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Toyota Set To Increase Fortuner Production

Monday, January 18, 2010

Toyota India would ramp up the assembling capacity of the Fortuner to 1000 units from next month on the back of growing demand. The company first increased the capacity from 500 units to 750 units then to 800 and now the current capacity stands at 950 units per month. The company also said it already [...]

2009 Motorbeam Car Of The Year Is…

Monday, January 4, 2010

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Out of 11 entries and 7 day voting, Motorbeam readers have chosen the 2009 Motorbeam Car Of The Year to be the Toyota Fortuner. The Fortuner received 73 votes making it a comfortable win from the Chevrolet Cruze. The Fiat siblings followed in at 3rd and 4th with the most unpopular of the lot being [...]

Toyota Fortuner Advertised Via Bluetooth On Airports

Friday, October 2, 2009

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Does Toyota even need to promote the Fortuner? With demand exceeding supply by a long shot any type of marketing seems futile. However Toyota didn’t anticipate that when they launched a Bluetooth campaign in Delhi, Cochin, Mumbai and Hyderabad airports in early September. The Fortuner displayed in the airports has been Bluetooth-enabled which provides [...]

Toyota Fortuner Sets Competitors On Fire

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

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The biggest nightmare of all SUV manufacturers is undoubtedly the Toyota Fortuner. The Fortuner has dented the sales of all its rivals so badly that even new variants have not helped one bit. Within 30 days of launch, the Fortuner has received 7000 bookings, which is almost 10 times more than what the other companies [...]

Toyota Closes Fortuner Booking For 7 Months

Friday, September 4, 2009

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Toyota India has closed the booking of the Fortuner for the next seven months. The Toyota Fortuner has been a massive hit and has surpassed Toyota’s expectations with 5000 orders in less than two weeks. The demand for the Fortuner has created backlog of customers willing to buy it. Currently dealers are just registering the [...]

Toyota India Launch Fortuner D4D

Monday, August 24, 2009

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Toyota has finally launched one of the most awaited SUVs in recent times. The Toyota Fortuner is powered by a 3.0L D4D diesel engine which puts out a respectable 171PS of power and 343NM of torque mated to a 5 speed manual gearbox (Auto box to follow by end of the year). The Fortuner has [...]

Toyota Fortuner Features For India

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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The Toyota Fortuner is being launched on the 24th of this month and every SUV enthusiast is excited about the vehicle. But will Toyota change the features when the car hits Indians roads? No, they wont change much. The car is being bought in as a CBU and will have a host of features expected [...]

Toyota Fortuner Launch On 24th August

Saturday, August 1, 2009

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Toyota Kirloskar Motors has announced the launch of the much awaited Fortuner. The SUV will be launched in the Indian market on 24th August, 2009. The Toyota Fortuner will be powered by a 3.0 litre Common Rail Diesel engine and will feature full time four-wheel drive. Toyota expects the Fortuner to take away 50% market [...]

Toyota Fortuner September Launch Confirmed

Thursday, April 9, 2009

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Toyota has confirmed that it will bring its SUV, the Toyota Fortuner in India by September 2009. The Fortuner is expected to be priced at about Rs 20 lakh. The Toyota Fortuner would be launched with a 3.0liter advanced common-rail diesel engine. Fortuner would be brought into the country as a knocked down unit and [...]

Toyota To Launch Fortuner In October

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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The long due Toyota Fortuner is finally being launched by Toyota India in October. The Fortuner will come in two variants. The automatic version will follow in later with all-wheel drive. The Fortuner will be priced between Rs 16-18 lakhs.