{"id":252797,"date":"2018-06-20T11:40:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T09:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=252797"},"modified":"2018-06-20T11:40:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T09:40:05","slug":"a-look-at-the-new-baby-fortuner-coming-to-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/252797\/a-look-at-the-new-baby-fortuner-coming-to-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"A look at the new &#8216;baby Fortuner&#8217; coming to South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota is expected to launch what car specialists are calling a &#8216;baby Fortuner&#8217; in South Africa, next month.<\/p>\n<p>A version of the Toyota Rush will be launched as a budget-conscious SUV locally, having already launched in Indonesia, and the Philippines. It is also expected to launch in India and the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cars.co.za\/motoring_news\/toyota-sa-poised-to-launch-baby-fortuner\/44316\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cars.co.za<\/a>, the Rush will fill the role of the Daihatsu Terios &#8211; discontinued from the local market in 2015 &#8211; and a brand that belongs in the Toyota stable.<\/p>\n<p>The Rush contains a 77 kW\/137 Nm 1.5-litre petrol engine, which is paired with a 5-speed manual or a 4-speed automatic transmission.<\/p>\n<p>No price has yet been released for the vehicle, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheels24.co.za\/NewModels\/baby-fortuner-for-sa-toyota-in-a-rush-to-take-on-compact-suv-market-20180619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wheels24<\/a> noted that the Rush could be offered at around R280,000 to R300,000.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Front.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-252819\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Front.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Front.png 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Front-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Front-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Front-1024x683.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Back.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-252817\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Back.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Back.png 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Back-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Back-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Back-1024x683.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Side.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-252815\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Side.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Side.png 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Side-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Side-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Side-1024x683.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Inside.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-252813\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Inside.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Inside.png 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Inside-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Inside-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-Inside-1024x573.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-head.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-252811\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-head.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-head.png 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Toyota-Rush-head-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/252475\/this-lamborghini-suv-will-cost-you-r3-5-million-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This Lamborghini SUV will cost you R3.5 million in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota is expected to launch what car specialists are calling a &#8216;baby Fortuner&#8217; in South Africa, next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":252803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26,2041],"class_list":["post-252797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline","tag-toyota"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252797"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252843,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252797\/revisions\/252843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}