FABLED OFF-ROADER IS REJUVENATED IN STYLE
THERE CAN’T BE many vehicle manufacturers with a broader model range than Toyota. Sure, one could haul a Mercedes hatchback in a Merc Arctic, but they don’t live next to each other in showrooms, whereas you could drive away from a Toyota dealer in anything from a hyper-frugal hybrid supermini to a boosted straight-six manual sports car – or an off-roader with a ladder chassis, a live rear axle, and a 2.8-litre four-cylinder diesel.
The Prado helped consolidate the Japanese brand’s reputation for robust engineering, and although it has become a bit of a niche player in some markets, in Australia it’s still massive.
You can take that literally. Although the 300 series reigns as the ‘proper’ LandCruiser, the ‘250 series’ Prado makes the numbers,
