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.