Personally, I like that kind of a setup better than trendy, cab-forward designs, as it gives a sense of purpose to driving a true-blue SUV. So, there’s very less dashboard to view, a lot of bonnet and then the road. The top of the high-set, upright dashboard has a smaller area than most modern cars, because the scuttle and A-pillars of the Fortuner are pushed back typical of truck architecture. But for me, driving this sort of a vehicle always calls for sitting as high from the road as I can get, and look down on the minions, and thus, feel less plebeian. If you want to sink in a bit further into the vehicle, the Fortuner’s driver’s seat is eight way electronically adjustable. The seating position is commanding and the view outside is plentiful, giving you a towering, above-the-road feeling. The massive, almost horizontal bonnet always hangs out in the line of vision like a ship’s bow from the Captain’s cockpit though. That doesn’t mean things are claustrophobic by any means.
Only a back to back comparison will attest to this, and expect more light on this issue as we take the car for an extended test sometime later. This could be because the new Fortuner is a few millimetres shorter than the outgoing model, despite being longer and wider. However, roominess feels less as compared to the outgoing Fortuner, as the roof appeared to be looming lower than before. One obvious reason being that the latter is a dedicated people mover while the former is a SUV. The sense of space inside the new Fortuner isn’t that cavernous as that of inside the Innova Crysta’s cabin. The dashboard’s design is quite contemporary, while the waterfall-like centre console proudly flaunts the 7.0-inch touchscreen and the leather trimmed edges. Then there are traces of wood here and there, slivers of chrome, other metallic accents, along with more leather. For the top grades, there’s dual toned leather (black and brown) with contrast stitching everywhere, on the door trims, the dashboard and even on the centre console. While the outgoing model’s cabin looked like the inside of a truck buffed to please the slightly uninitiated, the new model brings in nothing but much needed luxury. The interiors are where the new Fortuner triumphantly overwhelms its predecessor. New 2016 Toyota Fortuner Interiors And Features It does have presence, the new Fortuner, be it in the way its full-LED, ‘Bi-Beam’ headlamps pierce through the cars ahead, or by the virtue of its sheer size and chrome jewels. There’s that arrogance flowing through every inch of its bodywork, like the way it flows through your veins if you buy one to be on top of a small social tower. From the side, the front end looks a bit ‘pinched’, like the nose of a bullet train, but does wonders for the front approach angle, which is rated at 30 degrees.īut here’s the best part – the slightly oddball looks do not stop the Fortuner from looking ‘important’. An ear-to-ear grin tears across the front bumper, and in its wake, leaving gaps in the oddly shaped chromed fog lamp surrounds. The snout is made of slim headlamps and a big chrome grille framed by blocks of chrome. Straight lines in the bodywork are conspicuous by their absence. The size, the silhouette and the stance are that of a burlesque SUV that couldn’t have been a better representation of a next-generation Fortuner, but the details have gone soft. That’s understandable if your subject is James Bond, but with the Fortuner, I’m not quite convinced. That’s because they wanted to mix ‘cool’ and ‘tough’ in one visual package. There’s a new Fortuner in town, dripping with luscious, metallic paint, brightwork and curves that belie its ‘tough’ nature. You must be wondering why they’ve taken that call as far as the new Fortuner’s appearance goes. New 2016 Toyota Fortuner Design And StylingĪ Fortuner must look like it just caused a jail break by knocking out a few burly prison guards cold. Don’t get me wrong, there are a handful of other vehicles that deliver on both these counts, but none of them are popular as the Fortuner, while being ridiculously expensive at that. It’s quite strange, isn’t it? A vehicle that some buy to get society’s nod of approval, while some buy it to escape certain social shackles by wandering off into the wilderness.
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