Toyota Fortuner

2009 Motorbeam Car Of The Year Is…

January 4, 2010

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 [...]

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Toyota Fortuner Advertised Via Bluetooth On Airports

October 2, 2009

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 rich [...]

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Toyota Fortuner Sets Competitors On Fire

September 29, 2009

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 [...]

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Toyota Closes Fortuner Booking For 7 Months

September 4, 2009

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 [...]

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Toyota India Launch Fortuner D4D

August 24, 2009

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 [...]

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Toyota Fortuner Features For India

August 18, 2009

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 [...]

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Toyota Fortuner Launch On 24th August

August 1, 2009

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 [...]

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Toyota Fortuner September Launch Confirmed

April 9, 2009

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 [...]

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Toyota To Launch Fortuner In October

February 17, 2009

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. Toyota To Launch Fortuner In October

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Toyota Fortuner Launch June 2009

December 24, 2008

The long-awaited Toyota Fortuner is finally making its way to India. The buzz surrounding the Fortuner has been growing over the past few years, but the fact remains that Toyota wasn’t focusing on this project – a lack of manpower and capacity in the Bidadi factory had kept it on the back-burner. Then Toyota was [...]

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