Toyota Prado Cars

Toyota Prado, Toyota's LAND CRUISER car, is a real hard-core off-road SUV, the English name PRADO, formerly known as overbearing. As its name suggests, Prado has always been overbearing in the hard-core SUV range of 500,000. For many years Prado has become the first choice for government units and corporate off-road vehicles. However, the current Prado has been working on the market for many years since its inception in 2009. In the face of self-owned brands' pressure and joint ventures, the model sold only 37,090 vehicles in 2016, and new Prado also had a very good reputation. sense. It is said that the new Prado will be listed in October, but overbearing can also be "hegemony" it?

Judging from the photographs currently circulating, the modified Prado listed in October has not changed much in appearance. The new car has basically no side changes. It has always maintained a tough line. The tail shape is not different from the cash, and it is still simple, but the taillights are used. Smoked black design, more exercise.

The biggest change in the appearance is the front face, and the ugly lamp group model is perfectly optimized. The redesigned headlights adopt a flat rectangular design similar to that of Land Cruiser, and the current "toothed" daytime traffic is designed to be concealed at the bottom of the headlights.

The remodeled models have returned to the mainstream aesthetically, and their design has been more youthful. It is believed that this change will make Prado's competitiveness return.

The interior, the overall is still a simple and square style, the instrument panel shape has been redesigned, but still a combination of LCD and traditional pointers, the hardcore sense is still relatively strong. The air-conditioning, terrain, and multimedia areas under the big screen of the center console changed a lot compared to the cash, adding more knobs and buttons. However, under the current trend of fewer and fewer keys, this change is not recognized by the brothers. However, for a hardcore SUV, the appearance of what may not be so important, modified Prado in power and configuration changes can become Prado's "hegemony" capital.

The motivation for revising Prado should be the one most concerned by fans. As early as not long ago, there were various rumors that the new Prado will use a 2.0T engine to replace the existing 2.7L version. There are 2.7L and 3.5L versions of the cash models. The 2.7L in-line four-cylinder engine equipped with a maximum power of 120kW, a maximum horsepower of 163Ps and a maximum torque of the only 246N·m is indeed a small horse-drawn cart compared with Prado's two-ton vehicle weight. Therefore, there are many people on this one. 2.7L Prado expressed strong dissatisfaction. However, without the assists of the 2.7L models, Prado cannot reduce the price to the 360,000 range.

The contradiction between the lack of 2.7L power and the price of the threshold has caused many car owners to frenzied; so many people are looking forward to the emergence of Prado, which has sufficient power and relatively low prices. The 2.0T engine seems to be a good solution. However, Toyota has recently stated that Prado does not have a 2.0T setting in the world, and there is no plan to be carried in Prado in the future. Only the 2.7L model is really sold out.

When the news came out, it was also a few happy moments. The sad expressions of fish (low price) and bear's paw (power) cannot be both, and the happy expression as a pure hardcore off-road SUV is a natural suction engine. Matching, turbine engines are those urban SUVs. Xinjiang believes that in the current technical conditions, the naturally aspirated engine is indeed more suitable for the off-road environment, but with the increase in the reliability of the turbine engine, the rotational speed of the turbine intervention, everything is possible in the future. Back in Prado, the 2.7L version should indeed be canceled, so that the existence of a model that has a low threshold but has a very bad experience is not desirable.

As a result, after the listing of the modified Prado, there may be only one 3.5L V6 model. In the domestic automobile environment,  Toyota cars introduction of a diesel model to Prado seems to be undesirable. If there are only 3.5L models, the price of Prado will not be very friendly. Then, how can FAW Toyota fill the void due to the cancellation of the 2.7L model? In addition to the introduction of new low-emission engines, perhaps only price reductions have been reduced.

Speaking of configuration, Prado's cost performance is not really high. The 3.5L Prado's entry model is priced at 479,800 yuan, but the configuration can be described as greetings. Front and rear parking radar, cruise control, sunroof, roof rack, leather seats, seat electric adjustment, headlight cleaning, and LED low beam, all no configuration, for nearly 500,000 vehicles, indeed should not. With reference to the current price of the current purse of the Prado 2.7L model of 369,800 yuan, the new Prado of the 2.7L model will not be able to raise the threshold for the price of the entire car series. If you continue to use cash models and configurations, the entry price is 479,800 yuan, and with a very low cost, the second lowest price has been pulled up to 519,800 yuan, so Jiangge believes that if FAW Toyota's change to Prado does not introduce a new low-emission engine, the new Prado for sale The price is expected to be conceded on the basis of the current 3.5L model, the current model will be upgraded once, and the reduced model will be used to lower the price.

The Prado listed in October is just a change of money instead of a replacement. Toyota's SUV still has a long product lifecycle. After the change, new Prado will likely have only 3.5L models. The current Prado's 7GR-FKS 3.5L V6 engine is equipped with Toyota's D-4S dual-injection technology, with a maximum output of 280 horsepower and a peak torque of 365 Nm, matching a 6-speed automatic Tiptronic gearbox. According to sources, the power of the new Prado 3.5L model will increase, but the specific data has yet to be announced by the government and has been upgraded in terms of configuration. In general, apart from the appearance corrections, the new Prado has undergone most changes in response to the market's price and configuration adjustments.

The core of the Prado model remains unchanged, but the market has long been not as simple as it was then. In addition to Ford Explorers, Mitsubishi Pajero, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Wrangler and other traditional hardcore competitors, Land Rover, Lincoln and other luxury brands also brought a side Competitive pressure, and the new Great Wall Haval H9, Volkswagen Touareg, and other new opponents are even more menacing. In addition to the external competition, Toyota's internal competition is also more intense. After the parallel imported car policy was liberalized, the price of the Middle East Edition parallels imported Land Cruiser (LC200) was already around 600,000, which directly exerted pressure on the middle-high Prado.