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Toyota hopes to achieve sales of 1,500 units per month for its Fortuner after giving the popular sport utility vehicle (SUV) model a new facelift yesterday. Of the total, about 400 units are expected to run on petrol and the remainder diesel-run units compatible with B5 biodiesel.
The Fortuner is part of Toyota's international innovative multi-purpose vehicle project that has brought it great success in the pickup-truck market since the project's launch in late 2004.
The model has had accumulated sales of 74,826 units in the local market as of July this year and another 62,091 units in the export markets as of June. Both sales figures exceeded the company's targets.
About 7,800 units of the Fortuner were sold in the first seven months this year.
''The changes we have made to this vehicle make it the ultimate luxury vehicle with features that go far beyond customer expectations and placing it well above our competitors' products in every respect including those in the car segment,'' said Mitsuhiro Sonoda, Toyota Motor Thailand's president.
The facelifted Fortuner comes with many advanced features such as navigator, cruise control, overhead rear-seat air-conditioning vents and Bluetooth connectivity. It also has better safety features with bigger disc brakes and tyres, vehicle stability control and traction control.
The starting price of the new Fortuner is 1.059 million baht for the standard model while the top-of-the-line gasoline model is 1.419 million.
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