Toyota Fortuner Legender Neo Drive vs GR-S: is the step up worth it?
Moving up costs you ₹2.20L ex-showroom: ₹50.97L for the GR-S against ₹48.77L for the Legender Neo Drive.+₹2.20L
There is no way up here that keeps the same engine and gearbox: the cheapest GR-S moves from Diesel Mild Hybrid to Diesel, so that figure covers the powertrain as well as the features.
The full story
Moving up costs you ₹2.20L ex-showroom: ₹50.97L for the GR-S against ₹48.77L for the Legender Neo Drive.
There is no way up here that keeps the same engine and gearbox: the cheapest GR-S moves from Diesel Mild Hybrid to Diesel, so that figure covers the powertrain as well as the features.
No extra equipment comes with it: this step is about the Diesel it opens up rather than the features it adds.
It is not all one way: the GR-S gives up terrain modes, sequential indicators and ambient lighting.
Legender Neo Drive or GR-S, and what each costs

Where you start
Legender Neo Drive
The complete Legender: 48V mild-hybrid diesel, Multi-Terrain Select, and the wireless charger and kick sensor back with the automatic. The flagship unless the GR badge calls you.
- Legender Neo Drive Diesel Mild Hybrid AT₹48.77Lex-showroom Delhi

The step up
GR-S
The motorsport-flavoured flagship: GR grille, black alloys and a red-stitched black cabin on the plain diesel 4x4 automatic. You pay about Rs 2.17L over the Legender Neo Drive for the badge and the look, not for extra kit.
- GR-S Diesel AT₹50.97Lex-showroom Delhi
Our take
Everything the pricier one offers, and ₹2.20L kept
Save your money: the Toyota Fortuner Legender Neo Drive does everything the pricier one does.
What the GR-S adds
Nothing we track, on equipment. What it does open up is the Diesel, which the Legender Neo Drive cannot be had with.
And what it gives up
- Sequential indicators
- Ambient lighting
- Terrain modes
The working behind our take
Everything the pricier one offers, and ₹2.20L kept. Here is everything that fed that call.
- Trade-offFortuner GR-Sterrain modes
The full story
Save your money: the Toyota Fortuner Legender Neo Drive does everything the pricier one does.
- Going to the Fortuner GR-S, you give up terrain modes, which the Fortuner Legender Neo Drive keeps
Legender Neo Drive vs GR-S: the questions people ask
- Is the Toyota Fortuner GR-S worth ₹2.20L over the Legender Neo Drive?
- Only if you want the Diesel it opens up. It also gives up terrain modes, sequential indicators and ambient lighting, so this is a sideways move rather than a step up.
- What does the Toyota Fortuner GR-S give up against the Legender Neo Drive?
- It gives up terrain modes, sequential indicators and ambient lighting. Worth weighing against what it adds before deciding the dearer trim is simply the better car.
- How much is the Toyota Fortuner Legender Neo Drive?
- ₹48.77L ex-showroom, and it is sold one way only: the Legender Neo Drive Diesel Mild Hybrid AT.
- How much is the Toyota Fortuner GR-S?
- ₹50.97L ex-showroom, and it is sold one way only: the GR-S Diesel AT.
- Is there an automatic Legender Neo Drive or GR-S?
- Both: the Legender Neo Drive Diesel Mild Hybrid AT at ₹48.77L and the GR-S Diesel AT at ₹50.97L, ex-showroom.
Prices are ex-showroom and features follow each maker's official material. Data updated . Verify current prices and features with a dealer before buying.
