My company wanted to get the 2012 Toyota Fortuner 2.7 for normal use (no off-road) and the price locks at RM181,000. It seems to be a little bit high. Is it worth the money? Our choice of car maybe not be a SUV.

After test drive, I think
Pros: High ground clearance, aggressive look, quite comfortable

Cons: overpriced (extremely high-priced), under-powered engine, lousy 4 speed gear

To me, it actually looks quite good but those specs doesn’t sound like something I would splurge for RM180k. I was surprised when I looked at the specs sheet. The Fortuner 2.5 only produces same horsepower with Myvi (102 ps) and 2.7 variants only give 160ps horsepower and 241Nm torque which I can get from a 2.4 Camry. The car looks tough but the rear lamp is ugly. I like the ground clearance.

We were driving a 2.5 Fortuner during the test drive. Surprisingly a Myvi smoked us off though I accelerated very hard It really shows how the car under-powered. But I am not sure about 2.7 variant though.

Anyway, how do you guys think about this car? Our company is planning to get 3 Fortuner(s) and I think is a bit money-wasting, since you can get a mooooore better car with that price. I am only an adviser and I wanted to advise them to get a sedan since is more comfortable and is better for fetching people since we do not fetch many people. Back to main point, I want to know how you guys think about this car. Drop some words here.

This post has been edited by TamaUser: Mar 16 2012, 03:57 PM

From your parents to your company. I think you can just use back the earlier thread and discuss. Most forumers already drop their comment on the previous thread.

Fortuner is an overprice piece of junk meant for the SEA country.....

Well, it is our parent company using, the branch company not. Previous thread is more to a choosing and this one is focused in one car.

This post has been edited by TamaUser: Mar 16 2012, 04:35 PM

NOT WORTH....

I am not a Toyota-hater neither a XXX brand fan-boy. My family considered the Fortuner 2.7 because of its aggressive look (front only ). There were 4 in our list at that time- Toyota Fortuner 2.7, Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2, Volkswagen Passat, Nissan Teana 2.5. And we are still struggling between the Volk Passat and Nissan Teana.

RM180k for TWO AIRBAGS, 4-SPEED AUTO, ONE POWER SEAT is too expensive. It actually has quite similar size to Innova and same interior design with Innova. Rear lamp design is ugly, you are right. The front look is ‘actually look quite good’ as you said. Well, I am not being sarcasm, it is the truth. Toyota claimed that it is a NEW Fortuner but actually facelifted the car. With the same engine and gear box, the price goes higher than the previous model.

-102 PS and 260 Nm 2.5 D-4D turbodiesel units, mated to a four-speed auto transmission.
-while the 2.5G diesel goes for RM167,990 and the TRD Sportivo version, RM171,448, all on-the-road with insurance.

That is the big shame for 102 PS with this kind of price bracket.

Any good thing about this car?

According to Toyota Fans, this is their legendary 4 gears that fuel consumption is better than any cars in the world.

According to Toyota Fans, this 4 gear can tapau any 5,6 and 7 gears.

According to Toyota Fans, the engine and 4 gears auto combine together will create perfect harmony that can bring out the hidden strength of the car.

So to respect the devotion of the Toyota fans to their legendary 4 gears. So any new the model will come out 4 gears auto.

**The above statement is a sarcasm.

This post has been edited by ShipForU: Mar 16 2012, 04:19 PM

if you don't need to 7 seats, you might want to consider trucks instead
cheaper and the newer ones has more safety features that can put some passenger cars to shame

Yeah we don't need 7 seats since a customer would not sit in the third row



This post has been edited by TamaUser: Mar 16 2012, 04:34 PM

Do consider pajero sport vgt.

this

how about this new ssangyong actyon?

From what i heard, they did upgrade the ECU to 32bit and tell me the engine can accelerate faster compare to older version. Downside is the hp still rated the same unlike toyo thailand - got 120+ hp with added intercooler , 144 hp vnt turbo version . UMW, u need to catch up abit la....haiz

don't buy this junk, totally rubbish, slow, old, low spec, ugly and more.

I would recommend you Santa Fe, powerful and good looking.

try kia sportage lah

hilux 3.0

p.s. without tax,....... fortuner and hilux are around the same price

This post has been edited by BeastX: Mar 16 2012, 09:22 PM

Even I a Toyota fan also want to bash them 99 for release this antique....

seriously, the toyota fortuner is a junk, the car drink alot alot of fuel...fuel consumption probably around 6km/l...But i must admit its a comfortable car, but FC is gonna cost you with that heavy truck ladder frame and the super high tech engine and transmission...

Ts have you considered pajero sport?more or less like fortuner i think.....not 3.0 only 2.5 but with vgt engine...