Land Cruiser 70 and Prado parts from Dubai for export

Toyota's own history page lists the Land Cruiser Prado 70 of 1990, the Prado 90 of 1996, the 120 of 2002 and the 150 of 2009, so the Prado name began on a 70-series wagon. A footnote in Toyota's April 2024 release says the 70-series wagons were marketed as the Land Cruiser Prado from 1990 and that the lineup has since used two names. A seller abroad who says Prado may mean any of these, so give the chassis number.

The 70 series is Toyota's heavy-duty line, first launched in 1984. Its three body codes, per Wikipedia, are the 76 wagon, added in the 2007 refresh, the 78 long-wheelbase troop carrier and the 79 pickup, with a double-cab HZJ79 from 2012. Toyota re-introduced it in Japan on 29 November 2023 with the 1GD-FTV 2.8 litre diesel and a six-speed automatic, after a one-year commemorative re-release in 2014 that used the 4.0 litre 1GR-FE.

The engine depends on where the truck was sold. Wikipedia's tables put the 1HZ 4.2 litre diesel six in Africa, the 1GR-FE 4.0 V6 petrol in markets such as the Middle East, and the 1VD-FTV 4.5 V8 diesel from 2007, first for Australia only. A GCC-spec HZJ79 is also listed. A 79 in Kampala and a 79 in Kuwait can therefore need different engine parts, which is why the engine code comes first on every quote.

Uganda shows the 70 series most clearly. Toyota took 64.2% of new sales in 2022, per a BestSellingCarsBlog snippet, and its 2025 summary, seen only as a search snippet, puts the Hilux at 29% and the Land Cruiser 70 at 20.7%, about half the market between them. An import agent's Uganda guide also lists the Prado and the Hiace van among popular imports, which fits a fleet of working trucks and vans.

Kenya's figures are older and patchier. Business Daily, using Kenya Revenue Authority data, counted 8,110 Land Cruisers among registrations in the 22 months to October 2018, behind only the Probox and Corolla. A 2024 summary seen only as a snippet gives the Land Cruiser 70 16.5% of new sales, behind the Isuzu D-Max at 21.4%. KEBS told inspectors in 2019 that 17 wear categories may not be imported used, and no later change was found.

In Zimbabwe, whose registered fleet was 1,467,955 at the end of 2022, we expect the 70 series and Prado to sit beside the Hilux and Hiace as the Toyotas to serve, but no official make shares exist. In Zambia, Toyota held 34.2% of new sales in 2021 in a snippet-level source, and we expect Copperbelt mining and transport fleets to run these trucks. Kuwait supplies the contrast: a left-hand-drive, GCC-spec Prado market.

Mostly not. Toyota's appointed distributor for humanitarian and conservation buyers holds long-term agreements with UN agencies and bundles vehicles, parts and warranty, and Toyota Tsusho's Africa division covers all 54 African countries through CFAO and other companies. UN country offices tender repair-and-parts contracts that need a local workshop, and the UN Procurement Division excludes traders and brokers from its vehicle-and-parts contracts.

Mining is fenced by law. Zambia's 2025 regulations, enforced from 1 January 2026, require mines to buy 20% of procurement from local companies by 30 June 2026, rising to 40% within five years, and reserve non-core goods critical to mining for Zambian-owned firms. First Quantum reported 84% of its Zambian spend with Zambian-registered businesses in 2024. Whether light-vehicle parts count as core goods is open, so we do not claim to serve mine tenders.

The buyers who do reach a Dubai exporter are parts importers in Nairobi, Kampala, Harare and Lusaka, plus contractors and small aid groups with out-of-warranty trucks who send a list through a local trader or their own agent. They want 70-series and Prado wear parts on one list, in quantity, with the grade named. That is the order shape we quote.

Kenya's list of used wear parts that may not be imported reads like a service schedule: brake pads, filters, bearings, spark plugs, clutch plates, ball joints, tie-rod ends, bushes and brake hoses are among its 17 categories. Those are the lines a 70-series or Prado operator replaces most, and new Toyota-number or branded aftermarket versions of them are the core of a trade list for these trucks.

Behind the service lines sit the driveline and suspension parts that upcountry work wears: propeller shaft and wheel-bearing parts, shock absorbers and springs, clutch and release sets, and cooling and injection parts for the diesels. An overhaul list for a 1HZ, 1KD-FTV or 1VD-FTV carries gasket sets, piston and ring sets, bearings, a timing set, injector parts and pumps. Each engine has its own page, and a person quotes the lines against your engine code.

For the 4.0 litre petrol Prado 150 and the Gulf 70 series, the one priced number is the 1GR-FE water pump, Toyota 16100-39456, which a Dubai seller's listing ties to the Land Cruiser, Prado, Hilux and 4Runner. Dubai counters showed AED 397 for the genuine pump on 3 November 2026, against AED 214 to 229 for the two aftermarket makes, GMB and NPW, a ratio of 0.54 to 0.58 with VAT in both. The 1HZ, 1KD-FTV and 1VD-FTV parts were not priced.

Price is not the only risk. Kenya's Anti-Counterfeit Authority put counterfeit prevalence in automotive spare parts at 21% in a 2025 consumer study, the highest of any category, and its firm survey ranked four-wheeler parts the most counterfeited item. Zimbabwe's state fleet agency warned in August 2025 that fake brake fluid and other products were circulating, and told buyers to use members of the motor industry association. A Kampala buying guide says quality varies from stall to stall.

China holds 36% of Kenya's recorded vehicle-part imports, 37% of Uganda's and about 48% of Tanzania's, which sets the price floor an operator compares against. The answer is the three-grade list, Genuine, OE-brand and Quality aftermarket, each line labelled, so the buyer picks the grade truck by truck and part by part.

Mechanically, often yes by engine and chassis number; by side, no. Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia drive on the left of the road and so run right-hand-drive trucks, while Kuwait's are left-hand drive. New aftermarket brake, suspension, filter and engine parts are made for both, so they quote by part number. Steering racks, dashboards, pedal assemblies and wiper parts belong to one side and are quoted by part number only.

Market specification matters as much as the side. The 70 series meets different emission rules in different regions, which is why Africa kept the 1HZ, Australia took the 1VD-FTV V8 from 2007 and the Gulf has a petrol 1GR-FE and a GCC-spec HZJ79. A Prado 150 sold in Kuwait and one sold in Kampala can differ in engine and equipment. Send the chassis number with the engine code, and a person matches both.

Check that the quote names your truck, not just the word Prado, and shows a generation or chassis code. Check that the engine on the quote is the one on your plate: a 1HZ list is not a 1GD list, and a Prado 150 diesel can be a 1KD-FTV or a 1GD-FTV. Ask which grade each line is, and expect genuine lines to cost roughly one and a half times OE-brand.

Know what your own border asks of new parts. In Kenya, new parts take a different inspection route from used ones, so ask your clearing agent which firm covers them. In Uganda, parts with no compulsory product standard sit outside mandatory pre-export verification, and consignments of USD 2,000 FOB or less are checked on arrival. Zambia's compulsory standards list has no entry for brakes, suspension or lamps.