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Toyota Fortuner or New Ford Endeavour? which is better?

In India Toyota Fortuner and Ford Endeavour are the biggest rivals in the segment of bigger suv market and there are other vehicles at this price point with their own upsides and downsides but doesn't bring the same feture list as these two does and  here i am going to discuss only about these two cars and there is some confusion on which one to buy in this current iteration.Because,Ford has updated it's Endeavour with some changes and dressed it up and well! it looks more mature now with those updates inside and outside.
Fortuner on the other side is having great sales without any involvement in these discussions but what i feel is that it might not be the same in future also.It needs some updates and once they are corrected then it will continue the sales in decent numbers.Coming to the point !these are the two massive vehicles that have their own customers and fans for the way they look and drive.



Toyota  Fortuner being the biggest selling suv in this market that has the 2.8 lit diesel engine that churns out 178 Ps of power and 420/450 Nm of torque depending upon the diesel variants we choose and the vehicle is the updated version of the older one and also it has a lot of features such as dual zone climate control,ambient lighting,touch screen infotainment system,all disc brakes,sigma 4*4 drive with high,low and normal options,automatic tailgate with height adjusting and powered driver seats and a lot more.Here,toyota is offering variants in both petrol and diesel with manual and automatic gear boxes and the petrol is the 2.7 lit unit that produces around 158 Ps of power with 245 Nm of torque and this is actually the only suv that has more flexible options to choose from.But,there are a few misses we need to know like the engine being the same one that powers crysta and engine noise is loud at higher speeds and do creep into the cabin and the suspension is on the stiffer side that results in the entering of  undulations inside the cabin and the infotainment system is not a crisper or atleast responsive unit,no sunroof or panoramic roof and a lot more like this but the option to choose variants in both diesel and petrol with manual and automatic gearboxes is good.It's actually one and half lakh costlier than the ford endeavour but the list is not at par with it.



I don't say fortuner is a bad choice instead it needs some improvements not like the TRD version but like the new ford endeavour they must do something to improve the vehicle like the ford did for some extent.Ford endeavour is the biggest vehicle in terms of proportions among the two and also with it's powerful 3.2 lit 5 cylinder engine it can take on terrains like a champ and added with it's terrain response management system that works according to the road conditions we put it in and the updated ford endeavour is not the fully flexible variant like the fortuner does.What i mean by that is there is no manual variant in 3.2 lit and no petrol variant in the 2.2 or 3.2 like the fortuner has.There is this problem of mileage because the 3.2 li will return you only 9 to 10 kms/lit while the 2.2 manual is the only option if you have the concern for mileage that returns upto 14kms/lit.In this case fortuner has slight edge over endeavor in the mileage department.Even though these many things are not there endeavour is actually a lot more value for money with it's newly updated grille,active noise cancellation system,powered driver and passenger seats,push start button,updated sync 3 system for the infotainment,newly designed alloy wheels,slight increase in the vehicle dimensions,softer suspension setup,freshly introduced 'Diffused Silver' colour and many more.



To sum it up,if toyota has any plans on updating fortuner in terms of engine,cabin noise,interior features like the infotainment system,addition of sunroof,better suspension,new dashboard design and interiors in terms of luxury appeal and all we have to wait for the winner.But,here if one needs a suv that has power,presence,features,luxury inside and out with massive proportions in a diesel variant then the preferable pick here is Ford Endeavour.

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