Toyota Fortuner Legender Neo Drive Review: Better Mileage, Same Power! | Is it Worth ₹50 Lakhs? - video Dailymotion

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The king of SUVs gets a modern upgrade! This is the All New 2025 Toyota Fortuner Legender with the 'Neo Drive' mild hybrid system. Toyota promises better fuel efficiency without sacrificing that legendary 2.8L diesel power and 500Nm of torque. But does it actually deliver?  In this in-depth drive review, we push the Fortuner Legender Neo Drive to its limits to find out if the new 48V hybrid tech makes a real world difference. We'll cover everything from performance and real-world mileage to whether this SUV is still worth its premium price tag. Is this the only full-size SUV you should consider buying? Let's find out!    👉 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more updates.  ----------------------------------------------  Timestamps for quick access:  0:00 — Introduction  0:37 - Front Profile  1:13 - Side Profile  2:02 - Rear Profile  3:42 - Interior Features  8:51 - Driving Impression  13:13 - Outro  -------------------------------------------------------  #FortunerLegender #ToyotaFortuner #Fortuner2025 #NeoDrive #CarReview #ToyotaIndia #SUV #KingOfSUVs #IndianCars #FortunerLover #Automotive #DriveSpark  -------------------------------------------------------  👉Related Videos  • https://youtu.be/oXGlSQVPIlw  • https://youtu.be/zSSwquXe0gY  -------------------------------------------------------  👉Like, Share and Subscribe to Drivespark Channel for latest updates.  -------------------------------------------------------  🌍Visit our website:- https://www.drivespark.com  -------------------------------------------------------  📲 Stay Updated With Drivespark Via Social Media :-  ✔Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drivespark/  ✔Twitter - https://x.com/Drivespark  ✔Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drivespark/  ✔Snapchat - https://rb.gy/8a3cnv  -------------------------------------------------------  ~PR.304~ED.70~##~

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00:00Hi guys and welcome to DriveSpark. I'm Promeet and the car that you see over here is the mighty

00:11Fortuner Legenda. Now this is not your ordinary Fortuner Legenda but this is the Fortuner Legenda

00:17Nio Drive. Now what this SUV gets is a mild hybrid system and the company has done a few changes on

00:26the inside as well as on the outside. So I'll tell you everything you need to know about this SUV.

00:32So let's quickly start this video. Let's start talking about the front end. Front end remains

00:39unchanged. You get this similar looking DRL setup with the high and the low beam. You get your fog

00:44light. Again it's a full LED cluster. Now the thing that you get new is you can see there is a front

00:49parking camera. Now this is a part of the 360 degree camera that this car gets. That means it gets

00:55cameras all around on the ORVM on the front and the back and the image quality is okay. It's not

01:00that good but you have a 360 degree camera. Rest remains the same. You do not get chrome whatsoever

01:04on the front. You get piano black finishing as you can see over here, over here and around the grill as

01:10well. Now if you move to the side over here you will notice that you get your regular body cladding

01:18that you have that's finished in matte black. You also get a stepper plus you get this dual tone

01:2218 inch wheel that has a tyre profile of 265 mm which is a pretty wide tyre. Apart from that you

01:30get a request sensor over here. You get chrome door handles. Now the only part where you get chrome

01:35is on the side where you get the door handles and this window trim that's running all along. The

01:40ORVM as you can see over here as I mentioned that there is a camera right over here. So there you can

01:45see there is a camera. You have a puddle light, integrated indicators and body colored ORVM. Now since

01:50this is the Legenda. The roof is finished in black. So it's a dual tone finish. Looks good. You have roof rails.

01:56I'm assuming these are functional roof rails where you can mount something and you want to place some extra

02:01luggage. You can do that. Coming to the back over here you get your typical. I mean there are no changes

02:05done to the side whatsoever. Now if you come to the back over here you can see you get these wrapped around

02:10tail lights. Again nothing has been changed. Everything kind of remains the same. You get the Fortuna badging

02:16over here. Again finished in black. You get a wiper along with the washer. Now this is the spoiler

02:20high stop mount light and you can see you also get a shark fin antenna right over there. Now the lower

02:25part of the bumper is also finished in the gloss black finishing like you get in the front and this

02:31is the camera and you have sensors all around. Legend of badging over here. This is the Sigma 4 variant

02:38but you have the Neo Dry variant. This is the 4x4 variant and let's talk about the boot space.

02:43So again you get electronic boot and the boot opens automatically. It's a little slow process where the boot

02:50opens. But once the boot is open this is a 7 seater. Well the space over here is slightly less because you have

02:57the battery pack for the mild habit system which is placed right over here. So the seats you can just unhook them

03:03and put them back on the place. So it becomes a 5 seater with some extra luggage. And if you see over here

03:09these are the mats and you do not get anything that you can keep on the inside over here.

03:15Because apparently the battery pack for the mild hybrid system is right over there. Now the DC to DC

03:23charger is somewhere between the first and the second row and the motor that's there that's obviously in

03:28the front in the engine. So now let's go on to the inside and I'll tell you more about that and what

03:32has changed. And since this is an electronic boot you just press it once and boot closes. One of the

03:38coolest features that I like. So now let us move on to the second row. Now as you can see over here

03:46since you have a stepper right over here you can hold this and climb since it has a high ground

03:51clearance. This is how you will be seated. Now again you have free adjustable headdress right over

03:58here. You get this dual tone leather approach right over here. If you see you get a hook to hang some

04:03things. You get seat back pockets. Storage space. I mean there are two type C charging sockets right

04:09over here. Then you have the same treatment over here as well. I wish there were cupholders. Yes there

04:14are cupholders. There you go. Hidden cupholders. So neatly integrated you cannot actually notice that

04:21there are cupholders over here. Just have to press a button and the cupholders will come out. So you

04:25have a two zone climate control. These are the AC vents for the second row and you have AC vents

04:32over here also for the third row as well. So you basically have your dual zone climate control and

04:36this is to control the fan speed for the second and the third row. Now let's go to the front row and I

04:42will tell you more about that. Before that these seats can be moved forward and they can also recline

04:48as well according to your need. A little bit not more. And over here is where you have the DC to DC

04:53charger for the 48 volt mild hybrid system. So let's go at the front. So let's step inside the

04:59cabin and that is how you step inside using the stepper. Over here also things kind of remain the

05:05same. You have this kind of level upholstery on the front seat as well. Front seat is also

05:11electronically adjustable for both driver and the passenger. But one thing that you miss out on this

05:16is ventilated seats. Now I think because of less of space for the underneath for the DC to DC charger

05:22the floor had to be raised up a little bit so that took some space. So I think that is one of the

05:27main reasons they removed the ventilated seats the buttons that were right over here. Apart from

05:32that you now you get a button over here that says automatic start stop and this is for traction

05:35control that is for your diff lock. But this is the new button the automatic start stop which works

05:41in sync with obviously the mild hybrid system. And apart from here you can see you get dual zone

05:46climate control there's dual return over here. So you want to decrease or increase this side you can do

05:50that. This is for your fan speed your buttons over here you get multi-terrain modes right over here

05:55your regular modes that you have your eco normal and sport and obviously you get your usb type a

06:02you also get a wireless charging socket right over here and some storage space obviously to keep some

06:07things storage space over here storage space over here soft touch materials all over you can see

06:13you get a JBL sound system that is right over there. So you basically have two speakers over here on the dash

06:20two twitters on either side and four speakers on the door. So it's a pretty decent system and this is

06:26your regular touchscreen it does not have apple carplay android auto you have to either have a wired system

06:30or you can buy a connector and just plug it in and then you can use the android auto and apple carplay

06:35features that too wirelessly you have an auto dimming or vm sunroof is still missing the passenger side

06:41gets a vanity mirror with a light the driver side also gets a vanity mirror with a light steering wheel

06:47can be adjusted for tilt and telescopic both. So these are there your paddle shifters over here your

06:55switch gear quality is the same your cruise control button is right over here everything remains the

07:00same now since this is the 4x4 you get the shifter right over here this is the on the go shift so you

07:06have four high uh sorry you have two high four high and four low so you have to to engage the four

07:13low you have to push it and then shift it like this so yeah all these things are there this is a proper

07:194x4 off-roader but one thing i think torota needs to do is change this clock right over here now this is from

07:26the first generation of the fortuna looks kind of basic i find it pretty decent but they can at least

07:32give like a proper digital clock or maybe place it somewhere else but this has been there still it's

07:37225 and this is still going on uh overall guys the car remains the same it drives the same the power

07:44remains the same now what this mild hybrid system does is that it actually gives you a 40 to 45 kilometers

07:51of extra range because of the start stop system you can obviously switch it off and if i switch on

07:58the 360 degree camera this is what happens so this is the 360 degree camera image quality is not that

08:05great but it does its job you can press a button you can change the angles and if you see you have

08:11the button right over here and you have a lot of angles that you can change it now this is i think the

08:17underbody and yeah you're back to the screen so overall guys cabin is nice the feel is the same

08:24but you have now have a mild hybrid system with this and if you talk about mileage wise 10 to 11

08:29maybe 12 maximum you can get in the city so now let's quickly drive this car and i'll tell you

08:34everything you need to know about this car well obviously mechanically it still remains unchanged but

08:38it has got this mild hybrid system so it gets a little boost of a power when you need it

08:43on instant like immediately from standstill if you need that boost this car will definitely give that

08:47so now we are driving the all new fortuna neo drive and first things first let me tell you the

08:58engine specification of this so this is powered by the same engine that's a 2.8 liter turbo petrol engine

09:03that pumps out 201 bhp of power and 500 nm of peak torque and comes mated with this six-speed

09:10automatic torque converter gearbox where you have a manual option as well but let me tell you one

09:15thing the automatic gearbox is absolutely a gem i mean it almost has no lag into it plus as i mentioned

09:23there are modes over here so right now we are in normal this is eco i'll just shift to sport so sport

09:30mode basically the throttle response increases and the mile hybrid system that i was explaining the 48 volt

09:36of my driver system so that thing gives a little bit of a initial boost uh for pickup so right now we are doing

09:43like 40 kilometers an hour if i just hit the throttle once you'll see

09:46like this thing just pulls and there is uh engine noise inside the cabin uh post uh almost two and a half

09:58three thousand rpm but it's not that irritating it's it's it's it's it's it's like a good kind of a noise i would say

10:04overall uh the mile average system is good and as you can see over here it is shifting i've just

10:12it's just sport mode and feather touch to the throttle there is i'm not even like pushing it

10:20if i push it hard right now i think we are um in yeah we are in fourth gear because uh it kind of holds

10:28the revs uh to a higher to a higher rpm in the sport modes uh and at whatever speed you are you just

10:35floor it and you see what happens so flooring it like there is immediate torque and steering response

10:45is great there is body roll i would not say there is no body roll but this car you feel like you can

10:52control it it's it's not like okay i'll just shift to normal mode so it can stop making a little less

10:58noise because the gearbox and the engine becomes a little noisy if it holds on to the gears um

11:04so automatic start stop is the thing that they have added and that thing i think it's a good thing

11:12many people say it's not it is uh basically i mean it ruins the battery it heats up the starter motor

11:20but i think yeah it saves on a little bit of fuel but the person who is actually buying this i don't

11:25think at this price point at almost 46 lakh rupees uh slightly little cheaper because of the gst 2.0 rule

11:32but i don't think if anyone is spending over 50 lakh rupees on a car he would really see the fuel

11:38efficiency of it i mean there are people who do but not with a car like this like a 4x4

11:43almost more than a two ton suv i don't think you'll see fuel economy but if you ask me

11:49within the city 10 to 11 on the highway maybe maximum if you're on cruise control then say

11:56about 13 to 14 if you can really pull out by uh like not going the triple digit speed i think 15

12:04to 16 is what you can pull out maximum but as far as fuel efficiency within the city goes i don't

12:09think there has been a drastic change but yeah the start stop uh will definitely help it um so overall

12:15everything remains the same as i said engine remains the same suspension remains the same

12:18um the drivability remains the same steering response also remains the same what changes

12:23is that the mild hybrid system increases the fuel economy a little bit so overall guys it's a good

12:29car i mean fortuna you know i mean in india it's the car the suv is what you can call it and uh people

12:38with a lot of power and status they have this car and they like to go around in this car

12:42so yeah that's what it is so overall it remains the same as i mentioned uh nothing drastic change

12:48has been done to this vehicle except the new drive back that you see on the back and the mild

12:53hybrid system so overall guys what do you think of the mild hybrid system of the fortuna let us know

12:59in the comment section and i'll see you in another video i'll do that if you like this video do share

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