Sunday, May 10, 2009

Toyota Fortuner finally coming to India in September 09




India's most eagerly awaited SUV/Car above 12 lakh,aka The Toyota Fortuner is Finally headed to India,after storming the Thai & Asia pacific markets & will be finally here in this September 2009 in India's Toyota showrooms.
Based on the Toyota global IMV-Platform(on which the Innova is built),reputed for highly rugged,reliable & successful vehicles.
The front end will be having a macho stance given by huge projector headlamps & slim grille with huge Toyota logo.
The side profile will include a huge cladded wheel arches with huge alloys.
The rear will be inspired from bigger Land Cruiser featuring huge tail lamps.
The rear D-pillar quarter glass lends it a distinctive style.
The Interiors will be spacious & luxurious with premium Beige shade upholstery with wood finish inserts with Triple row seating with capacity of 7-persons with good leg/head/shoulderroom.
Premium features include Airbags,Power mirrors,Climatronic AC, Parking sensors,Electro-luminiscent instrumentation,leather upholstery & many more.
The Engine likely to be introduced will be the 3.0 litre D-4D(common-rail turbo) generating power in excess of 150 bhp & torque more than 300 Nm providing it a serious off roading abilites transmitted by a 5-speed mannual gearbox to all 4-wheels operated by a mannual 4x4 shifter.
Suspension will be of highly refined Dual-wishbone & coil-spring arrangements giving it a superb refined dynamics.
At last,at price expected close to the 20-lakh mark gives a serious competition to its rivals like Captiva,Endeavour.

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