Toyota Innova Crysta, New Fortuner prices to go up soon

The prices of Toyota's newly launched SUV the Fortuner and the MPV the Innova Crysta will go up in India soon. Toyota has announced that the prices of its range of vehicles in the country will see a hike in January 2017 as there is an increase in manufacturing cost.

The hike is also likely to affect the newly launched models. Toyota launched the Innova Crysta in the country in May in diesel avatar and added the petrol variants to its line-up in August. On the other hand, the new iteration of the popular SUV the Fortuner made its way to the Indian market in November. Both the Innova Crysta and the Fortuner have been raking in good numbers since their launch.

While Toyota has not revealed the model-wise price details, it is said that the hike will be by up to 3 percent.

"We do a periodic review of the prices of our products basis the above factors and take necessary actions. We have been absorbing all the additional costs till now thereby protecting our customers from the price increase. However, owing to continued pressure of high costs and foreign exchange rates remaining at high levels of above Rs. 68 USD, we have been pressured to increase the cost of our products," said N. Raja, director & sr. vice president, Marketing and Sales, Toyota Kirloskar Motor.

New Toyota Fortuner

Japanese auto giant Toyota launched the new Fortuner in six variants -- 4x2 Petrol Manual, 4x2 Petrol Auto, 4x2 Diesel Manual, 4x2 Diesel Auto, 4x4 Diesel Manual and 4x4 Diesel Auto. With prices starting at Rs 25.92 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), the new Fortuner comes with a 2.7-litre petrol engine or a 2.8-litre diesel motor under the hood. While the diesel variant is tuned to generate a power of 175bhp and 420Nm of torque, the petrol mill pumps in 164bhp of power along with 245Nm of torque. The transmission in petrol is handled by a five-speed manual gearbox or a 6-speed automatic; whereas six-speed manual and automatic gearbox does the duty in diesel models. The Fortuner is pitted against new Ford Endeavour and Chevrolet Trailblazer.

Current price list (All ex-showroom Delhi)

Toyota Innova Crysta

The Innova Crysta petrol is powered by an in-line 4-cyl 2.7-litre unit that can churn out 164bhp at 5,200 rpm and 250Nm of torque at 4,000rpm. The transmission in the petrol avatar of the MPV is taken care of by a five-speed manual and six-speed automatic gearbox.

In the diesel avatars of the Innova Crysta, the power is handled by either a 2.4-litre or a 2.8-litre diesel engine. With prices starting at Rs 13.95 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), the 2,393cc diesel engine develops 148bhp of power and 243Nm of torque mated to five-speed manual gearbox, while the 2,755cc mill churns out 172bhp and 360Nm of torque and is coupled to six-speed automatic gearbox.

Current price list (All ex-showroom Delhi)