Family Favourite

THE 250 SERIES PRADO IS HERE AND BURSTING OUT OF SHOWROOMS, BUT HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO ITS BIGGEST RIVAL, FORD’S POPULAR EVEREST? WE PAIRED THEM UP TO FIND OUT

MATT RAUDONIKIS

NEW Toyota Prados don’t come around too often so when one does, it’s big news. After all, the Prado is one of Australia’s most popular and bestselling 4x4 wagons, so popular in fact that it has outlived the vehicle that it mimicked, Mitsubishi’s legendary Pajero. First seen in Australia in the mid-1990s (the earlier 70 Series Prado was never offered here) the 90 Series Prado took the recipe for the Pajero (right down to the model name) and gave it a Toyota flavour to great effect, starting a decades-long battle between the popular family 4x4 wagons. The 120 Series Prado landed in 2002 and rose to supremacy in the category over the next seven years until the 150 Series launched as essentially an upgraded 120, and saw the end of…

You're reading a preview of

4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.