It is assembled at the Bidadi, Karnataka plant of Toyota Kirloskar Motor from imported CKD kits. Toyota launched the Fortuner in India in 2009. The car is assembled in Egypt at Arab American Vehicles. It is available in two trims with two petrol engines: the 4-litre V6 1GR-FE, and the 2.7-litre inline-four 2TR-FE. The Fortuner was unveiled in Egypt in 2010 and launched in 2011.
All trims come standard with a 5-speed manual transmission or an optional 6-speed automatic transmission. New facelift models were also introduced. Since 2010, a 2.7-litre engine option was introduced. There are various trim levels available, originally only 4×4 and 4×2 options using a V6 4.0-litre petrol engine were sold. Versions of the Fortuner have come from Venezuela and Thailand. The Fortuner was unveiled in South America – Ecuador in 2005 and launched in 2007.
Specialised variants with a naturally-aspirated 5L-E diesel engine is offered to governments, organisations and the UN alongside other utility vehicles such as the Prado, Hilux, HiAce, and the 70 and 200 series Land Cruisers. However, in some Central and South American countries and New Zealand, Toyota offers the Fortuner alongside the 4Runner and/or Prado, like in Peru, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, and Guatemala.
įor the medium body-on-frame SUV segment, Toyota offers the Hilux Surf/ 4Runner (Japan/North America both are also pickup truck-based) and the Land Cruiser Prado (Europe and Australasia). While the first-generation Fortuner was developed in Thailand by Thai and Japanese engineers, its facelifted version, as well as the Hilux and Innova, was designed in Australia by Toyota Australia, which is also responsible for developing the second-generation model.