Toyota Fortuner vs Toyota RAV4 Hybrid

Nepal prices, verified July 2026 · NPR 27,000,000 vs NPR 20,700,000

Toyota FortunerPhoto pending — we only publish images we hold a licence for

Toyota Fortuner

NPR 27,000,000

Toyota RAV4 HybridPhoto pending — we only publish images we hold a licence for

Toyota RAV4 Hybrid

NPR 20,700,000

Our recommendation

Buy the Toyota Fortuner.

It wins where it counts most for a Nepali buyer: you drive unsealed roads outside the valley — 24 mm more clearance.

Unless

Rs 63 lakh matters more to you than everything below — the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid is the cheaper car.

The Toyota RAV4 Hybrid undercuts the Toyota Fortuner by Rs 63 lakh — about 23% of the more expensive car's price.
The Toyota Fortuner carries 24 mm more ground clearance, which is the difference that shows up on unsealed roads outside the valley.

Buy the Toyota Fortuner if

Our pick

you drive unsealed roads outside the valley — 24 mm more clearance
you climb fully loaded — 17 hp more and 279 Nm more pulling power

Toyota Fortuner — NPR 27,000,000

Buy the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid if

your budget is the binding constraint — it costs Rs 63 lakh less

Toyota RAV4 Hybrid — NPR 20,700,000

Both prices above are ex-showroom

Registration, the embossed plate, first-year vehicle tax and compulsory insurance land on top. Our calculator itemises every one with its source. Dealer charges are the one piece nobody in Nepal publishes — ask us and we'll chase it for your city. Free, and we're not a dealer.

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Spec by spec

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Measure	Toyota Fortuner	Toyota RAV4 Hybrid
Price×3Ex-showroom, base variant.	NPR 27,000,000	★NPR 20,700,000
Power×1	★201 hp	137 kW (184 hp)
Torque×1Matters on Nepal's sustained hill climbs.	★500 Nm	221 Nm
Ground clearance×3The single most underrated spec on Nepali roads.	★225 mm	201 mm
Safety rating×2	Not rated	Not rated

★ marks the stronger figure on that measure. Ties are unmarked. ×n is how much that measure counts toward the verdict above.

How we score this

The verdict is not a count of who wins more specs. Each measure carries a fixed weight, the same on every comparison on this site, and the totals above are the weighted sum. Price and ground clearance count heaviest because budget and road surface are what most Nepali buyers are actually constrained by. These weights are our editorial judgement — published so you can disagree with the specific number rather than the conclusion.

Price: The binding constraint for most buyers.
Ground clearance: Nepali road surface decides where a car can actually go.
Safety rating: Independent crash testing, where published.
Power: Rarely the deciding factor at these prices.
Torque: Matters on climbs, but tracks power closely.

10 points are available on this pairing — battery and range only apply when at least one car is electric. Tied measures award points to neither car.

When we call a gap a tie

A difference has to be big enough to change your experience of the car before we score it. Below these thresholds a measure is a tie and neither car takes the points, because a 5 mm clearance edge or a 1% price gap is not a reason to buy anything.

Price — 3% of the dearer car: Below 3%, dealer discount and financing terms move more money than the sticker gap does.
Ground clearance — 10 mm: Tyre choice and load change ride height by more than this. Under 10 mm is not a real difference on a broken road.
Safety rating — half a star: Star ratings are coarse and each step is a real structural difference, so any full-step gap counts.
Power — 5 hp: Under 5 hp is not perceptible from the driver's seat.
Torque — 10 Nm: Under 10 Nm is not perceptible on a climb.

How this pairing scored

Weighted scorecard: Toyota Fortuner 5, Toyota RAV4 Hybrid 3, out of 10, with 1 measure tied.

Common questions

Which is cheaper in Nepal, the Toyota Fortuner or the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid?

The Toyota RAV4 Hybrid is cheaper at NPR 20,700,000 against NPR 27,000,000. Both figures are ex-showroom for the base variant, verified July 2026.