{"id":96479,"date":"2009-12-18T01:17:08","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T06:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/prado-test-drive\/13534\/"},"modified":"2009-12-18T01:17:08","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T06:17:08","slug":"test-drive-toyota-landcruiser-prado-4wd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/96479","title":{"rendered":"Test drive: Toyota Landcruiser Prado 4WD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/toyota-prado-32.jpg\" alt=\"The Toyota Prado gets put through its paces on the 4WD test track\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two-in-one&#8221; products generally mean there&#8217;s a compromise. A desktop replacement laptop is great until you&#8217;ve lugged its weighty frame through five airports in two weeks, a road-trail motorcycle is fine until you hit a really snarly stretch of dirt, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/econo-keys-ek-76-tp\/11932\/\" >keyboard that becomes a mouse<\/a> when you turn it upside down, well, lets not even go there. So when Toyota introduced its new Prado Landcruiser mid-size 4WD as a &#8220;best of both worlds&#8221; solution for both the highway and the rough stuff I was a little skeptical. But after taking on all types of terrain &#8211; including, open roads, tight forest trails and a formidable purpose built 4&#215;4 track &#8211; I may just have been convinced otherwise. The vehicle&#8217;s versatile performance owes particular thanks to a sophisticated new suspension system and electronics suite, and although there&#8217;s no point pretending that it can be a sports coupe one minute and a monster truck the next, as a two-in-one auto solution the fourth-gen Prado comes very, very close&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/4wd\/\" rel=\"tag\">4WD<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/australia\/\" rel=\"tag\">Australia<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/luxury\/\" rel=\"tag\">Luxury<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/toyota\/\" rel=\"tag\">Toyota<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/honda-offers-motion-adaptive-electric-power-steering-eps\/9945\/\">Honda offers Motion Adaptive Electric Power Steering (EPS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/google-earth-presents-artworks-from-the-museo-del-prada-in-ultra-high-resolution\/10778\/\">Google Earth presents artworks from the Museo del Prado in ultra-high resolution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/ford-kuga-rear-view-camera\/10265\/\">Ford Kuga gets clever rear-view camera<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/3688\/\">Toyota&#8217;s FJ Cruiser SUV goes from concept to production model at 2005 Chicago Auto Show <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/toyota-gentex-rear-camera-mirror\/11997\/\">Toyota Corolla Verso first Euro vehicle with Gentex rearview camera mirror<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/4728\/\">Toyota&#8217;s welcoming Fine-X Fuel Cell Hybrid <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/UzF4-E9tAvwazEOslhZjT2RMUso\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/UzF4-E9tAvwazEOslhZjT2RMUso\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/UzF4-E9tAvwazEOslhZjT2RMUso\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/UzF4-E9tAvwazEOslhZjT2RMUso\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=tKxp7zQE8EY:vDK_peOPq38:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=tKxp7zQE8EY:vDK_peOPq38:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=tKxp7zQE8EY:vDK_peOPq38:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=tKxp7zQE8EY:vDK_peOPq38:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=tKxp7zQE8EY:vDK_peOPq38:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=tKxp7zQE8EY:vDK_peOPq38:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=tKxp7zQE8EY:vDK_peOPq38:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/tKxp7zQE8EY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Two-in-one&#8221; products generally mean there&#8217;s a compromise. 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