The Toyota Fortuner facelift gets significant cosmetic updates to make it look much sportier than now and you can expect the updated SUV to be launched in India by the end of this year.
The Toyota Fortuner has been on our roads for quite some time now and hasn’t received any cosmetic update ever since the second generation model was introduced. Internationally however, the Toyota Fortuner will soon be receiving a facelift, and ahead of its mid-2020 world debut, some spy shots of the updated SUV have surfaced on the internet. While the launch of the Toyota Fortuner facelift is still some time away here in India, we now know what to expect from the Fortuner’s mid-cycle update.
The Toyota Fortuner facelift seems to pack plenty of visual updates and the face of the SUV now looks very fresh and much more inline with Toyota’s new SUVs like the RAV4 and Raize. You can immediately notice that the grille is lot slimmer and has gloss black bits instead of the chunky chrome grille we see here in India. The bumper is also much more contoured now with triangle-shaped faux air intakes on each corner.
The headlights have also been revised with new LED elements and inserts. They also look much slimmer than before and make the face look much sharper. The gloss-black finish on the skid plate completes the visual update on the front for the SUV. In profile, there does not seem to be any significant change on the SUV but at the rear, there are styling tweaks in the form of a mildly restyled bumper and tail-lamp inserts.
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We do not have images of the interiors of the Toyota Fortuner facelift and its thus hard to comment on what changes we could see on the inside. However, you could perhaps expect a better infotainment system with some new added features as well. Speaking of features, Toyota in going to launch a new limited-edition of the current Fortuner in India with some added new features and perhaps some styling tweaks as well. You can read more about it in the link below.
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As far as engine options go, the Fortuner is available with a wide range of engine options internationally. That includes a 2.7 and 4.0-litre petrol engines, and diesel engines with 2.4, 2.8- and 3.0-litre displacements, depending on the market. In India, the Fortuner facelift will continue to be offered with BS6-compliant versions of Toyota’s current 2.7-litre petrol and 2.8-litre diesel engines. We expect the Fortuner facelift to make it to India by the end of this year. In the Indian market, the updated Fortuner will take on the Ford Endeavour and the Isuzu MU-X, as well as other monocoque SUVs like the Volkswagen Tiguan, Honda CR-V, and Skoda Kodiaq.
