Can a Toyota Prado tow
a Nova Caravans Terra Sportz?
GXL (5-seat) (250 Series) (2024), checked against published figures.
No
The Nova Caravans Terra Sportz's published ATM of 4,000kg is 500kg above the Toyota Prado's 3,500kg braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe Toyota Prado, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
- Towball ratingThe Toyota Prado, our estimate at 10% of the braked towing rating
- 350kg
- ATMThe Nova Caravans Terra Sportz, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 4,000kg
- Ball weightThe Nova Caravans Terra Sportz, manufacturer published
- 188kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings, apart from the towball rating, which is our estimate, checked 24 January 2026.
No - this pairing is outside the published ratings
The Nova Caravans Terra Sportz at its published ATM is 500kg heavier than the Toyota Prado is rated to tow.
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This is a guide off the makers' published figures.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van. Weigh the loaded rig at a public weighbridge to know for sure, then read the ticket.
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The figures above are the Toyota Prado's and the Nova Caravans Terra Sportz's as their makers publish them. Loaded weight goes against the braked towing rating, and ball weight against the towball rating.
Toyota Prado
GXL (5-seat) (250 Series) (2024)
Nova Caravans Terra Sportz
Starting from $173,990
Always check your compliance plate
Online databases use factory-standard specs. They do not know about the bullbar on your car, a suspension upgrade, or how much you are carrying. Each one changes your real limits.
How to find it
Open your passenger or driver door. Look for a silver or black metal plate riveted to the pillar. This plate overrides everything you read online.
Why the numbers move once you load up
The figure most often left out of the sum is payload, which is everything you add after the vehicles leave the factory.
- • Bullbar and winch: both add weight to the front of the car, and it comes out of your payload.
- • Passengers: everyone in the car, including the driver, comes out of its payload.
- • Ball weight: the weight the van puts on the towball comes out of your car's payload as well as its towing limit.
Work out what this van is allowed to carry, then check the figures before you pack it.
Always weigh your rig fully loaded.
The answer above is a No on the published figures.
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What towing this pair needs
A brake controller in the car. Coupled up, the Nova Caravans Terra Sportz puts about 3,812kg on its wheels, and Australian law needs a controller above 2,000kg GTM (Gross Trailer Mass).
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Figures come from the makers' published specs for this exact pairing.
This is a guide off the makers' published figures.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van. Where we do not hold a published ball weight, we estimate it at 10% of ATM.Weigh the loaded rig at a public weighbridge to know for sure, then read the ticket.
Published specifications are the starting point. The numbers that decide anything are the ones your own loaded rig puts on the scales.