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Prado gets more power – 2021 Motoring Newsmaker No 4
Powered-up 150 kW diesel engine has given Toyota Land Cruiser Prado new leash on life.
The Prado does not have a clear-cut rival.
Two-thousand-and-twenty-one was an interesting year for the South African motoring landscape.
Some things changed, like an acceleration towards greener cars, while others stayed the same like Toyota topping the monthly sales charts.
In this series of 2021 Motoring Newsmakers, The Citizen looks back at the top 20 most popular online stories of the year. The series is dominated by South Africa’s most popular body style, bakkies, while the Toyota Land Cruiser 300 was by far the most viewed single model on our website. Other local favourites in the form of hot hatches, fuel efficient hatchbacks, big, mean SUVs, compact SUVs, Mercedes-AMGs and BMW M cars also drew their fair share of attention.
Towards the end of 2020, Toyota rolled up the powered-up version of the Land Cruiser Prado diesel derivatives. Up by 20 kW, the 150 kW output was just what the Land Cruiser Prado needed.
After a trip down to the coast, we were very reluctant to hand back the keys to Toyota. Click on the link below to see how that trip in the Land Cruiser Prado went.
2021 MOTORING NEWSMAKER NO 4: New diesel engine rejuvenates Land Cruiser Prado
The rest of The Citizen’s 2021 Motoring Newsmakers are:
No 5: Peugeot bakkie makes comeback
No 6: Golf GTI smokes BMW 128ti
No 7: Is 190 kW Amarok worth R1-million?
No 8: Toyota Starlet can run on fumes
No 9: This Isuzu bakkie has X-factor
No 10: Mercedes-AMG E63 S sledge hammer of a sedan
No 11: Land Cruiser: Which is better, petrol or diesel?
No 13: Mercedes A35 Sedan the thinking man’s AMG
No 14: Toyota Corolla Cross outsells Polo pair
No 15: BMW X5 M Competition pips Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S
No 17: Never be late in a Merc GLS 580
No 18: Toyota HiAce 54 years young
