A two-seat van edition of the Toyota LandCruiser Prado has returned to take advantage of reduced taxes for commercial vehicles in the UK.
The latest-generation 2025 Toyota LandCruiser Prado four-wheel-drive is now available as a two-seat 'van' – but not in Australia.
Toyota has confirmed the LandCruiser Commercial van will be available to order in the United Kingdom in August, which sees the conventional seven-seat layout of the 250 Series model replaced with a flat floor and a metal bulkhead behind the front seats.
It is a replacement for the outgoing LandCruiser Commercial launched in the UK in 2018 – sold there without Prado badges, like the new model – about nine years after the regular 150 Series SUV debuted.
Mirroring the old model, the LandCruiser Prado 250 Series 'commercial' adds van-like opaque rear-side windows with steel interior inserts, while retaining cupholders where the third row would usually be.
However, as before, it will not be offered in Australia, with the dedicated HiAce mid-size van instead available to local customers, while the LandCruiser 70 Series TroopCarrier WorkMate – dating back to 1984 – is a two-seater.
The commercial model will be converted at a section of Toyota's UK factory – which manufactures the Corolla hatch and wagon for Europe, and will soon build the GR Corolla hot hatch – rather than arriving as a complete vehicle from Japan.
The available load space in the LandCruiser Commercial is a maximum 1090mm tall, 1685mm long and 1286mm wide, allowing for a circa-2000-litre cargo capacity using the VDA measurement standard.
With full-time four-wheel drive and a 150kW/500Nm 2.8-litre four-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine – currently lacking the 48-volt system standard in Australia – the LandCruiser Commercial retains the seven-seater's 3.5-tonne braked towing capacity.
Standard equipment includes 18-inch alloy wheels, a power-adjustable driver's seat, heated seats and steering wheel, an electric tailgate, an auto-dimming rear-view mirror, and dual-zone air-conditioning.
The LandCruiser Commercial moves to a smaller 9.0-inch infotainment touchscreen instead of the seven-seat's 12.3-inch widescreen unit, but larger than the 8.0-inch system found in Australian base grades.
Toyota has confirmed the 48-volt system will be added to the LandCruiser 250 Series in Europe and the UK in early 2026, including the commercial model, matching what is already standard in the Prado in Australia.
It is unclear if the addition of the 48-volt system will impact the usable cargo area of the commercial model to accommodate the mild-hybrid components, which has compromised the boot size of local examples compared to overseas versions without.
The LandCruiser Prado isn't the only Toyota model to be available as a 'commercial van' in the UK.
Complete with steel wheels and standard roof racks, the Corolla Touring hybrid wagon is available as a two-seat van, while four-wheel drives such as the Land Rover Defender, Land Rover Discovery and KGM Rexton (née SsangYong Rexton) are also offered as commercial vans.
A benefit of a car or four-wheel-drive-derived commercial van is reduced taxes compared to the models on which they are based in the UK.
The 2025 Toyota LandCruiser Commerical is priced from £52,729.17 "on-the-road" ($AU110,000), down from £77,845 ($AU163,000) for the seven-seat model, which is also offered in one variant.
By comparison, in Australia, the Toyota Prado starts from $72,500 before on-road costs for the five-seat GX and tops out at $99,990 for the seven-seat Kakadu.
Customer deliveries of the LandCruiser Commercial will commence in the UK in September.
Jordan is a motoring journalist based in Melbourne with a lifelong passion for cars. He has been surrounded by classic Fords and Holdens, brand-new cars, and everything in between from birth, with his parents’ owning an automotive workshop in regional Victoria. Jordan started writing about cars in 2021, and joined the Drive team in 2024.
