New Prado diesel??

Hi Viv,
I have been told that the new Prado should be released late Nov as you have mentioned, the diesel will be a common rail type as used in the new Hilux, and produce around 128 kw's !

have a look over here as there is a bit of talk about the new Prado.

www.pradopoint.com/index.php

Cheers Tony

Hi Viv,

I was at Peter Kittle Toyota (Adelaide) this morning and was told they are expecting one in any day now as a demo.

Michael

Will be excellent for us of the poorer breed! :-)

Lot's of second hand 1kz-te prado's will now drop in value! Will mean if I ever get rid of the surf, I'll have a cheaper option! HAHA

This new one should be a good bus though, common rail and 5 speed auto will be just the ticket I reckon.

Thanks to eveyone who replied. As usual, I will have to wait until Toyota deign to let us into their secret!

Cheers
Viv

its probably the toyota fortuner, its a hilux transformed into a suv with different headlamps and similar grille, here in honduras came out ireplacing the toyota 4runner diesselcomes with the same engine d4d as hilux,
www.dancewithshadows.com/fortuner-2.asp

Heard at work today from a high up source in toyota heirachy that unfortunately the Prado update has been postponed for a further 6 months. The original planned release date was supposed to be April of this year, but for some strange reason only known to toyota execs, they have postponed it 2 or 3 times now, aswell as the Landcruiser 79 replacement. they have been postponed a few times since their originally planned release date of early 2006.

makes you wonder why they are postponing ?

My theory is the upgraded engines are too powerfu for carryover drivetrain components which toyota would have used to save on development costs.