Toyota LandCruiser Prado Kakadu - Interior and Exterior - New Car

Toyota LandCruiser Prado Kakadu Let’s get the obvious out of the way straight up – the Toyota Prado must be in contention for the most hideously styled SUV on the market, its crown only challenged by whatever Ssangyong is currently wreaking on this segment. Well, that’s my opinion. Not that Prado buyers give a toss, because looks clearly mean nothing to the hordes of cashed-up urbanites and free-wheeling nomads who simply can’t get enough of this SUV. In fact, for such an off-road-capable machine, it seems a tad skewiff that the greater majority of these 2.5-tonne hard-core, four-wheel drive behemoths are sold through Toyota’s city-based dealerships. And make no mistake, Prado is indeed a big seller, its popularity showing no sign of slowing down even as the current, fourth-generation model approaches its second refresh in around eight years. In 2016, Toyota dealers found homes for 14,700 Prados – 98 per cent of which were turbo-diesels and the vast majority (72 per cent) of those wearing the low-to-mid-range GXL badge that’s priced from $61,190 before on-road costs. Interestingly, both the VX and top-tier Kakadu variants, priced at $75,190 and 85,900 respectively, had an impressive 10 per cent share of total Prado sales. Let us do the math for you – that’s an annual revenue of nearly one billion dollars, just in Prado sales, and just in Australia. But even with the high-priced Kakadu that we’re testing here, it’s not like buyers in this large SUV segment don’t have a healthy number of diesel-powered options to choose from – many of those options with the same seven-seat capacity as our particular Prado and all of them with more powerful engines and more kit. Toyota LandCruiser Prado Kakadu