[acropolite (Phil)]

I've got a 120 series Prado, I've travelled to Astrofest on several occasions with heaps of gear. When it comes to travelling, the Prado is the quietest and most comfortable car I've ever owned.

The diesel models from 2007, for a large 4WD, are very fuel efficient, I got 8.2l/100KM on a return from Brisbane to Melbourne.

Not sure about the latest model but I expect there is a similar cargo space to my model.

Rear door opening on the 120 series is roughly 1170 x1000.

Inside widest is 1400 but wheel arches and taper of the body eat up some of that.

From the rear door to the back of the seat is around 1 metre, a little less as you get up towards the top of the seats, depending of course the position of the seat back.

The 120 series has a 70/30 split rear seat, if you fold the rear seats forward the space is huge, I can fit a 45kg gas bottle lengthways with space to spare, without measuring I'd guess at least 1400 clear space.

If that's not enough you can put on a roof pod, which I do for the journey to Astrofest, plenty of space for a Meade LX90, Ed80, Eq6 and field tripods, and all the other add ons needed for astro imaging, cameras, battery bank, cords, cold weather gear and a couple of suitcases and bedding etc, the back seat is still clear for the odd passenger.