Toyota Presents Special Trims On The Prado Land Cruiser In Australia, What's The Privilege?

Toyota Land Cruiser Prado Kakadu. (Doc. Australian Toyota)

JAKARTA - The Toyota Land Cruiser 250 or called Prado is officially present at the Australian market with a dashing design, advanced features, and more powerful machines than ever.

Toyota Australia's Vice President Sales, Marketing and Franchise Operations Sean Hanley, said the changes to the Prado Land Cruiser reflect customer demand for high-capacity off-road vehicles equipped with premium features.

"Combining seven decades of off-road Land Cruiser legacy with modern utility and luxurious SUV look, this car is destined to be the most desirable generation," Hanley said on Toyota Australia's official website, Thursday, May 30.

Just like other markets, this SUV is offered in several trims with their respective advantages. However, this Japanese manufacturer offers a special trim for this country called Kakadu, this trim is the highest and premium compared to the other four variants, namely GX, GXL, VX, and Altitude. Then, what makes it different?

Trim Kakadu has a larger goal decorated with vertical blades so that it displays a glossy impression with Toyota's emblem on the front, in contrast to others that only put up the words 'Toyota'.

Thus, the manufacturer revised a number of designs including the front facilities. Furthermore, the Land Cruiser with this trim has a 20-inch rim with a bumper coating of body color so that it gives a premium and tough impression.

Toyota is still silent about why this trim is given a special grip. However, there is a possibility that manufacturers will see the popularity of the previous model who wore similar grips so that customers can find out that this is Prado's newest Land Cruiser.

Another privilege of this variant is that Kakadu focuses on the convenience of the Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS) system paired with differential real limited-slip torque-sensing, concurrently with Drive Mode Select and Multi-Terrain Select.

All of these SUV variants are also presented with slim rectangular headlights in Australia, in contrast to others with retro-themed round lights.

For Australian market specifications, this car is presented with a 2.8 liter 4-cylinder diesel engine option only. This means that Land Cruiser Prado has 201 dk of power and a 500 Nm torque. Not only that, Toyota presents it with the Toyota V-Active 48V mild-hybrid system which aims to increase fuel efficiency.

For the price, the latest generation Land Cruiser Prado is priced from 72,500 to 92,700 Australian dollars (Rp778.1 million to Rp994.9 million). For Kakadu trim, Toyota sells up to 99,990 Australian dollars (equivalent to Rp1 billion).