Creta vs Fortuner

Creta vs Fortuner dimensions, seats and ground clearance

The Fortuner is 4,795 mm long, 1,855 mm wide and 1,835 mm tall on a 2,745 mm wheelbase, against the Creta's 4,330 mm, 1,790 mm, 1,635 mm and 2,610 mm. It seats seven to the Creta's five, and its published ground clearance is 225 mm against the Creta's 190 mm. With all three rows up its boot holds 296 litres, 137 litres less than the Creta's; its tank holds 80 litres to the Creta's 50.

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Creta vs Fortuner price: each Creta against the nearest Fortuner

The rule pairs every Creta it can: petrol automatics with the Fortuner's one petrol, the 4X2 AT, and the diesels with the diesel Fortuner of the same gearbox type. In all 19 pairs the Creta costs less, by ₹15,19,700 to ₹23,14,000. The manual petrol Cretas go unpaired, because every petrol Fortuner is an automatic.

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The on road figure adds Delhi road tax, registration and fees, the MCD parking fee, TCS at 1% because the ex-showroom price is above ₹10,00,000, insurance (three-year third party and one-year own damage on an insured value of 95% of ex-showroom at the zone A rate, with personal accident cover and GST) and a FASTag to the ex-showroom price. It excludes a loan's hypothecation fee, accessories, extended warranty and handling charges.

How each Creta was paired with a Fortuner

Each Creta in solid paint meets the Fortuner with the same fuel and the same kind of gearbox, manual or automatic, nearest to it in ex-showroom price; a tie goes to the cheaper Fortuner. Toyota's Platinum White Pearl paint rows are left out, as dual-tone Cretas are. The picker below sets any two variants side by side.

Fortuner 2.8 diesel, 2.7 petrol and 4x4 against the Creta's 1.5s

The Fortuner's 2,755 cc diesel makes 204 PS, with 420 Nm on the manual and 500 Nm on the automatic; the Creta's 1,493 cc diesel makes 116 PS and 250 Nm. The diesel Fortuner with the manual is certified at 14.4 km/l, against 21.8 km/l for the Creta diesel manual. The 2,694 cc petrol makes 166 PS, comes only with the automatic and is certified at 10.3 km/l, against 17.7 km/l for the Creta's IVT. The Neo Drive adds a 48-volt mild-hybrid system with an 8.5 kW motor. Four-wheel drive comes on 3 Fortuner variants, from the 4X4 Diesel at ₹39,74,000; no Creta has it.

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On road in Delhi: Creta E against Fortuner 4X2 AT

Every line that follows the price grows with the Fortuner's: on the two base models the road tax is ₹3,51,100 against ₹1,09,070 and the TCS ₹35,110 against ₹10,907. The insurance also prices its larger engine: above 1,500 cc the three-year third-party cover costs more than the Creta's.

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The on road figure adds Delhi road tax, registration and fees, the MCD parking fee, TCS at 1% because the ex-showroom price is above ₹10,00,000, insurance (three-year third party and one-year own damage on an insured value of 95% of ex-showroom at the zone A rate, with personal accident cover and GST) and a FASTag to the ex-showroom price. It excludes a loan's hypothecation fee, accessories, extended warranty and handling charges.

Fortuner's seven airbags and the features each lists

The Fortuner has 7 airbags on every variant against the Creta's 6. Neither car has a Bharat NCAP or Global NCAP result for the current model. On the Creta, Level 2 ADAS starts at the King 1.5 MPi Petrol 6-speed MT, ₹17,27,800, and the panoramic sunroof at the EX(O) 1.5 MPi Petrol 6-speed MT, ₹13,14,200.

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Creta or Fortuner: answers by condition