Launching with the option of three variants, the Fortuner will take on the recently launched Ford Everest and established players like the Isuzu MU-X, Holden Colorado 7 and the Mitsubishi Challenger.
The Toyota Fortuner boasts impressive off-road credentials, along with the benefit of thousands of kilometres of local engineering and testing, with Toyota’s local engineering team involved in a great deal of design and testing
According to Toyota, the Fortuner will sit alongside the Kluger and beneath the Prado. Toyota will market it as a diesel alternative to the Kluger, with the hope it will attract customers that would have otherwise gone elsewhere.
While it may look big from the outside, the Fortuner is actually shorter and narrower than both the Prado and Kluger. Despite the exterior size deficit, the cargo capacity wins out on volume and versatility. With the third row in place, there is 200 litres of cargo volume on offer ( to the roof) . The rear door is manually operated on GX and GXL variants, while the top-spec Crusade gets a motorised rear door.
