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Fortuner provides all the answers<br />
I’M OFTEN asked what is the<br />
best sport utility vehicle? The<br />
choice in today’s market is vast.<br />
I usually answer with three<br />
questions, what size? How many<br />
seats? And what is it going to be<br />
used for?<br />
Depending on the answer to<br />
the last question, I reply by saying<br />
there are two fundamental<br />
differences in construction that<br />
must be taken into account, and<br />
they are quite technical.<br />
However, put simply, there is<br />
the option between ladder frame<br />
and monocoque construction.<br />
The rigid ladder-like frame<br />
vehicle carries the engine and<br />
drivetrain, a separate body construction<br />
is mounted on it. The<br />
monocoque frame, on the other<br />
hand, has a unitised frame and<br />
body combined.<br />
Most of today’s SUVs are<br />
monocoque, but if you want a<br />
serious four-wheel-drive vehicle<br />
that will take you to the backblocks<br />
and beyond then a ladder<br />
frame vehicle is best, although<br />
it’s not quite so user-friendly<br />
in close confine environments.<br />
You see, almost all of the ladder<br />
frame SUVs in today’s market<br />
are based on a light truck/utility<br />
chassis; take Toyota’s Fortuner,<br />
for example, it sits on the Hilux<br />
platform.<br />
Along with the chassis underneath<br />
that will take you<br />
places, ladder frame models<br />
have advanced four-wheel-drive<br />
systems, they require input from<br />
the driver through complex<br />
dial-in modes, depending on<br />
what is required for the journey<br />
ahead, taking into account all<br />
have a low ratio gearing mechanism<br />
that allows for crawl-speed<br />
motion over rough ground.<br />
Toyota’s Fortuner was late in<br />
the SUV market here, it followed<br />
Mitsubishi’s Challenger/<br />
Pajero Sport, Isuzu’s MU series,<br />
Ford’s Everest, Holden’s recently<br />
departed Colorado 7/Trailblazer<br />
and Nissan’s first and second<br />
generation Pathfinder.<br />
Nevertheless, the Fortuner<br />
has gained good ground in the<br />
serious SUV market in the five<br />
years it has been here, and it has<br />
just had a mild facelift.<br />
It also gets the uprated powerplant<br />
that arrived in the heavily-facelifted<br />
Hilux a year ago.<br />
The big 2.8-litre turbocharged<br />
diesel is now rated at 150kW and<br />
500Nm, up 20kW and 50Nm.<br />
Thanks to a new cylinder block,<br />
pistons and turbo design modifications,<br />
emissions have been<br />
reduced and fuel economy is<br />
also better, the Fortuner is now<br />
rated with a 7.6-litre per 100km<br />
combined cycle average, down<br />
from 8.6l/100km.<br />
During my testing time the<br />
dash display readout was constantly<br />
listing around 9/100km,<br />
dropping to 8l/100km on a rural<br />
run with 7l/100km showing<br />
instantaneously at 100km, the<br />
engine ticking over very slowly<br />
at 1600rpm.<br />
ROBUST:<br />
The<br />
Toyota<br />
Fortuner<br />
sits high<br />
off the<br />
ground<br />
for crosscountry<br />
travel.<br />
TOYOTA FORTUNER: Four-wheel-drive to take seven occupants off-the-beaten-track.<br />
If I’m not being deceived, the<br />
Fortuner’s power plant seems<br />
a lot quieter and more refined<br />
than ever before, it purrs along<br />
with a gentle throb you can only<br />
hear if you listen intently. It is<br />
quiet inside the cabin and even<br />
under load the driveline sounds<br />
unflustered.<br />
In terms of performance the<br />
Fortuner will easily keep pace<br />
with today’s busy traffic, it’s<br />
strong off the line with a 9sec<br />
run to 100km/h, and if you are<br />
on the highway it will complete a<br />
highway overtake in 6.8sec (80-<br />
120km/h).<br />
On the subject of figures, the<br />
Fortuner uses its ladder chassis<br />
to much benefit. It has a 3100kg<br />
braked trailer tow rating that has<br />
just been lifted from 2800kg.<br />
That’s why its design is so useful,<br />
the Fortuner is a tough goanywhere<br />
vehicle that will take<br />
you, your family and belongings<br />
to places a traditional SUV<br />
would struggle. There is huge<br />
ground clearance (279mm), and<br />
with chunky tyres grip in the<br />
loose is well maintained.<br />
I took the evaluation vehicle<br />
through the tracks that lead<br />
across the Hororata River; it<br />
wasn’t a challenge, but the river<br />
was flowing freely after a high<br />
country drenching. The base of<br />
the river is very stony and quite<br />
uneven, but the Fortuner soaked<br />
up the rough stuff without battering<br />
the occupants.<br />
That’s no easy feat to get right,<br />
• Price – Toyota Fortuner<br />
Limited, $61,290<br />
• Dimensions – Length,<br />
4795mm; width, 1855mm;<br />
height, 1835mm<br />
• Configuration – Fourcylinder,<br />
four-wheel-drive,<br />
2755cc, 150kW, 500Nm,<br />
six-speed automatic<br />
• Performance – 0-100km/h,<br />
9sec<br />
• Fuel usage – 7.6l/100km<br />
by sheer nature of its load-bearing<br />
live rear axle the Fortuner<br />
has a relatively comfortable ride,<br />
there’s a bit of a jiggle over uneven<br />
tar seal surfaces, but it’s on a<br />
par with the other models I mentioned<br />
in my introduction and a<br />
by-product of what Hilux hands<br />
down. One point of difference,<br />
though, is that the Fortuner gets<br />
coil springs at the rear, the Hilux<br />
still has a leaf spring set-up. The<br />
coils do provide more compliance<br />
for comfort.<br />
Given its height, accessing the<br />
Fortuner requires a bit of a step<br />
up, and you do need to bend<br />
a bit to get into the rear row<br />
of seats. Nevertheless, there’s a<br />
generous amount of room back<br />
there, although if long journeys<br />
are on the cards, place the<br />
youngest or smallest back there.<br />
Once seated, the occupants<br />
are well cocooned and sheltered<br />
from the rugged mechanicals<br />
underneath, ride comfort is<br />
high, and on my long inland<br />
evaluation there was never a<br />
point where I felt taxed or tired.<br />
For <strong>2021</strong> the Fortuner adds<br />
a larger display panel (8in),<br />
Apple CarPlay and Android<br />
Auto. Those items on top of<br />
what would ordinarily be<br />
deemed a generous amount of<br />
fitment. Well, it needs to be well<br />
equipped, the Fortuner comes<br />
in at $57,790 for the GXL, the<br />
evaluation car was a Limited<br />
model that adds $3500. That<br />
makes quite a big outlay, but it<br />
does sit well with the prices of its<br />
competition.<br />
All that aside, you are buying<br />
into the quintessential SUV, one<br />
that will last forever and go anywhere.<br />
At 4.8m that does mean<br />
you have to be picky finding<br />
a central city car park, but the<br />
benefits come when you make a<br />
weekend excursion to the high<br />
country lakes.<br />
If that’s not what you need,<br />
then Toyota’s Highlander could<br />
be the alternative, it doesn’t get<br />
the high-tech four-wheel-drive<br />
system but it does have even<br />
more finesse and seven-seat<br />
capability, its underpinnings are<br />
state-of-the-art and occupant<br />
comfort is high-level.<br />
For those whose questions<br />
revolve around what is best in<br />
this market, do your homework<br />
and work out what is best for<br />
all situations. If you do chose<br />
a Fortuner, its versatility won’t<br />
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