The Toyota Fortuner has landed (fortuner pics at WTC in post #181)

**mbt** · March 29th, 2005 12:49 AM

anyhow, its next to impossible to put an adult-sized third-row seat into a body-on-frame vehicle with a live rear axle. by design, the floor behind the second row would be high, and unless they raise the roof by a foot or two and extend the rear hatch rearward (which of course, will never be done), expect only children-sized seats. that said, useful pa rin naman yung seat na yan in a pinch.

notice that trucks and SUVs with passable rear seats are monocoque or are simply behemoth-sized (e.g. gen2 expedition, suburban). kahit yung tahoe masikip ang third row seat

**cyberdoc95** · April 2nd, 2005 11:35 AM

Sana, one of the tsikoteers would write an official review of this SUV as soon as it comes out and when pwede na ma-test drive! Andami na kasing mga nasasabi about this!

I'm sure, marami ng mga taga-TSIKOT.com ang hindi nakakatulog waiting for the official launching nitong FORTUNER! HE HE HE! :bwahaha:

**odell** · April 3rd, 2005 09:21 PM

so pag leaf springs un xterra.. matalbog siya.. then.. parang pickup un ride? hehehe.

oo nga.. sabe ni marantz first week of may o end of april.. pero sabe toyota sa cabanatuan 2nd week of june daw. hehehe

ang gulo :D

**KCboy** · April 4th, 2005 07:57 AM

odell,
ang importante, lalabas na 4 sure, nakita ko na din sa newspaper, kay asure na yan. malamang before june kasi untiunti na nila ppinepreview sa driving public. ang problem yung presyo talaga. i hope ot's really competitive.

**cary168** · April 4th, 2005 08:17 AM

from a toyota insider, fortuner will range from 1.2m to 1.4m. They will have a 4x4 2.5 d4d engine and a 4x4 3.0 d4d engine. Pinapaubos muna yung mga rav4 dahil maiipit daw ang mga units bago ilabas ang fortuner sa june

**danbuzz** · April 4th, 2005 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by cary168

from a toyota insider, fortuner will range from 1.2m to 1.4m. They will have a 4x4 2.5 d4d engine and a 4x4 3.0 d4d engine. Pinapaubos muna yung mga rav4 dahil maiipit daw ang mga units bago ilabas ang fortuner sa june

Rav4 will not be phased out dude.

tuloy parin ang benta even with the fortuner

**odell** · April 4th, 2005 09:44 AM

i think un 2.5 vvti un 3.0 un d4d.. tama ba? gulo na eh. hehehe

oo nga kcboy.. sa june padin ako makakuha after ng grace period pero may hinde pa ako nakakusap.. baka may makuha na padrino sa crame.. para pwede na makuha un certificate na sinasabe na wala na un oto..

iba nga ang market ng rav4 sa fortuner..

**cary168** · April 4th, 2005 01:25 PM

2.7 vvti at 3.0 D4D yung original spec from thailand. baka pinalitan ng mas mababang makina na diesel variant sa philipines release para mabilis maibenta

**KCboy** · April 4th, 2005 01:51 PM

odell,
bigtime ka ha. may padrino ka pa sa crame.

**vicoyski** · April 4th, 2005 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by cary168

from a toyota insider, fortuner will range from 1.2m to 1.4m. They will have a 4x4 2.5 d4d engine and a 4x4 3.0 d4d engine. Pinapaubos muna yung mga rav4 dahil maiipit daw ang mga units bago ilabas ang fortuner sa june

Sana'y mag dilang anghel ka... But, you're prices are highly unlikely!

If the Hi-Lux 4x4 (3.0 D4D A/T) is used as an indication as to how they'll price the Fortuner (3.0 D4D A/T), the likely price will come out as nearly P1.9M.

Consider, in Thailand, the Hi-Lux 4x4 (3.0 D4D A/T) = THB 861,000.00. Sold in the Philippines PHP 1,305,000.00. By ratio and proportion alone, putting into consideration that the Fortuner (3.0 D4D A/T) = THB 1,219,000.00, the Philippine price would come out as PHP 1,847,613.24.

Here's an alternate computation:
THB 1 = PHP 1.4017
Hi-Lux 4x4 (3.0 D4D A/T) = THB 861,000.00 = PHP 1,206,863.70
Since its sold in RP as P1.305M, we can deduce a tax rate of 8.13%.
Applying this to the Fortuner (3.0 D4D A/T) = THB 1,219,000.00 = PHP 1,708,672.30. Add the 8.13% tax and you'll get the Fortuner at PHP 1,847,587.36.

Ergo, maghanda na kayo ng P1.9M ninyo (insurance pa kasi)!