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Old 02-22-18, 11:57 AM
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Default Land Cruiser Prado coming to North America?

Well at least Canada.

Toyota Motor Corporation filed for the trademark LAND CRUISER PRADO on January 11, 2018 in the Canadian Trademarks Office.

No evidence of a U.S. filing (yet)!



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Old 02-22-18, 01:36 PM
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WELL THIS IS HUGEEEE NEWSSS.

2019 Toyota 4 Runner was confirmed at the auto shows (2019 TRD pro launch confirmed it) as the existing model, so this is going to slot in between a 4runner and sequioa
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Well, the GX is the US-market Prado and I'm thinking Toyota done this more to protect their IP than to introduce a new model into the North American market. Unless of course Lexus is going all unibody on the SUV side.
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Originally Posted by nthach
Well, the GX is the US-market Prado and I'm thinking Toyota done this more to protect their IP than to introduce a new model into the North American market. Unless of course Lexus is going all unibody on the SUV side.
True, but with nothing being off limits these days.
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Between the 7,800 4Runner's sold in Canada last year, just 508 GX's, and then 208 Land Cruisers, not sure how the Prado would be positioned up North.

I'm inclined to agree with nthach on an IP protection.
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Old 02-24-18, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by coolsaber
True, but with nothing being off limits these days.
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The Armada is based off the Patrol instead of the Titan these days, while the Pathfinder is now riding on the same platform as the Altima/Maxima/Murano.
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Toyota filed a trademark on the Lexus 450d name for Australia a couple of years ago, but still have not released this vehicle Down Under despite New Zealand, India and Russia now selling this variant.
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Highly doubtful a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado will be sold by Toyota in Canada. Toyota must be protecting their trademark. I am not sure about the USA but older Toyota Land Cruiser Prado's have been imported by Canadian customers for years, not through Toyota. Parts can be ordered at a Toyota dealer in Canada and it can be serviced. The name should be protected if this is the case. Anyone a lawyer on here?
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just curious, was this just to protect the name? did anyone find out?
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