In February 2024, the domestically produced Toyota Prado announced a pre-sale price of 470,000-570,000 yuan. Recently, the new domestic Prado car has arrived in the store, as one of the classic models of the Toyota brand, Prado has been favored by the market for its excellent off-road performance and durability.
The new Prado is currently available in two exterior designs, the show car to the store this time is the new Prado round light version, the main hard retro style, the front face is made of a large area of anti-scratch plastic material, the middle grille is a retro mosaic shape grille, giving people a strong sense of military car sight. Split headlight design, turn signals and headlight clusters are arranged separately. The air ducts on both sides of the bumper are designed to reduce not only wind resistance, but also water flow resistance when passing through wading sections.
The side of the body also uses black anti-scratch wheel arches and lower guards, but the wheel arches do not have a large area of replaceable design, which is less rugged. The front windows are straighter, ensuring good visibility, but the wind resistance is noticeably greater. The square mirrors and dedicated dark wheels highlight the off-road character of this car, but instead of using off-road AT tires, the show car prefers ordinary MT tires for everyday use.
The rear design is similarly plain, with no external spare tire, a thick and functional rear bumper, vertical layout of the lights on both sides, black plastic throughouts in the center, and a large tail window. The "FAW Toyota" at the rear indicates that this is a domestic hybrid model, and it is worth noting that the HEV hybrid logo on the rear adopts the same design as the latest Camry, which also indicates that the new car's powertrain is the latest model.
In terms of interior, Toyota has just disclosed the interior of the domestic Prado not long ago, and the new interior is mainly black, using a lot of slush molding materials, which is simple and textured. The in-vehicle system adopts localized optimization and supports functions such as WeChat, CarPlay, HUAWEI HiCar, and Baidu CarLife, meeting the needs of modern drivers. While satisfying younger users, the designs accustomed to veteran off-road players such as mechanical gear levers, physical buttons and electronic differential locks have been retained.
The new car also spares no effort in configuration, with full LCD instruments, large-size central control screen, seat heating/ventilation, steering wheel heating, mobile phone wireless interconnection, panoramic sunroof and other configurations. The high-end model is equipped with an electric sunroof, electronic rearview mirror, multi-terrain selection function monitoring system and other advanced configurations, but the car has a culture that believes that for the 470,000 starting joint venture off-road vehicle, this level of configuration can only be said to be true.
In terms of power, it is rumored that there is no pure fuel version of the new car, and the highly anticipated hybrid system is composed of a 2.4T gasoline engine + electric motor, with a combined maximum power of 330 horsepower and a maximum torque of 630 Nm. Adopting the power layout of the front four-wheel drive, the off-road system is composed of two locks after the full-time four-wheel drive system, of which the central differential lock is a Torsen differential structure, and the rear axle differential lock is electronically controlled and mechanical, the electronic control structure can reduce the reaction time of the locking system and reduce the risk of heating, and has multi-terrain control and creep mode equipment.
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Automobile culture believes that Toyota put the pre-sale price of 470,000 to 570,000 yuan, and the sincerity of the new domestic Prado can not be considered much even if there is, in the joint venture hard-core off-road vehicle market, the three-lock Ford Lie Ma has released words that the pre-sale price is only 300,000-400,000, from the perspective of off-road, the limit is higher, and the price is more real. If the comparison range is put into the field of new energy, the tank 700 with more than 5 meters has a large space, and the strong power of the Leopard Leopard 5 with more than 600 horsepower should not be underestimated. But the domestic Prado obviously does not want to compare with these cars, in the eyes of senior off-road enthusiasts, the advantages of the new domestic Prado in addition to the durability of the leather, can slightly reduce the fuel consumption is attractive enough, now the only question is how many "Prado fans" are willing to pay for the faith. (The car has a culture Uncle Wen/Wen)