[CARS]: Introducing The All New 2023 Toyota Fortuner

Meet the new and refined 2023 Toyota Fortuner, that now has better features than ever before. The car looks more modern with its new facelift, and it still sticks to its traditional offroad roots.

From the exterior perspective, the car has a noticeably different and modern looking face. It now has upgraded automatic-levelling LED headlights and sequential LED turn signal indicators. It drives on newly designed 18” alloy wheels. In terms of body design Toyota still kept the traditional Fortuner body design with only minor changes.

In the interior, the Fortuner still has a spacious and yet stylish looking interior. The car is a seven–seater, and it comes with an optional extra feature of black and maroon-accented leather seats. It also comes with an 8” JBL infotainment system accompanied by 11 speakers. However, the infotainment colour screen still has poor quality pixel resolution. The infotainment system allows Bluetooth, USB connections, and it can also be controlled through the multifunction steering wheel, which prevents the driver from taking their eyes off the road, just to change a song on their playlist.

Fortuner’s Practicality

• The Toyota Fortuner has a boot capacity of 200 litres if all 7 seats are being utilised, and 718 litres of boot space if the two additional seats are folded down.

• It has a fuel tank capacity of 80 litres. This makes driving long distance trips easier, as you won’t need to frequently stop for fuel.

• For offroad adventure seekers, the Fortuner has ground clearance of 279 mm. It also comes with hill assist control and down hill assist control as standard.

• It has a towing capacity of 750kg unbraked, and 2500kg braked. It also comes with trailer sway control as standard.

• The car also comes with cruise control as standard, which brings convince to the driver during long distance trips.

Performance

The Fortuner is powered by a 2.4 litre 4–cylinder diesel engine, and it produces 110 kW of power and 400 Nm of torque. It has a top speed of 175 km/h, and an average fuel consumption of 6.8 litres/ 100km.

Pricing

The lowest spec Fortuner starts from R653 500, all the up to R897 000 for the full spec model.