Toyota’s Fortuner range will have four new advanced safety features, including crash avoidance capability and lane-assist technology.
This update means that Toyota vehicles representing 89.5% of its sales are now available with these features from the Toyota Safety Sense (TSS) suite of technologies.
More than 85% of its SUVs and light commercial vehicles and 97% of Toyota’s passenger cars are fitted with TSS.
Toyota sales and marketing vice president Sean Hanley says the company plans to move beyond 90% as soon as possible by expanding the availability of advanced safety technologies as new or updated models are introduced.
“This year, we expect to deliver well in excess of 200,000 new Toyota vehicles in Australia – and a substantial majority will be equipped with potentially life-saving features that can help prevent and mitigate collisions,” Hanley says.
“Fortuner is just the latest vehicle in our range to offer crash avoidance and lane-keeping technologies – features that are already standard in top-selling models as diverse as HiLux, Corolla hatch, Camry, Kluger and HiAce. It has achieved a five-star safety rating.”
Fortuner’s pre-collision safety system uses a forward-facing camera and radar that can detect vehicles and pedestrians day or night and cyclists during the day.
Lane-departure technology in Fortuner is designed to help prevent accidents, by alerting the driver with visual and audible warnings if the vehicle is out of its lane.
The new safety and convenience features result in a price increase of 2.3 to 3%.
The seven-seat Fortuner is powered by a 130kW, 450Nm, 2.8L four-cylinder common-rail direct-injection turbo-diesel engine, with a fuel use of 8.6L/100km.
The Fortuner GX is priced at $45,965, GXL at $50,790 and Crusade at $58,290.
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