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Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 150 generations by year

Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 150 generations covered here: Prado 150 Series (2009-2024). The table gives the first and last dates by market, and each generation lists its codes, facelifts, how to tell it apart and the sources.

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Years by market

Generation AustraliaUnited StatesEurope and the UKSouth AfricaThailand
Prado 150 Series (2009-2024) 16 Nov 2009 to Jun 20242010 MY to 2023 MYNot confirmedNot confirmedNot confirmed

"Not confirmed" means we found no source we could open for that date; "Not sold" means the generation was not offered there. Dates are first and last sale or production as the sources give them.

Prado 150 Series (2009-2024)

Codes: J150, GRJ150/GRJ155 (4.0 V6, unverified), KDJ150 (3.0 diesel, unverified), GDJ150 (2.8 diesel, unverified). Also called: Land Cruiser Prado, Land Cruiser (UK/Europe, badged LC3/LC4/LC5 per Wikipedia), Lexus GX 460 (US).

How to tell it apart: Mid-size Land Cruiser wagon between the 120 and the boxy 250; 2009-2013 has a rounded nose, 2013-2017 a five-bar grille with sweptback lamps, and 2017-2024 a taller flat grille with square headlights and a grooved bonnet.

  • 2013 facelift (Japan 10 Sep 2013 (Wikipedia); AU week of 12 Nov 2013): Deeper front bumper, larger five-vertical-bar grille, new headlamps (LED with DRL on upper grades), red/clear tail-lights; three-door dropped in AU.
  • 2015 drivetrain update (2015): 2.8 1GD diesel and 6-speed auto replaced the 3.0; no visual change.
  • 2017 facelift (Revealed 12-13 Sep 2017; AU 1 Nov 2017): Squarer, wider headlights with DRL strip below, wide vertical-bar grille with cut-back corners, grooved bonnet, reshaped fenders, revised tail-lights, new dashboard; AU dropped the 4.0 V6.
  • 2020 update (AU Aug 2020): 2.8 diesel to 150 kW/500 Nm, 9-inch screen; no visual change confirmed.

Our files for this generation: Toyota Land Cruiser Prado 150 (J150).

Market notes and sources
  • Australia: Wikipedia: released in Australia 16 Nov 2009; GoAuto diary: Nov 2009. Three-door dropped Nov 2013. Replaced by 250 Series mid-2024 (GoAuto; Wikipedia says Jun 2024).
  • United States: Lexus USA: GX 460 introduced for 2010 (23 Nov 2009). All-new 2024 GX arrived early 2024, so 2023 was the last GX 460 model year (inference).
  • Europe and the UK: Wikipedia: UK models badged LC3/LC4/LC5; 2017 facelift launched in Europe Sep 2017.

Not confirmed: Engine-specific chassis codes.; UK/Europe and South Africa launch dates for the 150.; Thailand availability.; GX 460 last model year 2023 is inferred from the 2024 GX launch, not stated in an opened source.; Exact AU end month of 150 sales (250 arrived mid-2024)..

  1. Toyota Global, Land Cruiser light-duty (Prado) evolution: 150 launched Sep 2009; earlier Prado dates
  2. GoAuto New Car Diary, Prado: AU Nov 2009
  3. GoAuto, Driven: Toyota Prado facelift arrives, 12 Nov 2013: 2013 facelift AU timing and visible changes, three-door axed
  4. GoAuto, Frankfurt show Prado facelift, 13 Sep 2017: 2017 facelift visible changes, AU due by Nov
  5. GoAuto, Prado VX review, 19 Jan 2018: release 1 Nov 2017, 2015 engine change
  6. GoAuto, Toyota Prado page: fifth-gen Prado here mid-2024
  7. Lexus USA, Second-Generation GX 460 for 2010, 23 Nov 2009: US GX 460 from 2010 MY
  8. Lexus USA, A New Legend Is Born: all-new 2024 GX, 13 Dec 2023: new GX arrives early 2024 (basis for 2023 MY end inference)
  9. Wikipedia, Land Cruiser Prado: 16 Nov 2009 AU, facelift dates, 250 launch dates by market

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