The brand new-generation Toyota LandCruiser Prado 250 Sequence is the primary Toyota in Australia to require AdBlue diesel exhaust fluid.
That is blended with exhaust gases as they enter the catalytic converter to assist scale back nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions. It’s frequent in vehicles and buses, in addition to various diesel-powered massive SUVs and utes with the intention to meet stricter emissions requirements.
Talking on the new Prado’s native media launch, Toyota vice chairman gross sales and advertising Sean Hanley mentioned all variants of the launch vary require AdBlue.
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“With each new Prado, it has to have AdBlue,” mentioned Mr Hanley.
“If within the occasion AdBlue isn’t added, the car will turn into not operable. So it’s important to have AdBlue.
“If AdBlue runs out once you’re driving, you possibly can nonetheless drive to your locations. That’s necessary to grasp.”
This implies when you run out whereas driving and go to restart your car, you gained’t find a way to take action with out first including AdBlue.
“[AdBlue is] obtainable [to purchase at the] overwhelming majority of service stations, significantly the place there [are] vehicles, however the overwhelming majority in metro as nicely, and it’ll even be obtainable at every of our sellers sooner or later,” Mr Hanley added.
Toyota has confirmed the Prado 250 Sequence can journey round 8000km, relying on use case, earlier than you’ll have to high up the 17.4L AdBlue tank.
That is important as a result of it means house owners will more likely to have to high up the AdBlue between logbook companies. The Prado 250 Sequence, like many diesel-powered Toyotas, requires servicing each six months or 10,000km, whichever comes first.
Toyota confirmed its sellers gained’t high up the Prado’s AdBlue tank as a part of a logbook service. As a substitute clients can be required to pay and fill it up themselves when wanted.
Mr Hanley defined the best way clients have to high up the Prado with AdBlue is “no totally different to refuelling [with diesel]”.
Though carmakers usually match AdBlue exhuast fluid programs to make sure a car’s powertrain meets stricter emission requirements, like Euro 6, the Prado 250 Sequence’ 2.8-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel mild-hybrid engine is at the moment solely labeled as a Euro 5 powertrain.
Toyota Australia has confirmed this four-cylinder turbo-diesel mild-hybrid powertrain may be adjusted to satisfy Euro 6 emissions requirements sooner or later.
New variations of recent vehicles, together with SUVs and light-weight business autos, offered from December 2025 might want to meet more durable Euro 6d emissions requirements in Australia, changing the prevailing Euro 5 measures.
The requirements will then apply to all new autos on sale from 2028.
One other consideration with the Prado 250 Sequence, not less than in its present type, is the New Automobile Effectivity Customary (NVES) that may come into impact subsequent 12 months.
Producers will now have a CO2 goal, although a change was made after the NVES was initially introduced – thought-about beneficial for manufacturers – that sees “heavy off-road passenger autos” just like the Prado now lumped in with utes and vans.
These ‘Sort 2’ autos have the next 210g/km restrict for 2025, versus 141g/km for ‘Sort 1’ autos similar to hatchbacks and sedans. This, nevertheless, can be lowered to 180g/km in 2026, after which progressively lowered yearly thereafter.
The Prado 250 Sequence is claimed to emit 200g of CO2 per kilometre.
Deliveries of the 2025 Toyota LandCruiser Prado 250 Sequence began earlier this month. At launch there are a complete of 5 variants being supplied. Pricing begins at $72,500 earlier than on-roads for the GX, and extends to $99,990 earlier than on-roads for the Kakadu.
In different markets there’s an i-Pressure Max petrol-electric hybrid powertrain supplied in Prado, however at this stage it hasn’t been confirmed for Australia.