2024 Toyota Prado GR Sport, base model imagined

The 2024 Toyota Prado was unveiled earlier this month to much fanfare, as what will end the near-15-year run of the current model – with four-cylinder diesel power in Australia, or petrol-electric hybrid technology overseas.

The launch images published by Toyota in Japan, the US and Europe focused on mid-grade to high-specification versions, with luxury equipment, and either big wheels and highway-terrain tyres for urban use, or smaller alloys with all-terrain off-road rubber.

To provide a broader look at the new Prado range, we commissioned Drive's resident Photoshop guru Theottle to mock up a base-model GX – replete with a selection of fitted off-road accessories.

And – at the other end of the spectrum – Theottle has imagined a flagship GR Sport, if Toyota was to follow the LandCruiser 300 Series and HiLux in applying its off-road performance badge to the 'junior' LandCruiser.

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Our new Prado 'GX' rides on circa-17-inch wheels – compared to the 18s and 20s shown so far – wrapped in all-terrain tyres, and wears black door handles, a black plastic grille, and more black plastic on the front bumper, rather than the body colour.

There's also a hooped bullbar, a snorkel, and a set of less advanced halogen headlights on the vehicle's front fascia. It's not clear if halogens will be offered, or if LED headlights will be standard across the range.

Meanwhile, our fictional (for now) GR Sport takes inspiration from the same version of the full-size LandCruiser 300 Series.

Changes include a tweaked front bumper with a larger grille and tweaked 'TOYOTA' lettering, a new skid plate, grey off-road-styled wheels, all-terrain tyres, black highlights, GR Sport badging, and a two-tone red and black colour scheme.

Toyota has not announced plans for a GR Sport version of the new Prado, and it may be rendered unnecessary by off-road wheels, tyres and mechanical features available on other models in the Prado range.

However it would be a natural fit given the continual expansion of the GR Sport range – which sits one rung below true Toyota GR (or Gazoo Racing) performance cars – and the demand for off-road-ready four-wheel-drives.

It would be a good opportunity to fit Toyota's Electronic Kinetic Dynamic Suspension System (E-KDSS), which has been omitted from the latest Prado in favour of a front anti-roll bar disconnect only.

E-KDSS is fitted to the flagship off-road-ready Overtrail version of the new Prado's luxury twin, the Lexus GX. In the LandCruiser 300 Series range in Australia, E-KDSS is exclusive to the GR Sport.

More details of the real, showroom-bound base model in the 2024 Toyota Prado range – and if there will be a GR Sport model – will be revealed closer to the new line-up's Australian arrival mid next year.

To catch up on everything you need to know about the new Prado – including dimensions, engines, interior, technology, design and more – and to see more new Prado-based illustrations, click the links below.

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