Congratulations, you just paid ₹15 Lakh in tax.

Every time someone buys a Toyota Fortuner in India, the money gets split three ways — and the numbers will shock you. Toyota, the company that designed the car, built the factory, hired the engineers, and sourced the steel, walks away with just ₹40,000 per unit. The dealer who sold it to you earns around ₹1 Lakh. But the government — which approves a form — collects close to ₹15 Lakh in GST, road tax, registration, green cess, and FastTag alone. The same Fortuner that sells for ₹40-45 Lakh in India is available in Saudi Arabia for ₹28 Lakh and in Thailand for ₹30 Lakh. Every year, around 32,000 Fortuners are sold in India — meaning the government collects over ₹5,000 crore from just this one car. Yet people still buy it. Not for the car. For the name.