Comments on: So we got a 2010 Toyota Prado

By: vijai

vijai — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:04:19 +0000

its pleasure to have this car … as it is sooo luxurious…..

By: BJD (Boris)

BJD (Boris) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:12:23 +0000

I saw a Prado TXL (whatever that means) in a parking lot. to make things worse, it was white
anyway, i think it looks ok (looks good) if you look exactly from the side but sucks from every other angle. Flat-back vehicles dont look very good without a visible rear wiper which is more aesthetic, rather than functional here. and the tail lights are just so… broken (totally out of proportion).

By: Matthews Bantsijang

Matthews Bantsijang — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:00:33 +0000

I think its an improvement hey….

By: Salarzae

Salarzae — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:02:08 +0000

Al Futtaim can keep this one, I’m happy with my 2005 oldie Prado!

By: eazy_mas

eazy_mas — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:03:08 +0000

I agree with Maher, with that money you coming to a V8 Land Crusier not fully loaded

By: Maher

Maher — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:55:44 +0000

217000!!! just wanted to ask why, I know its Prado and its V.good car but if i had that much of money i will not spend it on prado!any way Mabrook

By: ajay

ajay — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:05:23 +0000

DOES ANY ONE NEED A 2010 MODEL PRADO FOR 135000 GCC SPEC WITH WARRANTY

By: Akif

Akif — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:15:05 +0000

@ prado the great
I’m guessing what ur guessing buddy.. >;o)

Im also guessing that AlFuttaim is testing this high price to judge the markets reaction and to see if they can get away with it on their now new model of their previous best seller.

By: prado the great

prado the great — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:23:59 +0000

the question is will this model flop?…

my guess is yes.

sure people love prados but not at that price. i owned a prado 2007 vx mid range i dont see my self buying this,

resale wise honestly apart from corolla no other car or vehicle has a “good” resale value.

also if u have notice the buying pattern of people, they have switch to lower cost cars. there is no longer the made rush to buy VW toreug after a 3 month wait.

By: Nitin

Nitin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:56:38 +0000

It is too costly now! It was already overpriced to begin with and now the top of the range is 217000!!! Why would anyone buy a prado for that kind of money?

By: fan2

fan2 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:19:52 +0000

i believe it is a real king of off-road.
however the engine is weak in comparison to vw touareg or updated lr4.
IN MY OPinion:
goods:off road ability,features
bads:power,exterior styling

By: samer

samer — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:02:53 +0000

Maybe as you say toyota used premium materials in it, but it is very hard-especially in this time- to push this car into the lexury cars’ segment, it is still prado after all and many people would rather pay 212k for many other cars, for me personally, I would go maybe for FX, pathfinder, CX9 or maybe even a Taho with 160-170k. I dont want to hear the resell value nonsense of stupid buyers anymore please, what resell value people are talking about, in this country, people are dealing with cars like mobile phones, you buy it new, as soon as ou put the sim card in it, it looses 30-40 percent of its value, my crelative bought a 2008 Honda accord 2 weeks ago with only 48k while in dealership it was sold with 82k. of course this is with Honda Accord is supposedely classified in the segment of cars with good resell value and lost almost 40 percent of its value in one year only.

By: prado the great

prado the great — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:00:56 +0000

2 much money for what is essentially a 5 people + 2 kids hauler/4×4/saloon car. really a Cx-9 for 130k top spec is a much better deal. middle age men while attracted to this many not shell out so much money for this. the earlier prado was decent deal, as it had almost no competitors that could complete on it;s quality. Mazda Cx9 and the new uprated and improved pathy makes a good alternative option. sure it will be good vehicle but i seriously doubt it will sell in the numbers earlier seen.

1) recession and even if it recovers no body wants a 200k plus liability for a car

2) many good alternatives are now being made available

By: leo

leo — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:21:09 +0000

Yuck, the new prado styling s…ks, Mazda 3 better…

By: wish

wish — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:34:04 +0000

after all it’s prado, but look’s like gelly bean, toyota must have good body stylists, not to forget it is cruser family

By: chris

chris — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:57:13 +0000

does the top of the line model have the fancy suspension which is ’supposed’ to reduce body roll? its called KDSS or something

By: BJD (Boris)

BJD (Boris) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:59:25 +0000

besides exterior styling, Toyota has done a great job with the car in other aspects. the interior looks good in these pics although, I personally prefer piano black accents over wood on the dash and steering wheel.
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NOw, swing-out tailgates are bad enough. Adding a hydraulic strut to help swing the tail gate may be a problem in tight spaces as it will try to push the door all the way and hit a car or any object behind. lift-gates are better. Better still is the two-way opening type on Landcruiser (L100 and L200). maybe the glass hatch can help here occasionally.
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Now if TOyota is intending to market this as a luxury vehicle, then it will be one that can really off-road. Too bad it won’t be the best looking though…