As the “elder” model in the hard off-road SUV market, Toyota Prado (picture | configuration | inquiry) has been highly loved and recognized by users in Yunguichuan, Qinghai-Tibet and other places for many years with excellent durability and excellent driving quality. It is no exaggeration to say that the sentence “there is a road to the mountain, and there is a Toyota car” refers to the Toyota Prado. This shows the importance of the Prado to Toyota.

Today, the Prado series has ushered in a new generation of models, and has been officially made by FAW Toyota. Although the price of 459,800 yuan is a lot higher than that of the old model, you should know that this is the Toyota Prado that is “known” in the off-road circle, so it is obvious that the sales of this new car in the future will not be too bad.

This is not, in the past not long August, FAW Toyota new Prado opened the delivery, the new car has also arrived in FAW Toyota dealers all over the country, want to buy this model of friends can take advantage of the right time to consider starting.

I know that for the new Prado, many friends must also have a lot of questions, for example, why did this generation of Prado cancel the classic “small bag” style? Why did the rearview mirror change from a horizontal strip to a longitudinal strip design? Why the new car is no longer equipped with “turn assistance” and a series of questions. That in response to these problems, in fact, there are official explanations, and here we will reveal them.

Why did the new Prado cancel the classic “small bag”?

In official words: the “small schoolbag” rear hanging spare tire equipped with the original old model will cause more or less vibration and abnormal sound of the tail door in long-term use. In addition, China’s geomorphic characteristics are rich and diverse, so all versions of the world’s Landluze car series have canceled the rear hanging spare tire, but unified to the bottom hanging spare tire.

2. Why is the rearview mirror of the new Prado changed from the horizontal strip of the old model to the longitudinal strip design?

This is because the longitudinal strip mirrors can be easily passed without adjusting the upper and lower angles of the mirrors when dealing with complex road conditions in off-road driving. The driver can accurately observe the situation of the left and right rear wheels in the car, and the longitudinal rearview mirror has a larger observation range of the upper and lower outline of the rear of the car body, which is more convenient for the observation of the surrounding road details when off-road driving.

Why is the new Prado no longer equipped with “turn assist”?

This is the progress of technology, because the new Prado has increased the full-time low-speed four-wheel drive, the vehicle in the mountain narrow landform or mountain dead bend road conditions, with the full-time low-speed four-wheel drive can provide more flexible mobility and steering assistance, so the old “turning assistance” function is naturally no longer needed.

Why did the new Prado launch a six-seater design?

This problem must also bother many people, Big seven is not good? Why does it have to be a six-seater model?​ To put it simply, the 6-seat version is specifically designed for China’s national conditions and is more suitable for the Chinese people’s riding experience.

Why is the new Prado not equipped with chassis lift?

The so-called chassis lift actually refers to the air suspension. In the recent one or two years of the rise of new energy SUV models, ideal, NiO, Xiaopeng and ask and other brands of models are very fond of using air suspension, and the reason for this phenomenon is mainly because the cost of domestic air suspension has come down, and can greatly improve the comfort experience of drivers and passengers. Therefore, domestic new energy manufacturers are happy to install air suspension on their new cars.

So why doesn’t the new Prado come with it? In official terms, this is because the Prado is considering the pursuit of stronger off-road capabilities to enhance the durability and reliability of the vehicle in harsh environments. In other words, the off-road ability of the car with air suspension is not good, and it will affect the reliability and durability of the vehicle, so the new Prado is not equipped.

Why does the new Prado still have a lot of physical buttons?

As soon as you see the physical buttons, many friends will say that the car is old, outdated, and not intelligent, but in fact, the reason why there are a large number of physical keys on the new Prado is to meet the complex driving operations and dangerous terrain with operational pressure, the driver can complete the operation more quickly and refined.

The design of the separation between the keys and the keys is to prevent the wrong touch between the adjacent keys, after all, when the vehicle is driving in the wild bad road conditions, if the physical keys are pressed wrong, there will be a big problem. Therefore, the design of the new Prado physical button is both to meet the blind operation, but also to prevent miscontact.

Finally, the advantage of the physical button is that it can prevent the collective failure of a large number of important control functions of the vehicle caused by the screen integration virtual button in the event of screen failure. So, you can see why the new Prado has a lot of physical buttons.

Why is the cockpit of the new Prado so plain?

It’s 2024, and why is the cockpit of a $500,000 car so plain? In official terms, the new Prado is a professional off-road vehicle, so it must be designed with the driver in mind. That’s why the interior design is made up of a high sitting position, a meter with detailed professional data, a center control screen to assist in observing dangerous road conditions and vehicle posture, and fully physical buttons to ensure fast and accurate operation. To put it bluntly: the new Prado is a professional off-road vehicle, everything is for better off-road service, the other is secondary.

Why is the new Prado not equipped with a front lock?

The so-called front lock, that is, the differential lock on the front axle of the vehicle, is used to limit the power output of the front wheel, to increase the friction between the tire and the ground, and thus achieve such a hardcore off-road configuration. So why doesn’t the new Prado come with it? The official is that: the Prado’s front axle is an independent suspension, the front wheel is a steering wheel, in the high-intensity and low-speed off-road state, the wheel torque is too large, and the front differential is often damaged irreparably due to the intense operation of the impact. Therefore, the new Prado uses A-TRC active traction control system to limit the front wheel slip, which is safer.

Why doesn’t the new Prado use a rear independent suspension?

The new Prado uses a four-link coil spring non-independent suspension design, which focuses on loading more supplies in wild and long distance complex road conditions, as well as heavy off-road driving to complete the wilderness crossing. And most of these heavy loads of materials are carried by the rear bridge, so the non-independent rigid bridge can maintain a constant ground clearance after heavy loading, and is more suitable for heavy loading, or even full load (up to more than 700 kilograms) of off-road complex road conditions.

Why is the power battery in the trunk of the new Prado instead of under the second row of seats?

As we all know, the new Prado is equipped with a 2.4T gasoline engine + electric motor system code-named T24A-FTS, and a friend asked why the power battery of the new car is installed in the trunk, rather than under the second row of seats? In fact, the official also said: this is because the second row of the Prado to meet the needs of rapid folding, in order to facilitate the third row of people on and off. In addition, the trunk floor is higher, and the battery is arranged at a high level, which is more conducive to the Prado’s wading driving, which is to take into account both practicality and ensure a certain battery safety.

Finally, after reading these ten little secrets about the new Toyota Prado that we have shared with you today, I don’t know if you have any changes in the product power and humanized design of this model? True, the new Prado does get more expensive, but you can’t deny that there’s still a place for the Toyota Prado in the hard-school off-road SUV market. So, are you going to buy a new generation Toyota Prado? Leave your answer in the comment section. (Text/Youshi Auto Dazhuo)

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