TOYOTA continues to meet the market by rolling out active safety and driver assistance technologies across more variants in its range, providing a trickle-down of tech previously reserved for top-spec variants into entry-level grades.

 

From the beginning of 2018, the base Kluger GX seven-seat large SUV gained autonomous emergency braking, lane-keep assist, adaptive cruise control and automatic high beam, plus driver drowsiness alert and measures to mitigate the severity of unavoidable collisions. 

 

But this democratisation of safety does come at a price, for Toyota loaded an extra $950 onto the cost of an entry-level Kluger when it announced the changes – on a model that already offers less value for money than its key rivals.