Road TestCar reviews - Toyota - LandCruiser Prado - ZR 3-dr wagonToyota modelsOverviewToyota's offroad king, the LandCruiser Prado, gains a three-door model - for a few9 Jul 2010 By PHILIP LORD THE market for mainstream mid-size three-door 4WDs is not large, as long-wheelbase wagons have long curried favour as the default family wagon. The Toyota Prado three-door presents a familiar if curtailed silhouette, but the new abbreviated version of the Toyota mid-size 4WD isn’t going to sell in anything like the numbers of its five-door sibling. Toyota knows this, hoping the three-door ticks along with just sufficient sales to justify importing it. Is the Prado three-door good enough in its own right to keep its place in the local Toyota line-up? Model release date: 1 November 2009 to 1 October 2013 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen Previous modelTOYOTA cut its teeth in Australia with short-wheelbase LandCruisers, and so the market had ready acceptance for the short-wheelbase Bundera in 1985, although the Bundera had coil springs and light axles instead of the tougher leaf springs and axles of the 70-series LandCruiser. The Bundera was lighter and more manoeuvrable off-road than Long-wheelbase LandCruisers, and was powered by either a 2.4-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder, 2.4-litre petrol four-cylinder or 4.0-litre petrol six-cylinder. |
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