Fortuner now with advanced safety.

CMI Toyota are please to let you know that the Fortuner range now has four new advanced safety features, including high-tech crash avoidance capability and technology to help drivers stay in the desired lane.

The move means that Toyota vehicles representing 89.5 per cent* of its sales are now available with these key features from the Toyota Safety Sense suite of advanced technologies.

This includes 97 per cent of Toyota's passenger cars and more than 85 per cent of its SUVs and its light-commercial vehicles.

Toyota Vice President Sales and Marketing Sean Hanley said the company plans to move beyond 90 per cent as soon as possible by further expanding the availability of advanced safety technologies as new or updated models are introduced.

"This year, we expect to deliver well in excess of 200,000 new Toyota vehicles in Australia - and a substantial majority will be equipped with potentially life-saving features that can help prevent and mitigate collisions," Mr Hanley said.

"Fortuner is just the latest vehicle in our range to offer crash avoidance and lane-keeping technologies - features that are already standard in top-selling models as diverse as HiLux, Corolla hatch, Camry, Kluger and HiAce. It has achieved a 5-star safety rating."

Fortuner's pre-collision safety system^ uses a forward-facing camera and radar that can detect vehicles and pedestrians day or night and cyclists during the day.

Newly adopted lane-departure technology^ in Fortuner is designed to help prevent accidents. When the system detects the vehicle may deviate from its lane, it alerts the driver with visual and audible warnings and vibrates the steering wheel. If necessary, it can provide steering assistance through the braking system.

Fortuner also gains a high-speed active cruise control (ACC)^ to maintain a suitable distance from a vehicle ahead when travelling above 40 km/h, and road-sign assist (RSA)^.

These two technologies are linked. When the RSA detects a speed-limit sign that is different to the pre-set cruise-control speed, the driver can use steering-wheel switches to reset the vehicle speed to match the new speed limit.

In a further upgrade, Fortuner GX joins the GXL and Crusade variants in having a colour 4.2-inch screen, displaying key driving information in the instrument cluster.

Find out more about the Fortuner here.

Disclaimer:

* Calculated on the percentage of Toyota vehicles with pre-collision safety system and lane-departure alert available for sale in Australia, January-August 2019.