Friday, September 21, 2018

The Toyota Fortuner and Innova Receives Upgrades and Enhancements For Malaysia - Prices for Fortuner, Innova & Hilux Also Announced



 UMW Toyota Motor, the official distributors of Toyota in Malaysia have announced slightly upgraded and / or enhanced specification for the Toyota Fortuner SUV and Innova MPV and Hilux Pick-up Truck. These slightly different specified models will be made available for booking from 3 September 2018 onwards, with the sales launch and deliveries to customers to take place later in September 2018. 



According to UMW Toyota, the upgrades are in line with Toyota's philosophy of continuous improvement, or Kaizen. So whilst this is not a full facelift or model change, the Toytoa Fortuner, Innova and Hilux gets new equipment and styling tweaks from September onwards which can be said to be the 2019 Model Year variants for these vehicles.

The Toyota Innova MPV and Fortuner SUV gets a new colour to the line-up - Phantom Brown (It is not stated whether this colour is new for the Hilux but you do see it in the photos here - so it probably is a colour offered by UMW Toyota here for the Hilux already). This new exterior colour now allows Fortuner customers a total of six different colours choices whilst those that want an Innova can choose from seven different colours. More choices for customers is always good.


Aside from the colour option, the Toyota Fortuner line-up get more standard safety equipment throughout all four variants offered on sale.  All are now equipped with advanced driver assistance systems as standard. he These systems are Vehicle Stability Control (VSC), Brake Assist (BA), Hill-start Assist Control (HAC) and Active Traction Control (A-TRC). So all variants of the Toyota Fortuner, come end-September 2018 will be the same in terms of safety equipment. 


While VSC, BA and HAC have been available in the Fortuner for many years, the A-TRC system is a more recent development that provides more effective traction control in slippery conditions and in muddy terrain. The system basically detects wheel spin and distributes torque between front and rear wheels to suppress unnecessary wheel spin and control skidding.  The system can detect when one or more wheels have lost traction and automatically applies the brakes to the wheel with no traction, allowing it to send power to the wheel which has traction. This way, the vehicle’s stability is maintained and the driver can safely drive around a bend.

Developed under the same Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle (IMV) program, the Fortuner, Innova and Hilux shares the common platform underneath their different styling.

The Fortuner and Innova both fit 7 persons and up to 8 persons inside the Innova, being a MPV. The two vehicles offers buyers features such as power-operated rear cargo doors and cruise control (for the Fortuner only), Smart Entry & Start system, LED headlamps and 8-way power adjustment for the driver’s seat. The touchscreen infotainment systems have extensive features, including connectivity to compatible smartphones and to the internet while on the move (where a connection to the internet is required).

The latest generation of the Hilux pick-up truck is what Toyota claims to be the best ever developed as it combines rugged engineering with creature comforts that we are used to in normal cars. The robust and reliable nature of the Hilux is still there but now it is made more comfortable with each new generation of the vehicle.

As the cars mentioned here are authorised Toyota vehicles, the Fortuner, Innova and Hilux come with a 5-year warranty. The Fortuner and Innova, come with a 5 years unlimited mileage warranty too. 

The prices of the new Fortuner, Innova and Hilux, with of Sales & Service Tax (SST) for Private Registration, but without insurance are as follows:

Toyota Fortuner (4 variants) – from RM170,500 ~ RM 195,600
Toyota Innova (4 variants) – from RM107,280 ~ RM 132,400
Toyota Hilux [Double Cab] (5 variants) – from RM 100,000 ~ RM 138,000



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