100 series td Vs prado td

Been thinking along the same lines myself (auto) - not owned either (currently a Jack).If I went with the 100, it would probably be a used 05 - seems the 100 is attractive because it has plenty of base power, enough fuel capacity, plenty of room, tough enough for everything bar rock crawling, and a good ride on those corrugated roads (compared to many). The Prado ? Cheaper, more fuel, but that might be it. Will be watching this post...................

Have owned a Forerunner diesel, upgraded to petrol Prado and now in LC100 Diesel manual with aftermarket turbo on 9.5lbs boost (quite conservative)...........might not get away from the lights quickly but WOW - torque is wonderful......can just about cruise anywhere in 5th gear. 90klms /hr is far more economical with my 33" Coopers than 100k's is but here in Tassie where a 200 kilometre trip at 90 k's versus a 200 klm trip at 100 k's - well the time difference is irreleveant. Don't mock the 90klm's/hr either because I still get to do my fair share of overtaking on the rural highways.
LC100 - ENJOY
JE

I moved from a Landrover TD5 to a 2003 model LANDCRUISER 100 t/diesel. No regrets, the L/C pulls my 25' Jayco with no problems, is great off road and gets around 14litres per 100 klms around town, 12 L/100 Klms on a trip and 19 to 20 L/100 Klms towing the van.
I fitted a DP Chip recently and the performance over all is better. Towing is aursome.
Great vehicle, love it.
Regards
KEN

We have a Prado TD and 100 Series TD at work and the 100 series makes the Prado seem very slow. Both are Autos but the 100's 5 speed is very sweet. The 100 uses 14-16L/100k but it is driven hard, i'm sure a light foot would improve this. The 100 TD has heaps of grunt but is a little soft down low, may a chip would fix this. I'm not normally a big fan of petrols but I reckon the V8 cruiser is the best of the lot if someone else was paying for the fuel, just sooo smooth.

I have the current prado TD and it is satisfactory.
The fuel figures aren't as good as I expect but what can you do. I stepped up from an after market turbo 80 series and the low down torque is great. It cruises ok and does the job for me.
The decision was the TD cruiser was 20 grand more than the Prado so that made my mind up for me.
I will be going back to a cruiser at the end of the lease if not earlier.
120scruiser

Aside from the price difference there' heaps more after mkt options for the 100 than 120. eg wheel carriers and the like.

djrziggy,
depends on what you want. A mate (sorry an associate) has jsut brought the latest Prado and the thing I don't like about it is the, what I would call, the severe lack of room. He has a small seat in the back which leaves about enough room for an esky, samll esky at that. Other that that beautiful wagon but for me, the wifey and three kids, no choice to be made.

Yes, the 100 series Lancruider diesel is supposed to be slightly more fuel economical than the (old) 120 Prado. Probably is. We have had our 120 TD auto at last fill for 21069km 90% of that was towing our 19 ft. tandem caravan. We use Heathers' car when in the city. Our average fuel consumption for that period is 14.98 litres/100km. I keep detailed records. We cruise at about 90 kph.
Did you know that the weight carrying capacity of the Prado is greater than that of the Cruiser? What it can carry when out bush and not towing anything. The difference between the Tare and GVM. Cruiser 2325 and 3180 = can carry 855kg. Prado 1980 and 2900 = can carry 920kg.
The Prado overall length is 4850mm and the Cruiser 4890mm. As the rear tray in the Cruiser seems greater, I haven't actually measured them, it is unlikely that the rear seat back to front seat back distance in the Cruiser is also much greater than the Prado, if at all. In any event it would only be a matter of a few mm either way.