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The 2021 Toyota Fortuner facelift is now officially on sale in India and this time around, the Fortuner range also sees an addition of a sportier Legender variant. The Toyota Fortuner has received a mid-life update after a good four years and has been updated with new looks, more features and better performance. Starting with its looks first, it gets revamped front end featuring a larger grille, sleek-looking LED projector headlights with LED DRLs, sharper character lines, revamped front bumper with larger curtains, slightly smaller fog lamps and silver skid plate among others. There is also a set of new multi-spoke alloy wheels and updated wing mirrors. At the rear you will see new LED taillights. The sportier looking Fortuner Legender looks even more aggressive upfront sporting a sleeker front grille and taller front bumper. The larger air dam is surrounded by bigger curtains on either side and all the updates do a good job making it look distinct and different from the regular version.

Moving to the inside, the cabin is near identical to the outgoing model, but there have been updates in the equipment list. Keeping up with the competition, it finally gets a new 8.0-inch touchscreen system that supports Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Other updates include LED ambient lighting, a moderately updated instrument cluster, multi-functional steering wheel, electrically adjustable front seats, wireless phone charger and nine-speaker JBL audio system, seven-airbags, 360-degree camera view, Toyota's safety sense, collision prevention system, lane departure warning and radar-guided dynamic cruise control among others.

Finally coming to its powertrain line-up, the new Toyota Fortuner facelift continues to source power from the same BS6 compliant petrol and diesel engines. The petrol variants are powered by the 2.7-litre, four-cylinder petrol motor that puts out 164 bhp and 245 Nm of peak torque. Then is the 2.8-litre, four-cylinder diesel engine that has been remapped to churn out 201 bhp and 500 Nm of peak torque. Transmission options will include a six-speed manual gearbox and a six-speed sequential automatic torque convertor unit. As mentioned earlier, the diesel engine also gets the four-wheel drive variant with two-wheel, four-wheel high and four-wheel low range. The new Toyota Fortuner facelift rivals the likes of the 2020 Ford Endeavour, MG Gloster and the Mahindra Alturas G4.