India’s most affordable Fortuner: 2024 Toyota Fortuner luxury SUV in a walkaround video

The name Toyota Fortuner needs no introduction in India. It belongs to the most popular full-size premium ladder-on-frame chassis SUV in the country. The Fortuner is the first choice of politicians, businessmen, and a number of Bollywood celebrities as well. Recently, a video showing the base variant of this SUV has been shared online. This detailed walkaround video shows the base diesel variant, and the presenter talks about all the features offered with this variant of the mighty Toyota Fortuner.

2024 Toyota Fortuner Base Variant

This in-depth walkaround video of the Toyota Fortuner base variant comes courtesy of Fuel Injected from YouTube. He starts the video with the introduction of the Toyota Fortuner and mentions that he will be showing all the things updated on this SUV for the year 2024. He starts off with the pricing of the Fortuner, which starts at Rs 33.43 lakh and goes all the way up to Rs 51.44 lakh. He adds that this particular variant is the diesel manual variant, which is priced at Rs 35.93 lakh. The presenter also mentions that there is also a base petrol manual Fortuner which costs Rs 33.43 lakh. However, it is not that popular.

Exterior Design: Front

Following the introduction and pricing, the presenter shows the front end of the Fortuner base variant. The Fortuner on the front comes equipped with a brand new high gloss black front grille with a massive Toyota emblem. It also gets new LED projector headlights with LED DRLs integrated inside. It also gets LED fog lights as well as another LED DRL on the lower front bumper which also acts as a turn indicator.

Engine Specifications

Next up, the presenter shows the diesel powerplant of this SUV. He states that this particular variant comes equipped with a 2.8-litre turbocharged diesel engine. This motor produces a maximum power of 204 PS and 420 Nm of torque with the manual transmission. He adds that the automatic variant with this engine offers 500 Nm of torque. Apart from this diesel engine, the Fortuner is also offered with a 2.7-litre petrol engine that makes 166 PS and 245 Nm of torque. It also comes with manual and automatic transmission options.

Side Profile

After the engine bay, the presenter shows the side profile of the Fortuner. He states that the overall silhouette of the Fortuner is very proportional and looks very good. He adds that the car comes equipped with 17-inch diamond-cut alloy wheels in this base 4X2 variant. However, the 4X4 variants are offered with better-looking multi-spoke chrome alloy wheels. It also gets a side step, puddle lamps on ORVMs, chrome door handles, and chrome lower window garnish trim as well.

Rear End

The presenter then continues the exterior walkaround and shows the rear end of the SUV. It comes equipped with a spoiler, shark fin antenna, high-mounted stop lamp, full LED tail lights, and a reverse parking camera with 4 parking sensors. He also mentions that the Fortuner, even the base variant, comes with a powered tailgate. He then shows the rear foldable seats as well.

Interior

Finally, the presenter shows the interior of the Fortuner. He mentions that it comes with a seven-seat layout where the last row of seats is only good for kids. After this, he sits in the middle row and mentions that it gets decent legroom and under-thigh support; however, the headroom could have been better. He then shows the dashboard of the car, which comes equipped with an 8-inch touchscreen infotainment screen and an automatic climate control system. It also gets analog meters with a small MID screen in the middle. Lastly, he mentions that there is a decent use of soft-touch plastics but there are more hard plastics all around.