New Toyota Kluger lands from $47,650 plus costs

ELEVEN months after first confirming its new-generation Kluger can be going hybrid, Toyota Australia has detailed its new line-up with the bottom mannequin GX petrol set to enter showrooms priced from $47,650 plus on-roads.

Out there from June, the fourth-gen Kluger line-up might be made up of 9 variants, all of that are underpinned by the Toyota New World Structure GA-Okay platform which has resulted in an additional 60mm being added to the wheelbase and general size – now measuring 2850mm and 4966mm respectively.

Different key dimensions together with the width (1930mm) and peak (1755mm) have additionally been elevated over the outgoing mannequin.

By way of styling, the brand new mannequin has been introduced extra into line with the remainder of the native portfolio in being extra chiselled and angular in its look, now resembling an upscaled RAV4.

With the GX opening the account from $47,650, the vary has been cut up into three distinct trim ranges – with two engines and two drive configurations – and reaches all the best way as much as $75,400 plus prices for the flagship Grande AWD hybrid.

Normal gear on the bottom mannequin contains material trim, an 8.0-inch infotainment touchscreen with Apple CarPlay/Android Auto compatibility, DAB+ digital radio and Bluetooth connectivity, keyless entry and begin, dual-zone local weather management, 18-inch alloy wheels, rain-sensing wipers, computerized headlights and 5 USB ports.

Stepping as much as the GXL (from $56,850) provides heated entrance seats, tri-zone local weather management, artificial leather-based upholstery, energy tailgate and satellite tv for pc navigation whereas the top-spec Grande (from $68,900) trim builds on that additional with a panoramic roof, 20-inch alloys, hands-free opening tailgate, ventilated entrance seats, head-up show, panoramic view monitor, leather-accented seats and an 11-speaker JBL audio system.

Constructing on the costs listed above, all-wheel-drive could be had throughout the petrol vary for an additional $4000 whereas the hybrid variations are priced an additional $2500 upstream once more.

Energy within the petrol variants comes courtesy of an up to date 3.5-litre V6 mill, nonetheless good for 218kW/350Nm, nonetheless it now requires a minimal of 95 RON premium unleaded to take action.

Drive remains to be despatched to the wheels through an eight-speed computerized transmission.

Mixed gas consumption for the bent-six is pegged at between 8.7 and eight.9 litres per 100km relying on the variant.

To assist maintain that financial system determine as little as potential, Toyota has fitted the all-paw GX and GXL variants with a brand new ‘dynamic torque management’ all-wheel-drive system which, like most on-demand programs, can primarily disconnect the rear driveline when most traction is pointless.

When grip is required, it will possibly ship as much as 50 per cent of the torque to the rear axle.

The Grande AWD steps issues up nonetheless with its torque vectoring system capable of cut up the torque between the left and proper rear wheels as wanted.

All AWD variants rating a multi-terrain choose system with ‘rock and filth’ and ‘mud and sand’ modes to assist adapt the automobile parameters to the floor at hand.

Identical to the one discovered within the up to date Camry vary, the Kluger’s new hybrid powertrain is predicated round a 2.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine (142kW/242Nm) and hooked as much as an digital repeatedly variable transmission (e-CVT).

The inner combustion engine is then boosted by three electrical motors to provide a mixed 184kW, put to the bottom through an on-demand ‘e-4 AWD system’.

Not like the petrol AWDs, the e-4 system can permit as much as 80 per cent of the engine’s drive to be channelled to the rear axle, a characteristic complemented by the ‘path’ drive mode – eco, regular and sport modes are additionally fitted.

When all is alleged and finished, Toyota says the hybrid will sip 5.6L/100km and emit 128 grams of CO2 per kilometre.

Beneath the pores and skin, all new Klugers journey on newly developed multi-link entrance and rear suspension with stopping duties coming courtesy of ventilated discs entrance (340mm) and rear (338mm).

Normal security options throughout the vary now embody highway signal help, emergency steering help and intersection flip help in addition to the prevailing pre-collision security system with pedestrian and bicycle owner detection (day), energetic cruise management, lane hint help, computerized excessive beam, blind spot monitoring with rear-cross visitors alert, reversing digicam, seven airbags and parking sensors entrance and rear.

In keeping with Toyota Australia gross sales and advertising and marketing vice-president Sean Hanley, the addition of a hybrid powertrain to the Kluger vary demonstrates the model’s dedication to driving sustainability ahead.

“The recognition of SUVs continues to develop and the brand new Kluger hybrid fashions imply that households can have all of the area, consolation, refinement and flexibility of a big SUV with a low environmental impression,” he stated.

“Along with that, the fashionable new look, improved security and excessive stage of superior expertise makes the Kluger the proper SUV for the fashionable household”.

Toyota Australia has bought 587 Klugers thus far this 12 months ending March, accounting for simply 2.3 per cent of the sub-$70,000 massive SUV phase, a phase it shares with the all-conquering Prado (3977/15.8%) and rugged Fortuner (682/2.7%).

Discounting the ute-based choices throughout the phase, the Kluger remains to be behind the eight-ball on gross sales with the Subaru Outback (2503/9.9%), Mazda CX-8 (1505/6.0%) and CX-9 (1785/7.1%), Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace (1370/5.4%), Hyundai Santa Fe (1706/6.8%) and Kia Sorento (1,754/7.0%) all comfortably out-selling the outgoing mannequin.

2021 Toyota Kluger pricing*

*Excludes on-road prices

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