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BASE MODELJapan

Land Cruiser Prado 90 Series

The first Prado on its own platform: the 90 Series of 1996–2002, a lighter Land Cruiser with independent front suspension on 2,450 mm (three-door) and 2,790 mm (five-door) wheelbases, sold as the Land Cruiser Colorado in Britain.

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Sources & evidence
Land Cruiser Prado 90 Series — Toyota Land Cruiser Prado (J90) in ChinaDinkun Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
MODEL LINELand Cruiser Prado 90 SeriesBUILT BYToyota Motor CorporationPRODUCED1996–2002PRODUCTIONNot published separatelyLAYOUT4 wheels · 110″

The record

The Prado name had been applied to a lighter 70 Series wagon (the 70 'Prado' of 1990–96); the 90 Series of 1996 gave it a separate chassis shared with the Hilux Surf/4Runner, with torsion-bar independent front suspension and a coil-sprung rear axle. Petrol fours and V6s and the 1KZ-TE turbodiesel were offered; the 120 Series followed in 2002.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURERToyota Motor Corporation ↗
Tahara plant
MANUFACTURED1996–2002
ENGINE2.7 L 3RZ-FE and 3.4 L 5VZ-FE petrol; 3.0 L 1KZ-TE turbodieselToyota 3RZ-FE · Toyota 5VZ-FE · Daihatsu FE · Toyota 1KZ-TE
PRODUCTION RUNNot published separately
COUNTRY OF ORIGINJapan
STATUSreplaced by the 120 Series in 2002
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINELand Cruiser Prado 90 Series
FAMILYLand Cruiser Prado 90 Series
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE110″
BODY STYLEThree-door (2,450 mm)
VARIANTS2

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Sources

  1. 1Toyota Land Cruiser Prado ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft