Confident Toyota Launches Fortuner And Kijang Innova In The Middle Of The COVID-19 Pandemic

Toyota Fortuner and Kijang Innova (doc. Toyota Astra Mobil)

JAKARTA - In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) has just launched two cars as well as the online facelift of Fortuner and Kijang Innova today. Toyota brings a number of features to refresh the two cars.

"We are updating the New Fortuner and New Kijang Innova while maintaining the DNA of these two cars, but also adapting to the needs of current customers," said PT TAM Vice President Director Henry Tanoto at the online launch, Thursday, October 15.

For the Fortuner itself, changes are clearly visible in the grille and garnish sectors, where the LED lights are made bigger with a new, fresher design. A refresher is seen in the New Front Bumper Design, New Radiator Grille Design, New LED Head Lamp Design, New LED Fog Lamp Design, as well as the addition of chrome ornaments to the bumper, grille and fog lamp. The touch is given to all models, the difference is the TRD Sportivo chrome garnish, more black.

New Kijang Innova (doc. Toyota Astra Motor)

On the side, changes are seen in the application of the new 18-inch alloy wheels which reinforces the tough and luxurious impression of the TRD Sportivo type. The outer mirror of all models wears the same body color, while the TRD Sportivo wears black. Similar colors are also embedded in the step and step covers of the TRD Sportivo and G, while other types apply silver.

There is also a wireless charger feature that makes it easy to recharge smartphone batteries without cables in the cabin. The head unit with 9 Inch Screen Display features Miracast and SDL connectivity, voice command, Surround Monitor, while the VRZ, SRZ and TRD Sportivo variants have additional NFC and Smartphone Connection features.

The kitchen is equipped with a 2,400cc 2GD-FTV environmentally friendly diesel engine capable of producing 149.6 PS of power and 40.8kgm of torque. Wrapped in touch in the form of using a water cooling system in the turbo compressor housing to reduce the temperature of the air that will be pressed into the combustion chamber so that the air pressure increases. Adopting also electronically controlled common-rail injection system with a pressure of up to 250 MPa which makes it even more fuel efficient.

While the refresher on Innova comes with the addition of a new variant, namely the Luxury type (G Luxury and V Luxury) which is equipped with a captain seat in the middle cabin which previously only existed in the Q and Venturer types.

New Kijang Innova Luxury and New Venturer are equipped with an Integrated Air Purifier (Car Ionizer) which can improve the air quality in the car cabin and can work automatically, so it will work immediately when the indicator shows a decrease in air quality in the cabin. This healthy feature is useful during the COVID-19 pandemic, which always needs clean air.

On the exterior, Innova offers New Grille Design with Dark Gray Paint and Chrome List Ornament, New Side Turn Signal Lamp Design with Black Ornament, to new 16-inch two-color rims and 17-inch Venturer.

In the V Luxury variant, the New Kijang Innova gets additional touches in the form of a New Day-time Running Light, New Front Bumper with New Illuminating LED Fog Lamp, New Rear Combination Lamp with Black List, New Backdoor Black Paint Ornament, and New Rear License Garnish. While in the G Luxury variant, there are changes in the form of a New Front Bumper with Halogen Fog Lamp.

New Fortuner (doc. Toyota Astra Motor)

Especially for Luxury, the New Kijang Innova is equipped with changes aimed at providing better comfort on the interior side through the New Black Color Captain Seat, New Seat Table, New Instrument Panel with Wooden Ornament, and New Luxury Emblem on the rear exterior.

Entering the interior, the entertainment system of the G Luxury variant is now equipped with a New 8 ”Head Unit with Radio, USB, Bluetooth, and Mirroring. Meanwhile, the V Luxury variant uses the New Versatile 9 ”Head Unit which has adopted Miracast technology and Smart Phone Connection. Especially for the New Venturer variant, it uses the New Comprehensive 9 ”Head Unit which is equipped with the NFC feature.

Regarding the security side, all variants of the New Kijang Innova and New Venturer are now equipped with Convenient Rear Camera, Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) and Hill Start Assist (HSA) features. Especially for New Venturers, there are additional safety features in the form of Dual, Knee, Side, and Curtain Shield Airbags.

Finally, Toyota sells the Fortuner for around Rp. 504.9 million to Rp. 704.5 million, while the New Kijang Innova is in the range of Rp. 337.6 million to Rp. 495.7 million.