Toyota Fortuner
Overview
The Toyota Fortuner is a family-sized, seven-seat SUV based on the popular HiLux ute. It’s built tough, will go a long way off road, and is good at towing. It also strikes a nice balance between ruggedness and everyday usability. All Fortuners are equipped with autonomous emergency braking.
Technical Overview
There is only one engine available for the Fortuner, Toyota’s newly developed 2.8-litre turbo-diesel. The same engine is found in the HiLux ute, and a very similar engine powers the Toyota Prado.
Now only available with a six-speed automatic gearbox, it consumes 8.6 litres/100km on the official test (city and country combined) – which is about average for this sort of SUV.
In the real world you can expect a Fortuner to average about 11 litres/100km over a range of driving conditions, with consumption approaching 9.0 litres/100km in easy highway cruising.

