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Unfortunately, the third-row seats fold up to the sides of the boot, obscuring the windows and taking up boot-space in quite an old-school arrangement.ĭeploying them requires unlatching their supporting straps, folding out a plastic cover to reveal the metal floor anchors and pushing them into place. The Fortuner’s sliding and reclining central-row seats looked suspiciously familiar from a Prado and were more comfortable than the front two.Įven with the front seats positioned for tall occupants and the centre row slid all the way forwards, there is heaps of legroom, which in turn is good news for those in the third row, where apart from slightly restricted headroom for fully grown tall adults, is an impressive amount of space with a deep footwell and height from the floor making them usable by long-legged folk. The rotary controlled single-zone climate control system is easy-to-use, and there are vents for both rows of rear passengers in the ceiling.
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Sound-system quality was good too, with easy Bluetooth pairing, although it would sometimes distort at higher volumes.Ĭabin storage is a plus point, including twin gloveboxes, hidden cupholders at the far ends of the dashboard and in a lidded centre console compartment, generously sized door bins moulded to accept large drinks bottles, a large space for smartphones beneath the central stack and a big bin beneath the central armrest. The clear, sharp reversing camera display is usefully supplemented by rear parking sensors and we found the sat-nav accurate with clear graphics and useful traffic alerts. Not sure about the fake wood on the steering wheel or centre console either.Īlso, given the effort lavished on much of the Fortuner’s interior, we felt let-down by the hard plastic door caps that make them uncomfortable to use as an armrest (the actual, leather-trimmed armrests are positioned a bit low).Ĭlear dials made us forgive the clear colour-screened multi-function trip computer’s lack of a digital speedometer readout.Īpart from Toyota’s woeful voice control, the majority of Fortuner functions are slick and intuitive. The Fortuner scores well for interior ambience and comfort compared with other ute-based wagons such as the Holden Colorado 7 or Isuzu MU-X and provides a substantial step up from a HiLux, from which the dashboard architecture is familiar but less driver-oriented with its central touchscreen mounted flat and unique – and classier – instruments.ĭetails such as contrast-stitched leather (not sure if it’s real or not) trims on the centre stack, instrument cowl and upper glovebox lid lift the Fortuner’s dash and make the cabin a more inviting and attractive proposition than its workhorse cousin, while retaining the familiar uncluttered and intuitive layout.īut in addition to being a questionable shade of brown, the leather seats of our test vehicle felt tough rather than plush and like the HiLux, the front two lacked thigh-support. The Everest’s seats also fold flush with the boot floor rather than being clunkily stowed at the sides as in the Fortuner.
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Once optioned with sat-nav, the auto-only Ford Everest Trend comes in slightly cheaper than a Fortuner Crusade and apart from a lack of leather upholstery, runs the Toyota close for equipment while including dual-zone climate and driver aids such as adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assistance, driver alertness monitoring and automatic headlights/wipers. There is also climate-control air-conditioning, cruise control, keyless entry with push-button start, an anti-theft alarm, a 220V electrical outlet, a multi-function steering wheel with tilt and reach adjustment, a rear differential lock and electronic four-wheel-drive transfer case control. The wagon rides on comfier coil springs, has paddle-shifters for the automatic and has a slightly nicer interior too.Ĭosmetically differentiating the Crusade from lowlier Fortuners are auto-levelling LED headlights, chrome-finishes on the radiator grille, tailgate trim, exterior and interior door handles, power-retractable and adjustable exterior mirrors, leather and wood-look cabin highlights, a 4.2-inch colour trip computer display and 18-inch alloy wheels (with full-size spare).Ī unique dashboard design houses a 7.0-inch central touchscreen providing access to satellite navigation, DAB+ digital radio, Bluetooth audio streaming, Toyota Link apps and the reversing camera. With the addition of third-row seating, a powered tailgate, rear parking sensors and a leather/wood steering wheel, the Crusade’s spec-sheet resembles that of the $57,990 HiLux Dual Cab SR5+ diesel flagship ute on which it is based.Ĭonsidering the cost of adding a canopy and parking sensors to a HiLux, the $4000 Fortuner premium looks like good value. THE top-spec Fortuner Crusade costs $59,990 plus on-road costs, with another $2000 for the automatic transmission and $550 for the deep liquid-looking, almost black Phantom Brown premium paint applied to our test vehicle.
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