Get Toyota Fortuner Brakes Upgrade From Toyota

Toyota has been feeling the heat of car-recalls and problems discovered with its vehicles in past. Although the cars by Toyota are really nice, but there are scopes of improvement with almost all cars. Toyota Fortuner is a mighty SUV from Toyota and had similar disk brakes as Toyota Innova. Based on the feedback from the customers that the brakes felt not-so-good, Toyota has improved the brakes of Fortuner and now it get the bigger disks and better calipers, same as that fitted in the Toyota Prado.

The new brakes, being larger and more effective than the previous ones, perform with more ease. These upgraded brakes are now standard with Fortuner SUVs made after February 2010.

If you have bought your Fortuner recently and are not happy with the brakes, you can contact Toyota and you may get an upgrade for free. This is done by Toyota on case-by-case basis if a problem is reported by a customer.

It is a welcomed step as by these kind of measures, the customers really feel that the car seller cares for their convenience and safety.

Santa Fe to Grace Indian Roads by Next Year

It has been a long time since Hyundai has been announcing the launch of its SUV, Santa Fe, in India. And this time also you may not quiet believe it. But yes, this time it might possibly happen. The reason why one could expect the coming of the car is because it is raining SUVs in India now. And every other company is planning to launch an SUV. And Hyundai would never want to lag behind.

The launch of RiO by Premier is a classic example of the demand for SUVs India. Premier was a very famous Indian car manufacturer. But the company was away from business for a long time, till yesterday when it re-entered the Indian car industry with its mini SUV.

Hyundai also has plans of launching a small car in India by 2011. It will be an 800cc small car.

It was two years back, in 2007, Hyundai first announced its plans to launch its SUV, Santa Fe, in 2008. But things didn’t work out and the company was not able to launch the car in 2008 as promised. We had also expected the launch of the SUV this year. But the latest information is that the Santa Fe will be seen in the Indian roads next year.

In India, Santa Fe is expected to be launched both in petrol and diesel models. It will be available in 2.7-litre petrol engine and 2.2-litre diesel engine. The price of the SUV is not known. But it is sure that this new model from Hyundai will surely create a tough competition for Toyota Fortuner, Honda CR-V, and Chevrolet Captiva.

Toyota Fortuner

The Toyota Fortuner SUV has eye-catching exteriors, comfortable, spacious and classy interiors and an extremely powerful diesel engine. Powered by a 3.0 Litre TDCI D-4D diesel engine, the car has 5-speed manual transmission and comes with an All-Time Four Wheel Drive.

The SUV has very luxurious leather upholstery and the spacious interiors that seats seven adults comfortably with enough air conditioning for all the three rows. The stylish hood scoop on the bonnet and the powerful headlamps that are curved around the grille add on to the stance of the SUV.

The Fortuner is built on the IMV (Innovative International Multi-Purpose Vehicle) platform similar to that of Toyota Innova. MID, touchscreen interface, GPS, Climatronic AC system and 17 inch alloy wheel are among the distinct features of the car. Fortuner is also bundled with safety features such as Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), SRS front airbags, dynamic safety engineering, front and rear side impact door beams sonar back feature for easy parking.



Variant: Toyota Fortuner 3.0L Diesel

Ex-Showroom Price (Rs.) (New Delhi): Rs. 18,45,000

Engine: 3.0L DOHC I-4

Transmission:5 Speed Manual