Electrified oil-burning Toyota Fortuner pricing uncovered

With the rumoured all-new model seemingly set for unveiling later this year or in 2025, Toyota has divulged local market pricing of the mild-hybrid Fortuner as the protentional final product change to the current nine-year old second generation.

More power..

Facelifted just over 12 months, the inclusion of the mild-hybrid powertrain adds a further four models to the Fortuner range, which takes the local line-up to 11 derivatives, the most of any bakkie-based SUV.

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It’s pricing unearthing via Toyota’s website and specialist vehicle information website, duoporta.com, coming at the same time as the stickers of the electrified Hilux and GR Sport, the Fortuner adopts the same 48V moniker as its sibling, with the system being sold as an alternative to the regular 2.8 GD-6 turbodiesel.

First alluded to possibly adopting a hybrid powertrain in 2021, the hybrid sees the 48-volt belt starter/generator and battery pack being combined with the flagship GD-6 engine to produce a total of 162kW/565Nm for short spells only.

… reduced consumption

An uptake of 12kW/65Nm over the conventional 2.8, the setup is only mated to the six-speed automatic gearbox, although buyers can opt for rear-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive with low range.

Compared to the non-electrified oil-burner, the Fortuner 48V promises a 0.3 L/100 km improvement in fuel consumption, according to duoporta.com, which in two-wheel-drive models, comes to 7.3 L/100 km and 7.6 L/100 km in the case of the four-wheel-drive.

Spec likely to be carried over

Despite the uncovering of pricing, no specification details are known, although like the Hilux, expect the biggest difference to be hybrid specific graphics and readouts within the instrument cluster and on the infotainment display.

For the time being though, it remains to be seen whether the Fortuner 48V will be launched before or after the Hilux has its market premiere.

Price

As with the regular 2.8 GD-6 and 2.4 GD-6, the Fortuner 48V’s sticker price includes a three-year/100 000 km warranty and nine-service/90 000 km service plan.

• Fortuner 2.4 GD-6 – R679 100
• Fortuner 2.4 GD-6 AT – R705 800
• Fortuner 2.4 GD-6 4×4 AT – R739 100
• Fortuner 2.8 GD-6 AT – R826 400
• Fortuner 2.8 GD-6 48V AT – R834 800
• Fortuner 2.8 GD-6 4×4 AT – R907 100
• Fortuner 2.8 GD-6 48V 4×4 AT – R918 600
• Fortuner 2.8 GD-6 VX AT – R870 900
• Fortuner 2.8 GD-6 48V VX AT – R879 300
• Fortuner 2.8 GD-6 VX 4×4 AT – R950 900
• Fortuner 2.8 GD-6 48V VX 4×4 AT – R961 800

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