Toyota Fortuner versus Ford Endeavour – Beast versus Beast

Toyota is a highly esteemed auto figure, and has built cars which speak the language of style and luxury. The company has conquered all the possible car segments from the Liva hatchback to its super powerful SUV Fortuner. The Fortuner portrays an exceptionally magnificent appeal and is molded into a compact SUV. The front portion appears professional and sophisticated with its artistically designed three point head lights and vertically stacked grille.

2014 Toyota Fortuner TRD Front

As classy as the exteriors are the insides, which will blow people away with its vivacious two shade beige theme, along with high tech instrument cluster. The interior room is luxuriously spacious with ample leg and head room. The comfort levels with the car are known to be supreme. There are heaps of storage facilities as well to tuck in all kinds of items from pens to snacks.

Occupants can expect to have loads of fun inside the Fortuner, besides the abundant storage areas, there is a touch screen, world class DUV audio devise which is Bluetooth compatible. The steering is mounted with audio controls, the seat head rests can be adjusted in all directions. The other interesting interior features are back and front armrest, gate shift levers, new audio head unit, multi information display, power air conditioner, and noise, vibration, and harshness reduction (NVH) facilities and so on.

Fortuner is equipped with a powerful 3 liter diesel mill, and is solely built for Indian markets. The engine outputs released from the diesel engine is 343Nm and 168bhp. The car is a representation of advanced technologies that will shape the future, this is evident with the turbocharged engine that yields supreme mileage and acceleration powers and the vibration levels are minimal even after crossing the 130kmph mark.

Fortuner maneuvers with decent mileage figures of 11kmpl on ideal highway conditions and 7 kmpl on city roads. For its grand stature the car is offered in top notch professional shades of silky gold mica metallic, silver mica metallic, super white, white pearl mica, grey mica metallic, black mica and blue metallic. The car is priced at Rs 22.2 to 24.26 lakhs.

Ford Endeavour is a equally majestic piece and has a huge dimension, the interiors have a lot to offer, with a classy dashboard draped in ebony, and a graphic instrument panel. The interiors are splashed with quality wood finish, leather covered steering and gear knob. There are cup holders, world class music system, instrument panel light adjustment, there power sockets with 12V capacity, cigarette lighter clutch foot rest, ash tray, glove box, arm rest and so on.

Endeavour is fitted with a powerful 2.5 liter Duratorq diesel mill and also a 3 liter Duratorq engine. The 2.5 liter Duratorq engine releases 330Nm and 143 PS, there is a 3 liter Duratorq TCDI diesel mill built with advanced Direct Injection Common Rail Fuel Injection System. This super efficient engine releases 380Nm and 156 PS.

The mileage delivered by Endeavour is 12.4 kmpl on highways and 8.3 kmpl on ideal city conditions. The car is sold in neutral and interesting shades of diamond white, panther black, sea grey and moondust silver. Endeavour is sold at Rs 19.1 to 23.12 lakhs.

The Fortuner is a better purchase and more reliable in terms of engine technology contributed by the turbocharged engine. The car is rolled out in many more colors as well. Both cars are equal winners in terms of interior comfort and equipments.

This post was written by

Pavan Kumar – who has written posts on Toyota Cars India | New Toyota Car | Latest Toyota cars.
I am into the auto blogs field for quite a long time. Living my passion of reviewing cars.

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