Faults:

Nothing. Zero.

We have had it 12 months. I have resprayed the back bumper twice for minor scrapes.

Total reliability.

Driver's leather seat squab is looking worn.

General Comments:

So much more refined than our Toyota Fortuner 2007 and our 1989 Mercedes G-Wagon. Light years more civility and practicality than my 2004 Land Rover Defender 110.

You need big powerful cars for the cut and thrust of Singapore city traffic. The Prado (AKA wife's Prada) gets us there.

2700cc is enough since we can not tow in our city state. Built very well. The plastics will survive the tropical heat. Toyota SUV reliability at its best.

The 8 seats come in useful though we normally use 5.

Smaller than the Amazon, so can fit in most car-parks - but not all.

Still looks shiny, new and unmarked after 10 years of driving.

Faults:

Rear drive shaft universal joint yoke flogged out.

Rack end ball joint worn.

Serpentine belt idler failed (after hosing the engine).

General Comments:

By far the best vehicle I've ever driven on rough roads and steep tracks.

Plenty of power for overtaking on the open road.

Tough. Comfortable. Well designed and built.

High fuel consumption (typically 14 l/100km), but I suppose that's what you get from a large, heavy petrol 4WD.

Steering at highway speeds is less precise than I'd like. It has a slight tendency to wander, so more frequent minor corrections are necessary than is the case for many other vehicles.

It has two completely unnecessary ancillary equipment faults/stupidities which Toyota should never have let past.

- The satnav destination (and some other things) can not be changed while the vehicle is moving. The satnav is frequently slow to respond to user input, and intermittently freezes up for minutes at a time. To set the destination as a city centre (rather than a street address) is ridiculously complicated. These faults (features?) mean the satnav is pretty much useless, so we carry and use a cheapo Chinese unit instead.

- The cruise control is the worst we've had in any car (including a 1988 Jaguar!), in that at highway speeds it causes the auto to change frequently up and down on even slight changes in incline. This is so pronounced that on some roads we just don't use it as we don't want to wear out the auto unnecessarily.

Faults:

Nothing wrong, but I feel the brakes are not sharp enough to handle the power and weight of this 4x4. It's too strong.

General Comments:

It's so comfortable and quiet that you wouldn't even know the car has started if you sit inside this one.

It's got an amazing acceleration, so that you can be first at the traffic signals (you will like it when you just fly off, seeing others in the rear-view mirror).

I went for one with dual fuel-tanks, so I get 1200 kilometers on one fill. On motorways, if you keep between 120 and 130 kph, you will get about 13 litres/100km, cities you get about 14.5 litres/100km, and offroad you get about 17 litres/100km.

Missing services won't upset the car, but you will notice the mileage going down if you don't.