History of Prado SUV:
First generation LC70 Prado: 1990—— 1996
1April, 990, Prado (parameter | picture) was officially independent as a branch of Land Cruiser (parameter | picture). Although in some countries, its name is Land Cruiser or Land Cruiser II, at this time it is the first generation Prado, because it has brand-new headlights, grille, front bumper and hood design.
The first generation Prado is equipped with a 2.4L diesel turbocharged engine with 97 horsepower and a maximum torque of 24 Nm. Compared with now, this figure is certainly unsightly, but it was remarkable at that time. The first generation Prado has two models, a two-door model and a four-door model, code-named LX5 and SX5 respectively, and the highest four-door model is EX5.
Second generation LC90 Prado: 1993-2002
1993 In May, just three years before the first generation of Prado, Toyota updated it. This generation of LC90 is lengthened on the basis of LC70, adding other upgrade configurations, but this generation and LC70 coexist for a period of time.
Compared with the first generation, the number of doors of the second generation Prado has also been upgraded, including three-door version and five-door version. The three-door version is called R series, such as RZ, RX (parameter | picture), RS and RJ, and the five-door version is called T series, corresponding to TZ, TX, TS and TJ. The front suspension of the car body is shared with Tacoma (parameter | picture) and Hycras, all of which are independent suspension designs, and the whole system comes standard with full-time four-wheel drive.
In terms of engines, compared with the first generation, it also enriches diesel engines and gasoline engines. Among them, the diesel version has a 2.8L and two 3.0L engines, and the gasoline version has 2.7L and 3.4L engines. In 2000, Toyota's famous D-4D3.0L diesel engine was also assembled on Prado.
The Third Generation LC 120 Prado: 2002-2009
This should be the generation we are most familiar with, because this car is finally made in China, named overbearing (parameter | picture). Until now, many people still regard this car as overbearing, although the official name has long been changed to Prado.
It was renamed because the marketing staff of Toyota China came up with the slogan of "overbearing, you should respect it". Lu Xun dragged Jiefang truck out of the predicament, which inspired many people's patriotic feelings, so overbearing was renamed Prado, Land Cruiser was renamed Land Cruiser, and Lexus was also changed.
It is also from this generation of models that the appearance is no longer the tough appearance, but has added more fashion elements and gradually developed into a luxury SUV.
Fourth generation LC 150 Prado: 2009 to present
This generation of Prado is more fierce and impactful in appearance. Although more and more inclined to the city, it is still difficult to hide the restless heart. Non-loaded body, full-time four-wheel drive, let you know that even if you don't go to the wild, your strength can not be underestimated.
The fourth generation also has more high-tech functions than before, such as multi-function steering wheel, intelligent induction key, one-button start, all-round image monitoring, multi-temperature automatic air conditioning and so on.
At present, the basic models on sale are 20 17 and 20 18, which are divided into domestic version and parallel imported version. Before 20 17, the domestic version still had a gold displacement of 2.7L, but when the 20 18 model was redesigned, it only had a displacement of 3.5L, and the full-time four-wheel drive was changed to a part-time four-wheel drive. At present, the domestic Prado on sale only has a displacement of 3.5L.
However, the parallel imported version is similar to the 20 17 model, with a displacement of 2.7L and a displacement of 4.0L, which is still a full-time four-wheel drive that hard-core off-road should have. Therefore, strictly speaking, the 18 new Prado cannot be regarded as a replacement, because the three major parts have not been upgraded, and the main changes are the front face and taillights, with no subversive changes.
Extended data:
In 2003, Toyota Prado entered the China market with an overbearing name. At first, the popularity was not high, and the sales volume was average. For publicity, Toyota Group came up with a marketing method and went to Beijing Lugouqiao to shoot advertisements. When the advertisement came out, it aroused the anger of the Chinese people.
Because this advertisement is too "outrageous", an overbearing car is driving on the road, and two stone lions bow to the overbearing car respectively, and there is a text saying: "overbearing, you should respect it." However, patriotic people simply can't understand such business behavior. Looking back at the historical events of 1987, their anger is even greater. At this time, the overbearing car became famous.
The coverage of such advertising effects is too wide. In order to dilute the influence of "overbearing door" on Toyota, Toyota caters to the consumer psychology of "worshipping foreign things and obsessing foreign things" and adopts the foreign name of "Prado", and its sales volume is increasing day by day.
After seeing the success of the overbearing advertising model, Toyota once again came to Hoh Xil, Qinghai to shoot off-road vehicle advertisements. The picture is as follows: a land cruiser is dragging a domestic truck and military vehicle on the muddy ground, and the slogan is "It is unthinkable without a land cruiser".
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