The new Toyota Land Cruiser Prado has appeared, but keeping the car covered in camouflage when it arrived in Australia has caused the auto community here to raise many questions.
Images of a camouflaged Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 2024 discovered at Melbourne airport, Australia, have attracted attention and raised suspicions that this model will be equipped with a new powertrain.
A Toyota Australia spokesperson confirmed that “the vehicle here is part of the regular work of global development engineers” and “often involves a specification that is not specific to Australia”. However, no further specific information was revealed.
This “strange” Toyota Land Cruiser Prado interests the community with two notable things. The first is the use of round headlights and the Toyota logo on the grille, while the 2024 Prado model was launched with a different design, including rectangular headlights and the “Toyota” logo on the grille. Second, details about the design and equipment of the 2024 Prado were announced previously, which makes Toyota’s camouflage of the Land Cruiser Prado confusing.
According to Australia’s leading auto site, Drive, the most reasonable explanation for this event may be that the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado will use a new powertrain. Toyota can bring this model to Australia for testing. Although it launched with two turbo-diesel and hybrid gasoline-electric engine options, the 2024 Prado will only have an internal combustion engine version when it arrives in Australia.
Although there is no specific information about the new engine, there are proposals for the use of hydrogen engines. Toyota has invested in a hydrogen fuel cell engine, and this could be a step forward in the new development direction of the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado.
However, hydrogen engines also face challenges such as refueling, as hydrogen stations are still very few. However, this does not prevent Toyota from researching and testing new engine solutions to optimize the performance and utility of the future Toyota Land Cruiser Prado.
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