2018 Toyota Fortuner Ireland Review

The first spy photos of the new Toyota Fortuner 2018 has been released. Fortuner is a body on frame SUVS that have been on the market for quite some time already. Unlike other Toyota cars, these are only available in Asia and some other countries such as Egypt and has been created specifically for that market.

2018 Toyota Fortuner Ireland Review

He uses the same chassis with the Hilux and some machines also but the actual design of the car and the interior is quite different from the Hilux mainly because even though affordable compared with the competition, it is still a luxury SUV that replaces the entry-level Land Cruiser Prado or at markets.

2018 Toyota Fortuner full birthday is said to be a car that will now use the new modular platform of Hilux developed by Toyota for the international market. In contrast to previous generations, they say that the new chassis for Hilux will be modular so that will allow Toyota to build several other cars on it such as the Tacoma or even Fortuner. A further upgrade of the Fortuner will include new engine will be more fuel efficient than the previous and new styling that would be more in line with the range when the car Toyota has in the markets.

2018 Toyota Fortuner Interior

New Toyota brings minor changes and improvements. On the interior, Toyota Fortuner 2018 will be very similar in design with new Innova, which means that the material will get small bumps in terms of quality while equipment levels will be increased by a big margin. As standard the car will now be featuring satellite navigation, climate control front seats or even electricity.

2018 Toyota Fortuner Exterior

The outside of the truck will be changed but common forms will be stored. This is because it will use some of the older panels from the car when replacing the display. The front end will get a new grille while on the back there is going to be a big change from the door hatch because now it will be open in two segments.

2018 Toyota Fortuner Engine

Under the hood of the old models there is a largely outdated machine that offers a decent amount of performance but not as good fuel economy. 2018 Toyota Fortuner in the other hand is expected to get a major overhaul here. While some machinery such as diesel 2.5 liter with 105 horsepower or 2.7-liter inline 7 with 160 horsepower will be recorded as a basic machine, the older 3 litre diesel engine or 4-liter V6 will be terminated.

In their place we might be seeing a brand new turbocharged 2.5 litre diesel with about 180 horsepower and 500 N * m torque and also 2.7 liter inline 4 new gasoline engine with 200 horsepower and 250 N * m torque. Both of these will offer the same performance with their old colleagues but by 10 to 30% better fuel efficiency. There is also the possibility that he’ll get thin Toyota new 2 litre turbocharged inline 4 engine but it is still early to know for sure.

Other upgrades over the previous car would be the transmission. The 4 speed automatic would be replaced with a 5 speed unit will become smoother and faster while the manual 5 speed will get upgraded to a 6 speed gearbox.

2018 Toyota Fortuner Release Date and Price

The actual release date is not known at this time, but we hope to come in early or mid-2016. The basic price will be very dependent on the market were likely to be sold about 30,000 to 60,000 dollars for some models.

As you can imagine, the main competitors are this car is Hyundai Santa Fe, Ford Everest and Mitsubishi Pajero Sport. More details about this model will be available in the spring of this year.