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Cheaper to buy isn’t cheaper to own

Comparing the Toyota Fortuner (R970 000) and Toyota Land Cruiser Prado (R1 369 200) – see how price, engine, warranty and safety stack up below.

The instalment, the fuel bill and the five-year figure — worked out on your deposit, your rate and your driving. Every specification below comes from a verified record.

The five-year figure is finance instalments and fuel only — it does not include servicing, insurance, tyres or depreciation. It is a cost-to-buy-and-run comparison, not a full cost of ownership.

The Toyota Fortuner costs R458 562 less than the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado over five years.
Fuel costs are calculated from the consumption figure recorded for each vehicle.
Your numbers
Lowest monthly
Toyota Fortuner
Toyota

Fortuner

2.8 GD-6 4x4 VX 6AT
R970 000
Price as at 4 Aug 2026
Total per month
R20 049/month
24/24 verified
Full specifications
Toyota Land Cruiser Prado
Toyota

Land Cruiser Prado

2.8GD TX
R1 369 200
Price as at 9 Sep 2026
Total per month
R27 026/month
24/24 verified
Full specifications
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Cost to own
Purchase price
R970 000
R1 369 200+R399 200
Monthly instalment
R16 954
R23 931+R6 977
Fuel per month
R3 095
R3 095
Total per month
R20 049
R27 026+R6 977
Paid over five years
R1 299 929
R1 758 492+R458 562
Still owing after five years
R191 070
R269 705+R78 634
Engine and drivetrain
Fuel type
Diesel (50ppm)
Diesel (50ppm)
Engine
2.8 L
2.8 L
Power
150 kW
150 kW
Torque
500 Nm
500 Nm
Transmission
6-speed automatic with paddle shift
8-speed automatic
Drivetrain
4x4
4x4
Gears
6
8
Fuel and range
Consumption
7.9 L/100km
7.9 L/100km
Tank size
80 L−30 L
110 L
Range per tank
1 012 km−380 km
1 392 km
CO2 emissions
209 g/km
209 g/km
Space and practicality
Seats
7
7
Doors
5
5
Boot (all seats up)
200 L
130 L−70 L
Boot (behind 2nd row)
716 L
566 L−150 L
Boot (seats folded)
1 080 L−920 L
2 000 L
Braked towing
3 300 kg−200 kg
3 500 kg
Ground clearance
279 mm
205 mm−74 mm
Length
4 795 mm
4 925 mm
Most manufacturers don’t state which measurement standard they use, so boot figures are approximate for comparison.
Ownership and cover
Warranty
3 yr / 100 000 km
3 yr / 100 000 km
Included plan
Service plan — 9 services / 90 000 km
Service plan — 9 services / 90 000 km
Service interval
10 000 km / 12 mo
10 000 km / 12 mo
Spare wheel
Full-size
Full-size
Service network
~179 authorised service points, as at 18 August 2026 In all 9 provinces. Service-manager contact present per pin in Toyota's own dealer locator.
~179 authorised service points, as at 18 August 2026 In all 9 provinces. Service-manager contact present per pin in Toyota's own dealer locator.
Safety and off-road
Safety rating
No crash-test rating for this version
5 stars (ANCAP 2024)
Airbags
7
7
Differential lock
Yes
Yes

What we haven’t verified yet

Blank cells are figures the manufacturer doesn’t publish for South Africa, or that we haven’t confirmed against an official source. We leave them empty rather than estimating them. A third kind of blank is different again: some fields don’t apply to a vehicle at all — an electric car has no fuel tank — and those are named separately below and left out of that vehicle’s verified count, which is why the counts on the cards above can be out of different totals.

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Cost-to-own figures are illustrative only: a standard reducing-balance loan calculation using the deposit, trade-in, balloon, interest rate, term and driving assumptions above, plus fuel at the price you set. They exclude insurance, licensing and servicing, and are not a loan quote — get a real quote from our Finance Calculator. Specifications shown are the fields we’ve verified against official South African sources for each vehicle; anything not shown is marked “Not published” rather than estimated.

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