Toyota Fortuner Legender Neo Drive vs GR-S: is the step up worth it?
Moving up costs you ₹2.17L ex-showroom Delhi: ₹50.46L for the GR-S against ₹48.29L for the Legender Neo Drive.+₹2.17L
There is no like-for-like way up here: the cheapest GR-S moves from Diesel Mild Hybrid to Diesel, so that figure covers the powertrain as well as the kit.
The full story
Moving up costs you ₹2.17L ex-showroom Delhi: ₹50.46L for the GR-S against ₹48.29L for the Legender Neo Drive.
There is no like-for-like way up here: the cheapest GR-S moves from Diesel Mild Hybrid to Diesel, so that figure covers the powertrain as well as the kit.
No extra equipment comes with it: this step is about the Diesel it opens up rather than the kit 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
₹48.29L ex-showroom Delhi
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.
The step up
GR-S
₹50.46L ex-showroom Delhi
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.
Our take
Everything the pricier one offers, and ₹2.17L 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 ₹2.17L 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 ₹2.17L 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?
- ₹48.29L ex-showroom Delhi, and it is sold one way only: the Legender Neo Drive Diesel Mild Hybrid AT.
- How much is the Toyota Fortuner GR-S?
- ₹50.46L ex-showroom Delhi, 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 ₹48.29L and the GR-S Diesel AT at ₹50.46L, ex-showroom Delhi.
Prices are ex-showroom Delhi and features follow each maker's official material. Data last checked 5 August 2026. Verify current prices and features with a dealer before buying.