A real V8 in a Prado (Lexus 470)

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Definitely a must-have on the list of essential modifications...

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Even in Australia, we really don't see any LX470 in the bush.

Lawrance

plenty of them up here in central queensland.

one of the directors of the company i work for has a rx330 and has used it to round up camels. :lol:

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Everytime I use carsales.com.au or carpoint.com.au, all the "nice" luxury vehicles for sale seem to be in Queensland!

Wow, an LX330 for rounding up cattle? I'm definitely in the wrong state! LOL!

I think Australia does get some nice Toyota models that are not available in the USA like the single turbo 4.5 litre V8 diesel in the 70 series Troop Carrier and the 76 series 4 door wagon. But Mr Toyota is keen to extract the most amount of money from Toyota fans, so these very basic vehicles are frightfully expensive for what they are.

But I guess, it's better to have an expensive barebones vehicle than not to have that choice altogether.

In Toyota South Africa market, the 70 series Troopy and the 76 series wagon are still available with a non turbo 4.2 litre inline six diesel motor, but maybe it's because South Africa does not have to comply to Euro 4 emissions compliance.

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TOYOTA V8

DONT WISH FOR TOYOTA TO PUT A V8 INTO THE PRADO I TRADED MY GREAT 80 SERIES ON A 2004 100 SERIES V8 I HAD THE CAR 26 MONTHS & IN THET TIME IT SPENT 18 WEEKS IN THE WORK SHOP NEW BLOCK PISTONS ECT. MOST V8 I WAS TOLD BY TOYOTA CUSTOMER RELATIONS HAVE PISTON SLAP. FINALY COULD NOT FIX ENGIN KNOCK WAS TOLD IT WAS AN UNDESIRABLE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE.FINALLY SOLD THE CAR BECAUSE STARTED TO LOSE COOLANT.IT WAS A NICE CAR TO DRIVE BUT BASICLY A PILE OF JUNK. MY NEW PRADO IS MILES IN FRONT NO MORE STRESS