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Prado has a side opening door and everest a lift up tailgate. The everest titanium tips the scales at a kerb weight of 2495kg while the prado is a slightly more modest 2400kg.

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Ford everest vs land rover discovery vs toyota prado our titanium was fitted with the recently arrived 18 inch wheel and tyre package.

Everest vs prado. Let s run through the variants. Instead of the 20s formerly fitted exclusively to the titanium it gets the option of 18s from the mid spec trend something teamed with revised springs and dampers to ensure it is optimised to the rubber. The platform isn t shared with the hilux but the prado 120 was developed into the now discontinued fj cruiser.

For the most part i d be one of those people the prado can be surprisingly comfortable depending on the spec you choose but we ll get to that later. Prado attempts a defence with trailer sway control and all wheel drive in low and high range but everest has those too so no advantage is gained. That s the life s work of 99 percent of new suvs.

Ford everest v toyota prado v toyota fortuner outback 4wd comparison 26 aug 2016 school drop offs work runs and the occasional weekend away. The everest wagon was new for 2015 and developed on ford s t6 platform which is. Gx vs gxl vs vx vs kakadu a sort of models comparison.

The everest also has a much much better reversing camera. But the prado is bigger than those models and some would argue more comfort focused too. The mid level trend comes with an eight inch touchscreen digital radio wi fi capability power tailgate auto high beam 10 speaker sound a 230 volt power socket and four 12 volt points 80 litre fuel tank rear view camera front and rear parking sensors and multi terrain mode.

The everest is a newer vehicle than the prado and has had the full santa sack of the latest tech gadgetry thrown at it. Surprisingly it s the everest that weighs more. The everest can tow 3000kg vs the prado s 2500kg so that s pretty much the battle right over and done with right there.

Prado s main problem is there s very little space behind the third row much less than everest.