Toyota Land Cruiser (Prado) 2014 review - Carbuyer

"Mighty off road ability and good reliability make the Toyota Land Cruiser a bulletproof 4x4, but it lacks the comfort of rivals like the Land Rover Discovery 4."

[timmyotoole]

You don't buy it for it's looks. You buy it because you need a beast. If you live in West London you buy an X5 or Cayenne or Q7 because you care what other people think. If you live on a farm or in the desert you buy a Land Cruiser because you don't care what other people think. It gets the job done, no questions, no frills.

[hawkesworth]

Obviously, the people commenting have never been to the Australian outback. Try taking some of those British and European faux 4x4s and you will have a long walk home. Toyota is the one.

[northernsoul_ktf]

Landcruiser the best of them all . I live in a city and drive one still amazing 👍🏽

[pol]

The real value of these cars you see when you resell them after 8 years! And then you see that reliability pays off! And for me a Landcruiser isn't a real SUV it is much more!!

[pedrof]

My favorite all time SUV, built like a tank.

[iseiwainiqolonabuka]

I'm from a small island nation in the South Pacific called Fiji, Northeast of Australia... And this giant is a ruler on our roads! Most Government Ministries uses it due to it capability!!

[thedudestdude]

In case of an apocalypse, this is what you want to be driving in.

[michaelxie]

Finally, a British confessed about the poor quality of Range Rover LOL

[SDav]

The version with the spare wheel attached to the outside of the boot inside a cover actually looks better at the back than the one without it.

[ronanwhite]

There is a lever on the middle row tilt and slide seat Matt! You don’t need to reach over to the back of the middle seat for the release lever. It’s located at hip level and very obvious when you open the passenger side rear door.The one you pulled was for someone sitting in the third row to pull in order to exit the car if there was no one sitting in the middle row…

[casmatori]

I have the Lexus version of this. I actually wanted a full size Land Cruiser V8, but it was almost 85K for the same level of equipment. It's an amazing vehicle nevertheless. I recently switched from driving Infiniti and Nissan SUVs, and I must say, Toyota is making some really nice products nowadays.

[kiofrenzy]

long term owner: 1 reliability and low cost of maintenance first. 2.aftermarket modification, lifting 2 or 3 inch and KO2 , PRADO is value for money not for show off

[officiallawrenceperera]

When car buyer was the best car review channel...

[sammehta]

So am I the only one that doesn't think the Land Cruiser is not ugly?

[PissedAsianGuitarist]

Dad has put 140k miles on this and runs fine. Very reliable

[maximilianoluera]

Pretty much our 4Runner (same platform and body of a Lexus GX460), ours is even bigger, and the Lexus version is just insane.

[stef]

Some people say that its ugly. But personal taste is personal taste. I think its beautiful. And if i had to choose between LR Discovery, Merc GL (GLS), Q7 or Land Cruiser, i would choose Land Cruiser. Why? Well, i want a car that i can take to some unpaved roads and dont worry about it too much. I want a car that is built tough and is reliable. If i ever want to go on a journey of 1000-1500 KM, i want it to be trouble free. Yes, RR Sport looks nice, but its 30-40% more expensive and it breaks down every month, GLS is also a lot more expensive and it has 0 off road stats against the LC. Q7 is not that high, so off road is a no go. And even Porsche is not made for anything else but asphalt. Not to mention double the price. To be realistic, in Europe, for the price of Land Cruiser you cant buy any other capable off road car that is full equiped like Toyota. The brand new one is 75k full. No other comes close.

[sushi]

Travel with Mat or Rebecca and you'll never be hungry!

[iantownsend]

It's one of the best off roaders ever & very reliable that's why the UN use them enough said

[GrupoConstruindoCasasSaudaveis]

Here in Brasil we love it. Land Cruiser is the best . Tks japan!!!