Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Toyota has released two new variants of the SUV, namely the New Toyota Fortuner virtually on Thursday (13/1/2022). Fortuner is not a foreign name, this type of car is quite loved in Indonesia.
But there is one thing that this Fortuner car does not have compared to the Toyota Avanza or what is known as the car of a million people. So Avanza owners can be proud of this.
So what do you not have?
The Fortuner does not have the TSS or Toyota Safety Sense feature, while this feature is owned by the Toyota Avanza.
Marketing Director of PT Toyota Astra Motor, Anton Jimmi Suwandy, said the Fortuner needed a powerful engine more than that feature.
“Demand is more for engine power, so increasing engine power is a priority for development,” he said at a press conference, (13/1/2022).
Even so, Anton said he did not rule out the possibility that the TSS feature would be included in the Fortuner. “We first study consumer needs, so later we will develop these desires,” he explained.
Toyota itself has updated the engine capacity to be more jumbo to 2,800 cc from the previous two engines, namely 2,400 cc and 2,700 cc.
The All New Toyota Fortuner is priced above IDR 500 million per unit. Where the kitchen runway of the latest diesel engine is equipped with Variable Nozzle Turbo or VNT, so it can produce 201 horsepower and 500 Newton meters of torque. Especially for cars with this engine capacity, there are two types of drive, namely two and four wheels. This engine is combined with a 6-speed automatic transmission.
This new engine is available for the Toyota Fortuner VRZ A/T variant, as well as the GR Sport which is a sporty version and is presented with the Gazoo Racing label.
The car with this powerful engine is priced at IDR 521.6 million for the 2.4 G 4×2 (M/T), IDR 570 million for the 2.4 VRZ 4×2 (A/T), and IDR 684.5.5 million for the 2.8 VRZ 4×4 (A/T) GR. Sport.
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