I got the news from the front that Toyota's new generation of "Prado" has been fully launched in the German market, and the popularity of the scene is unexpected!Toyota did not open the market for sale this time, and only 1,000 units of the first batch of models were prepared, but only 1,000 units were swept away within 10 minutes of going on sale, and an average of one car was sold every 2 seconds. really responded to what netizens said, the harder you scold, the faster you sell. The German version of the Prado is more affordable than the domestic one, about less than 400,000 yuan, but this is not enough to become the reason for the explosion, so our own brand still has a long way to go, after all, in the influence of this piece, Toyota has done something unprecedented, but as for whether there is a person behind, it is not clear!
The new generation of Prado has been upgraded from the exterior to the interior, changing the old design concept of the past, in fact, it is quite similar to the new Land Patrol that has been launched!And in order to enhance the agility of this car, the new Prado deliberately designed two different grille layouts, one is the traditional design in the picture above, the rectangular grille remains unchanged, but the headlights use a double barrel design, and because of structural reasons, this group of headlights looks deeper, and the vertical turn signals on both sides look very exquisite, while the other version is only adjusted for the headlights, replaced by an upright matrix light source, and the entire front envelope remains unchanged.
Some people say that the new Prado looks more professional, but the biggest feeling is the improvement of the sense of fashion, even if it is used to press the road, there is no sense of disobedience. The side of the new car also highlights the sense of art, and the entire wide-body body is also pointed, not as exaggerated as we imagined, and the polygonal wheel eyebrows on both sides take into account the appearance and power. The whole series is equipped with the design of side skirts, and it can be seen that the entire ground clearance is larger, which can be regarded as ensuring the passability of the new car. In addition to the luggage rack at the top, the color is also two-tone. The rear of the car, without the foil of the spare tire, has also been extended, including its rear surrounding, which also appears with a sense of fashion.
The whole interior is the ceiling of transformation, the LCD instrument and the exaggerated multi-** screen enabled by the whole system, the long-lost sense of science and technology finally appeared, and the designer also made an adjustment to the details, so that the treatment of each place can be just right, including the selection of buttons and leather, and the round air conditioning outlet also adds a little sense of agility.
For the entire powertrain, the Prado sold in Germany is only matched with one powertrain, which is the 2 with a 48V hybrid codenamed 1GD-FTVThe 8-liter diesel engine has a maximum power of 150 kW (204 hp) and a peak torque of 500 Nm. This engine is exclusively for the Western European and Australian markets, and the version launched after the Spring Festival is still fundamentally different from this car in terms of power.
In terms of professionalism, this car is also fully full, first of all, its frame rigidity has been increased by 50%, and the rigidity of the whole vehicle has been increased by 30%. It also brings electric power steering to rugged and complex off-road driving, reducing the common off-road steering wheel hand-off, making off-road lighter and easier to handle. The higher ground clearance and the matching of high- and low-speed four-wheel drive, differential lock switching and other functions make it more relaxed in off-road.
The popularity of the Prado in the German market is just a prediction of Toyota, according to Toyota's past habits, after the Spring Festival, the performance of this car will be stronger and stronger, but what kind of tricks will Toyota have at this time?We'll see.