The refreshed Toyota Fortuner has quietly hit the market in South Africa. Here’s how much the updated adventure SUV will cost you…

Toyota South Africa Motors has given its Fortuner a bit of a visual makeover, while also releasing pricing for the refreshed adventure SUV.

The local line-up again comprises 7 derivatives (so, no sign yet of a GR-Sport version), with the powertrain options seemingly carried over unchanged. As before, the Prospecton-produced ladder-frame SUV is available with either a 2.4-litre, 4-cylinder turbodiesel engine (110 kW/400 Nm) or a 2.8-litre, 4-cylinder oil-burner (150 kW/500 Nm).

Only the entry-level 2.4 GD6 Raised Body model ships with a 6-speed manual gearbox, with all other variants employing an automatic transmission (with the same number of cogs) as standard. While all versions come with a limited-slip differential, 3 of the derivatives feature 4×4.

Note the new 18-inch alloy-wheel design.

The locally built range now starts at R653500 (up slightly from the outgoing version’s base price of R641900) and runs through to an unchanged R897000, with only the flagship 2.8 GD6 4×4 VX priced exactly as before.

So, what’s new on the updated 7-seater Fortuner? Well, Toyota says the changes are led by “aggressive new styling”, with the “sleeker, catamaran-inspired face” comprising revised LED headlamps, a redesigned grille and fresh bumper treatment.

At the rear, you’ll find new corner mouldings as well as black licence-plate garnish and LED taillights and fog lamps. There are also freshly designed 18-inch alloy wheels across the range, while 2.8-litre models furthermore score sequential LED indicators. Inside, a new red-and-black trim option is offered for certain variants.

There’s also a fresh red-and-black trim option.

The larger-engined models can also be ordered in a special 2-tone Platinum White Pearl/Attitude Black combination. Other exterior paint colour options again include Glacier White, Chromium Silver, Graphite Grey Metallic, Oxide Bronze, Chestnut Brown and Cosmic Blue.

From what we can tell, VX versions of the popular 3-row SUV also gain extra safety equipment in the form of rear cross traffic alert and an “active” traction control system.

Interestingly, this facelift was introduced to markets such as Thailand and India as long ago as early 2021. The SA-built version first gained specification updates at the end of that year, before this refresh finally arrived in February 2023. In 2022, as many as 7 805 units of the Fortuner were registered in South Africa.

How much does the updated Toyota Fortuner cost in SA?

Toyota Fortuner 2.4 GD6 RB MT – R653500Toyota Fortuner 2.4 GD6 RB AT – R677500Toyota Fortuner 2.4 GD6 4×4 AT – R709800Toyota Fortuner 2.8 GD6 RB AT – R794600Toyota Fortuner 2.8 GD6 RB VX AT – R837800Toyota Fortuner 2.8 GD6 4×4 AT – R873500Toyota Fortuner 2.8 GD6 4×4 VX AT – R915 400

A 3-year/100 000 km warranty and a 9-service/90 000 km service plan (with intervals of 10000 km) are included in the purchase price.

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