2025 Toyota LandCruiser Prado 250 v 2024 Toyota LandCruiser Prado 150: Spec battle

The primary new Toyota LandCruiser Prado in 15 years is lastly on the best way, with mild-hybrid help, powerful new styling, and better costs.

It’s due right here later in 2024.

The outgoing Prado (dubbed the 150 Sequence) has existed largely unchanged since 2009, although it has acquired a number of small updates throughout its life like a extra highly effective turbo-diesel engine in 2020 and further security gear in 2021.

It did, nonetheless, lose petrol energy in Australia again in 2018.

Its time is up although, and instead comes the 250 Sequence Prado – greater, boxier, and full of new tech that brings it effectively and really into the trendy age.

All that comes at a premium of upwards of $12,500 extra, although.

Right here’s how the 2 Toyota off-roaders stack up on the spec sheet.

Pricing

Prado pricing for 2025 begins at $72,500 earlier than on-roads – a $9670 enhance in comparison with the outgoing 150 Sequence.

The off-road prepared Altitude is a returning variant for 2025 (having been absent since 2017), and is priced between the VX and the Kakadu.

All costs are earlier than on-road prices.

Drivetrains and Effectivity

The 2 Prados appear to be they share the identical engine on paper, however there are two key additions for 2025.

The 250 Sequence good points a 48V mild-hybrid system, which doesn’t enhance energy however is as a substitute designed to take away pressure from ancillary capabilities by including a motor generator and a 48V battery.

Each automobiles have full-time four-wheel drive with selectable low-range gearing, however whereas the outgoing Prado featured a six-speed computerized transmission, the brand new era options an eight-speed auto.

Toyota says the brand new Prado has a mixed 110L gas capability. The earlier era has an 87L primary tank, whereas fashions with the tailgate-mounted spare additionally embrace a further 63L tank for a complete capability of 150L.

Dimensions

Although the 2 Prados are related in physique size, the 250 Sequence is wider, taller, heavier, and has an extended wheelbase.

It should proceed to supply each five- and seven-seat configurations.

Toyota claims the brand new Prado has “408 litres of bags area even throughout a 6:4 break up second-row seat”, in keeping with its world press launch, although boot capability in different seating configurations is but to be revealed.

Servicing and guarantee

As with all Toyota fashions in Australia, the 2025 LandCruiser Prado will probably be backed by a five-year, unlimited-kilometre guarantee.

Homeowners of the 250 Sequence can have their engine and drivetrain coated beneath guarantee for seven years, offered it’s serviced on time at a Toyota vendor.

Toyota will even provide capped-price servicing for the primary 10 visits (5 years or 100,000km) at six-month or 10,000km intervals, whichever comes first.

Service pricing for the 250 Sequence has not but been confirmed, nonetheless the primary six providers for the 150 Sequence are capped at $260 every.

Security

The incoming Prado is but to obtain an ANCAP security ranking.

All 2025 Toyota LandCruiser Prado fashions come normal with the next:

• 9 airbags (up from seven)
• Autonomous emergency braking
• Blind-spot monitoring
• Lane hint help (lane centering) (NEW)
• Stability management with lively traction management
• Adaptive cruise management
• Entrance and rear parking sensors (NEW)
• Trailer sway management
• Trailer pre-wiring harness (NEW)
• 360-degree digital camera (NEW)
• Pre-collision system (NEW)
• Driver monitoring digital camera (NEW)
• Emergency driving cease system (NEW)

Beforehand, not each Prado provided entrance and rear parking sensors and a surround-view digital camera.

The 2025 GXL provides a rear parking help brake system designed to cease the automobile if a static object is detected, whereas the VX, Altitude, and Kakadu variants achieve tyre-pressure monitoring.

Normal options

The 2025 Toyota LandCruiser Prado packs an array of recent tech and gear over the outgoing era, whereas some superior options have been introduced down the vary and at the moment are included on cheaper variants.

The bottom 2025 Toyota LandCruiser Prado GX contains:

• 5 seats
• 18-inch darkish gray alloy wheels (NEW)
• LED headlights, daytime operating lights, and fog lamps (NEW)
• Folding body-coloured mirrors
• Darkened entrance and rear bumpers, aspect sills, and wheel arches
• High-hinged guide tailgate with separate glass hatch (NEW)
• Cloth upholstery
• Rubber ground mats
• Rain-sensing wipers (NEW)
• Six-way guide driver’s seat adjustment
• 7.0-inch multi-function instrument show (NEW)
• 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system (NEW)
• 10-speaker sound system (NEW)
• Wi-fi Apple CarPlay, Android Auto (NEW)
• 4 USB-C ports (NEW)
• Satellite tv for pc navigation
• DAB+ digital radio (NEW)
• Toyota Related Providers (NEW)
• Twin-zone local weather management with distant operate (NEW)
• Downhill help management
• 5-speed crawl management (NEW)
• Three drive modes (NEW)

The 2025 Prado GXL provides:

• Seven-seat capability
• Roof rails
• Privateness glass
• Silver entrance and rear bumper trim
• Energy tailgate
• Heated and ventilated entrance seats (NEW)
• Eight-way power-adjustable driver’s seat (NEW)
• Leather-based-accented seats (NEW)
• Leather-based-accented steering wheel and kit knob
• Auto-dimming rear-view mirror (NEW)
• Wi-fi charging pad (NEW)
• Rear local weather management (NEW)
• Two further USB-C charging ports for third-row occupants (NEW)

Leather-based-trimmed seats (ventilated and heated entrance and rear, and powered entrance) had been solely accessible in a $3470 optionally available bundle on the 2024 GXL.

The 2025 Prado VX provides:

• 20-inch darkish metallic alloy wheels (NEW)
• Bi-LED headlights with dynamic auto-levelling (NEW)
• Adaptive high-beam (NEW)
• Physique-coloured entrance and rear bumpers
• Leather-based-accented upholstery (NEW)
• Energy lumbar and reminiscence operate for driver’s seat (NEW)
• 4-way power-adjustable passenger’s seat (NEW)
• Energy-adjustable steering wheel (NEW)
• Carpet ground mats (NEW)
• Refrigerated centre console
• 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster (NEW)
• 14-speaker JBL sound system
• Adaptive variable suspension (NEW)
• 5 drive modes (NEW)
• Multi-Terrain Choose traction management (NEW)
• Multi-Terrain Monitor (NEW)

The off-road-focused 2025 Prado Altitude is a brand new variant and builds on the VX, including:

• 5 seats
• 18-inch matte gray alloy wheels with all-terrain tyres
• Locking rear differential
• ‘Stabiliser disconnect mechanism’ (rather than adaptive variable suspension)
• Black door handles and tailgate trim
• Black wheel arch moulding
• Sunroof
• Two-tone color choices
• Digital rear-view mirror
• Heated steering wheel
• Head-up show

The flagship 2025 Prado Kakadu contains (over the VX):

• Panoramic sunroof
• Illuminated aspect steps (NEW)
• Heated and ventilated rear seats
• Heated steering wheel (NEW)
• Adjustable driver’s seat thigh help
• Digital rear-view mirror (NEW)
• Head-up show (NEW)
• Torque-sensing limited-slip rear differential

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