Head to head: Toyota Prado Vs Ford Everest
What about value for money?
Everest has won the most points and spec-for-spec costs less money, so it gets the value award. While Prado resale values are high, I confidently expect Everest resale to be high too. The lists below are of two popular price-equivalent models. The Everest does well on the specs
Toyota Prado 150 GXL
$61,190+ORC (diesel, manual), $63,230+ORC (diesel, automatic), $62,210+ORC (petrol, automatic)
- Five seats (seven is an option);
- Trailer Sway Control;
- Reversing camera;
- Cruise control;
- 220v rear socket;
- Hill Start Assist (auto only);
- Downhill Assist Control (auto only);
- 17-inch wheels;
- Satnav;
- 9 speakers;
- Climate control with three zones;
- Rear park sensors;
- Alarm;
- Side steps; and
- Tinted windows.
Ford Everest Trend
$58,990+ORC (7 seat 4WD), $53,990+ORC (7 seat RWD) diesel automatics
- Full sized alloy spare, underslung;
- Speed limiter;
- Rear cross-axle locking differential (4×4 only);
- Terrain Management System (4×4 only);
- Emergency Assist Calling;
- Rear view camera;
- Trailer sway control;
- Trailer pre-wiring;
- Ford Sync 3;
- 8″ colour touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto;
- 230v rear inverter;
- Dualzone aircon;
- Rear 12v in boot;
- Rear aircon/heating controls;
- 18″ rims;
- Auto high beam;
- Power tailgate;
- Heated side mirrors with power fold and puddle lamps;
- Tinted glass;
- Adaptive cruise with forward collision alert;
- Driver alert system;
- Front park sensors;
- Lane keep assist and departure warning;
- MyKey;
- Extra USB port; and
- Rain sensing wipers.
While the Everest is clearly the better value vehicle, to be spec-equivalent with the Prado it’ll need a long-range fuel tank, and in order to keep up with the Prado off-road it’ll also need a front cross-axle differential lock. Consideration should be made to costs of this nature as, when you buy a touring 4X4, you need to budget for the entire build not just the vehicle purchase price. That said, the win still goes to the Everest.
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6 Comments
You don’t mention build quality, warranty service and re-sale value. Three very important considerations when deciding to buy any vehicle. The Prado is streets ahead on all three.
Resale is mentioned under value for money section. Ford is in the news for their warranty problems, that would be a deterrent for buyers, a bit hard for a review to test though I guess.
Thanks Benn0, and you’re right. We’ve talked about including that sort of thing in reviews before but given we only drive the vehicle for a week, and all vehicles and drivers are different, it can be hard to cover beyond generic commentary. Thanks Isaac
Resale is just as much a product of what you pay for upfront relative to the rrp.
Too many pay over the top for prado inflating resale.
Good news is discounts on rrp give non toyota purchasers a leg up.
Just make sure you keep an eye on that d4d engine they have a nasty habbit of eating themselves.
Considering the Prado design dates back to 2009, Ford had ample time to make a far superior vehicle on all accounts, but only delivered one that was marginally better in most but not all aspects. In my opinion on that says a lot for Toyota.