GenIV conversion for the 2010 V6 auto Hilux, so maybe in the next few years it'll get a boost! Only trouble is the damn thing is too tail-happy as it is, so it might have to have a tru-track or similar fitted.
PS, I almost bought an ST-X V6 Navara, but even though they can tow 3000kg, apparantly the stupid clutches can't (reports of 10,000kM changes on them). The Hilux won on account of a superior auto box, even though it was $5,500 dearer than the Navara.
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the new ones suck. we had a D40, was not a nice car. the D22 however was far superior and didnt have the clutch issue. the d40 clutch issue could have been solved but costs a few grand. the prob was the flywheel cant be seperated. so the whole lot needs to b replaced. ours was gone and it never towed! the D22 we towed a bit with and it was fine. we only got rid of it as we needed to to get the new one. but will definately be getting one again down the trck 
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