Toyota Fortuner is rightly called the king of sport utility vehicles and moves on potent turbo diesel 3 liter engine that yields 171PS, and is sold in four wheel drive and two wheel drive models. The automatic car is sold in two wheel drive make only. Renault Koleos is inserted with diesel turbocharged 2 liter engine that pumps out 173PS and 23PS.
The 4×4 drive system in Fortuner is extremely efficient, and the engineering principle behind it is it supplies power to all four wheels. Koleos on the other hand does not constantly supply power to four wheels, and does so only on driving conditions.
Features:
Fortuner is not only a passenger vehicle, but used to transport army personnel’s as well. The car is packed with safety and ABS comes as standard on all variants and the MT 4×4 Fortuner is inserted with Brake Assist and EBD and is the only car to have the vehicle stability control feature. The other features to look forward to are rear camera, keyless entry, touch screen entertainment, premium leather seats, and height adjustable driver’s seat. All these attributes are found on all variants. The cruise control feature is available on two wheel drive version only.
The most loaded 4×2 Koleos is filled with fun and convenient features such as world class music system with Bluetooth, aux-in and USB connectivity, cruise control, dusk sensing headlights, rain sensing wipers, and stop or start button. The safety features are passenger airbags and driver airbags, EBD and ABS. The seats are draped with premium fabric upholstery, and the safety features are world class, which are six airbags, hill descent control, hill start assist, and electronic stability program. The features found in base version are cruise control, audio system, EBD, ABS, vehicle stability control and six airbags.
Size:
Toyota Fortuner is 4.7 meters long, 1.85 meter tall and 1.84 meters wide and the wheelbase dimension is 2.75 meters. Koleos is 4.52 meters long, 1.7 meters tall and 1.85 meters wide.
Price:
Toyota Fortuner costs Rs 21.8 to 23 lakhs and Renault Koleos is priced at Rs 21.29 to 24.97 lakhs.
Toyota Fortuner and Renault Koleos are equally powerful in terms of engine power. Fortuner is however a more reliable car in terms of engine because of the 4×4 drive system supplies power to all four wheels, which enables greater maneuverability and Koles is efficient in terms of power transmission to all four wheels only on driving terrains.
Fortuner looks grand from the outside and inside and is packed with advanced safety features, but in terms of luxury, the car is not on par with Koloes which is tailored with fine fabric upholstery. Koleos also has rain sensing wipers, absent in Fortuner. The high end price of Koleos is costlier than Fortuner, but a significant margin. The lower end cost of Fortuner is pricier than Koleos.
The two cars are equally worthy purchases, but Fortuner is a better buy to experience a ride of efficiency and comfort. The power emission to all four wheels by 4×4 drive system is a reflection of advanced engineering power.
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