The recently unveiled Toyota Land Cruiser Prado is set to arrive in India in the second half of next year, Autocar India can confirm. This latest-generation SUV made its global debut last year and is being introduced slowly in international markets.
- Land Cruiser Prado will come to India as a CBU
- Will sit below the LC300 in India
- Gets diesel and petrol-hybrid powertrain options overseas
Toyota Land Cruiser Prado will sit below the LC300 in India
The new Land Cruiser Prado is also sold as the Land Cruiser 250 in some markets. It is also Toyota's flagship product in markets like North America and the United Kingdom, where the full-size Land Cruiser 300 is not available. In India, the SUV will most likely carry the Land Cruiser Prado moniker, as India also gets the Land Cruiser 300, just like the Australian and Middle Eastern markets.
The new Land Cruiser Prado is internally known as the JC250, and according to the brand, it provides improved on- and off-road technology. It continues to sit on ladder frame architecture, and its chassis is said to be 50 percent more rigid than that of its predecessor, with the entire body-on-frame assembly being approximately 30 percent stiffer.
New Land Cruiser Prado: powertrain details
For the European, Japanese, Middle Eastern and Australian markets, the new Land Cruiser Prado comes with the same 2.8-litre diesel engine that powers the Fortuner SUV in India. This engine, mated to an 8-speed automatic, will get a 48V MHEV mild-hybrid powertrain by 2025. Toyota recently announced that it is testing an MHEV-equipped Hilux mated to the same 2.8-litre diesel engine.
With inputs from Ketan Thakkar
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Viraaj Bhatnagar
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Suraj Viswanathan
