Imagined Toyota Land Cruiser 250 (Prado) Adopts Lexus GX DNA and a Hybrid Lifestyle

Some people would first like to see the company address long-overdue model generation changes like the sixth generation 4Runner mid-size SUV, and others would even fancy a revival of the Toyota RAV4 EV to fight off against their former partners at Tesla properly. But, of course, as is obvious from the real world's teaser campaign, the Rising Sun carmaker has other plans.

And not just in Europe, where they are set to introduce an all-new Land Cruiser, but also in America, where the same teaser was used to announce the 'comeback story' about to unfold. Given the circumstances and the connections between the Old and New Continents, everyone across the rumor mill and their mother speculates that Toyota is not bringing the larger, heavier, and J310 Lexus LX-related J300 Land Cruiser to the United States or Europe.

Instead, all bets are on the next-generation Land Cruiser Prado (aka 250) making the rounds for tough off-road SUV fans. And there's no smoke without fire – as we need to remember that Toyota just introduced the fourth-gen N400 Tacoma and Lexus, the third-generation 2024 GX 550, on the exact same TNGA-F body-on-frame underpinnings. So, it is pretty safe to assume that the next Land Cruiser Prado (250) will follow suit and share lots of DNA with those two, as well as the other members of the pack - J300 Land Cruiser, XK70 Tundra and XK80 Sequoia, plus the flagship J310 Lexus LX.

Interestingly, some members of the imaginative realm of digital car content creators have become quite passionate about the next Toyota off-road and family-oriented SUV. For example, the Halo oto channel on YouTube provides fresh automotive info corroborated with their virtual designs; now, there is another CGI take on the Land Cruiser. Initially, the resident pixel master imagined a rather traditional take on the upcoming Prado (250), followed by the depiction of a crazy report from Japanese media that the SUV could arrive with as many as three different front fascia designs.

Now, after also seeing the potentially colorful interior alongside the three-visage CGIs, the CGI expert is back to fulfill the host's vision of the Land Cruiser 250 (Prado) being directly twinned with the recently-introduced 2024 Lexus GX as far as the overall design is concerned while the powertrain could be snatched from the 2024 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro i-Force Max complete with the 2.4-liter turbo and electric motor for a stable of 326 electrified ponies residing under the hood. Of course, they did not forget about some personalized design elements, hence the hard-to-believe round-LED headlight treatment, among other things.