Toyota Australia has sold its 200,000th LandCruiser Prado, the only vehicle in its segment to reach the ‘double ton.’
Toyota Australia’s executive director sales and marketing, Matthew Callachor, says the milestone signifies the loyal following amassed by Prado since it arrived here in 1996.
“Prado was Australia’s top-selling large SUV in 2012 with sales jumping more than 57% to a record 17,045 deliveries,” says Callachor.
“This month, we have passed the 200,000 mark, although it is impossible to determine the exact date, the specific vehicle or the customer.”
It took Toyota just over 10 years to reach 100,000 Prado sales and only seven more years to double the tally.
In the past decade, customers bought an average of more than 14,600 a year – making Prado a significant contributor during a period in which Toyota has been the overall market leader.
Toyota is also the best-selling SUV brand with 2012 sales growing 25.9% to a record 58,745 vehicles – more than 21,000 units ahead of any other marque.
Along with Prado, Toyota’s other SUV models – Kluger, FJ Cruiser, RAV4 and LandCruiser wagon – posted healthy gains.
LandCruiser Prado has 14 variants. The five-door family wagon starts with a GX grade offering five or seven seats, and powered by a 3.0-litre common-rail direct-injection turbo-diesel engine.
Higher-specified GXL, premium VX and top-of-the-range Kakadu variants are all seven-seaters, with the choice of the turbo-diesel engine or a 4.0-litre petrol engine, with intelligent variable valve timing on both the inlet and exhaust ports.
GX and GXL customers can specify a six-speed manual gearbox or a five-speed sequential-shift automatic transmission. VX and Kakadu are automatics.
The three-door sports-wagon variants are offered in SX and ZR grades with the turbo-diesel engine, automatic transmission and five seats.
Pricing for five-door variants start at $55,990.
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