2024 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado teased – debuts Aug 1

Toyota has announced the authoritative debut of the all-new Land Cruiser Prado connected August 1. In North America, the exemplary volition simply beryllium known arsenic the Land Cruiser and is expected to beryllium the sister exemplary to the Lexus GX. Outside of markets successful the region, it volition beryllium known arsenic the Land Cruiser Prado, though it’s not definite which markets volition get the off-road SUV.

The crushed for the naming prime successful North America is due to the fact that the portion does not get the latest J300 Land Cruiser, with the fourth-generation J310 Lexus LX filling that niche instead. North America besides gets the third-generation Lexus GX, which is built connected the aforesaid GA-F mentation of the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) arsenic the J300 Land Cruiser and LX.

In fact, the GX shares the aforesaid wheelbase of 2,850 mm and has a footprint akin to those models, which suggests the differentiation successful size betwixt the J300 Land Cruiser and next-generation Land Cruiser Prado (reportedly codenamed J250) volition beryllium little than before. Historically, the Land Cruiser Prado has been the smaller sibling of the full-sized Land Cruiser.

A teaser representation of the upcoming Land Cruiser Prado shows a unsocial look that appears to beryllium inspired by the J60 Land Cruiser. You surely won’t confuse it with the J300 arsenic the grille is smaller and there’s a squarish taxable going connected involving the headlamps and rugged surfaces astatine the front. Previous teasers besides amusement a illustration that isn’t dissimilar the GX with a blocky design, agelong bonnet and near-vertical beforehand and rear windows.

Given the projected ocular and level similarities, we tin expect the Land Cruiser Prado to get the GX’s scope of petrol powertrains, which see a 3.5 litre twin-turbo V6 and a hybridised 2.4 litre turbocharged inline-four cylinder.

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