Where are Toyota’s hybrids, the leader in hybrid cars?

Where are Toyota’s hybrids, the leader in hybrid cars?

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The new Toyota LandCruiser Prado, aka the LandCruiser 250 Series, has been revealed with a new turbocharged hybrid powertrain.

It’s conspicuously absent from the company’s local details, though.

Instead, Toyota Australia will stick with a diesel-only line-up. Does diesel still sell in this segment? You bet. But should Toyota be walking the walk on hybrids across its line-up? Absolutely.

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Embarrassingly for Toyota, which put hybrid technology on the map in Australia, it’s set to be beaten to market with a hybrid off-roader by GWM.

The Toyota HiLux is getting a mild-hybrid… Credit: CarExpert
…while the GWM Shanhai Cannon will offer a full hybrid Credit: CarExpert
The GWM Tank 300 offers a hybrid here… Credit: CarExpert
…but the Toyota LandCruiser Prado won’t Credit: CarExpert

Not only that, GWM is set to introduce a hybrid ute by the end of the year, and yet there’s no hybrid HiLux to be seen – there is one with a 48V mild-hybrid system, but Toyota is wisely avoiding calling it a hybrid.

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