The New Ford Endeavour Sport Variant gets Glossy black replacing the chrome on the outside. The Front grille, Skid plates, Bumper accents, Tailgate strip, fender badges and the 18” alloy wheels will be finished in glossy black. A unique Sport badging will be provided on the tailgate and the lower part of the rear doors.

On the inside, this new Sport Variant will receive an all-black treatment including glossy black panels on the dashboard and centre console. The Headliner and Leather seats will also continue the black theme.

Other than these changes, the Endeavour

Sport will carry forward the same specifications as on the regular variants. Standard features will include:

• Bi-LED headlamps with LED DRLs

• Auto folding ORVMs

• Panoramic sunroof

• Powered driver seat

• 18” Alloy wheels

• Dual-zone automatic climate control

• Auto headlamps & wipers

• Cruise control

• 8” Touchscreen system with Sync 3

• 10 speaker surround system with subwoofer

• Android Auto & Apple car play

• Ford pass connected car features

• Reverse camera

• Electric tailgate

• Power folding 3rd-row seats

• Smart key with push-button start

• Terrain management system on 4x4 variant

• Auto park assist

Safety:

Standard safety features on the Endeavour Sport BS6 include:

• ABS with EBD

• All-wheel disc brakes

• Corner braking control

• 7 airbags

• Electronic stability program

• Traction control

• Hill hold control

• Hill descent control

• Tyre pressure monitor

• Rollover mitigation

• Electronic brake prefill

• Hydraulic brake assist

• Perimetric alarm system

• Front parking sensors

• Pretensioner seatbelts

• ISOFIX child seat mounts

• Ford pass tracking with Geo-fencing

Powertrain:

       The Endeavour Sport variant will carry forward the very same 2.0L EcoBlue 4 cyl turbo diesel engine producing 170PS and 420NM through the new 10 Speed Automatic transmission. The Sport variant is likely to be available in both 2WD & 4WD versions. International version will be available in 2.0-liter Twin-Turbo ecoblue diesel engine, It will produce 213hp of power, 500Nm of torque, 4WD with 10 speed AT.

Launch & price:

 When launched the Endeavour Sport will compete against the Toyota Fortuner TRD Limited edition and could be priced at a slight premium over the standard Endeavour versions. (Rs 30L to Rs 34.8L ex-showroom)

Toyota India is preparing to launch the facelifted Toyota Fortuner on the 6th of January, 2021. Apart from launching the facelifted version of the existing Fortuner, Toyota is also bringing the Legender version of the SUV as well. The Legender is essentially a highly upgraded flagship Variant of the Fortuner SUV, previously launched in Thailand and Australia. Bookings have commenced unofficially for the new facelifted SUV at select dealerships for an advance of Rs 50,000.

Toyota India has now released teasers of the new Fortuner facelift also revealing a few details as well.

Exterior:

The majority of the upgrades will occur at the

front end of the Fortuner. While the facelift of the existing model will feature a new grille, LED headlights with LED DRLs, redesigned fog lights and a new silver skid plate, the highest-spec Legender variant will feature a sharper front design with Bi-projector LED Headlamps with LED DRLs. Other changes will include redesigned 18” alloy wheels and re-profiled LED taillights. The Legender will feature unique design 18" alloy wheels.

Interior:

The new Fortuner launched in Thailand features an all-black interior with a new instrument cluster and a larger, 9” touchscreen infotainment system. The Fortuner Legender edition also offers a powered tailgate with the swipe-to-open function, wireless charging and a 360-degree parking camera. Similar to the facelifted Innova Crysta, the new Fortuner will also include Android auto and Apple carplay finally. 

Powertrains:

The first powertrain for the facelifted Fortuner will be the 2.7L petrol engine which produces 166 PS and 245 Nm through either a 6 speed manual or automatic gearbox. The highest spec Fortuner Legender will get a new 2.8L turbo diesel engine which produces 204 PS and 500 Nm. While all the models will be 2WD as standard, only the diesel will get a 4WD option.

Price:

The current BS6 Toyota Fortuner is available from Rs 28.66 lakh to Rs 36.88 lakh (ex-showroom).

The price of the upgraded models will be available on the launch date, 6th January 2021.

Stay tuned for further updates on the new Fortuner.

The Indian automobile industry sees growth continuously during this festive season. Sales have been increasing month on month and year on year significantly. Some key highlights of this growth are as follows:

• Tata motors see stupendous growth “Year on Year”, In the month of October, it had a “Year over Year” growth of 79.2%.

• Kia Motors has been on a solid sales growth thanks to the huge success of Seltos & the Sonet.

• Maruti Suzuki, India's largest car manufacturer has seen a modest 17.6% increase in sales over last year.

• Hyundai India’s numbers have increased by 13.2%.

• On the other hand, Nissan & Volkswagen have
  

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  seen the most decline in sales due to very few models and low dealer network. The Nissan Magnite will be the make or break product for Nissan.

• The largest “Month on Month” growth is seen by Toyota. Sales have improved by 52.5% over the last month.

• Ford, Renault, and Mahindra have their growth figures at 22.9%, 25%, and 26.8% respectively, on the “Month over month” basis.

 

Market share:

Tata Motors is the only company to show significant growth again with a market share gain of 2.4%, followed by Kia 1.8 %.

On the other hand, the Highest month on month share gain has been for Mahindra & Honda.