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.

Toyota Land Cruiser Prado review - 2021 Motoring Newsmaker No 4

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.