Comments on: New generation Toyota Alphard and Vellfire

By: altimate

altimate — Sun, 18 May 2008 02:31:30 +0000

“Vellfireâ€™s two stepped headlamps; the design inspired from American big SUV/trucks?” - normaluser

Inspired from Nissan Elgrand lah.. hahaha

By: Auto_crat

Auto_crat — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:14:21 +0000

They’re boring and dull? Maybe here. Just look at those JDM ones. Also not a Toyota supporter. Remove the wood trim? Then it’s not a luxury model. Wood trim has long been used to signify luxury. The other option would be the CF trim. But that one is usually used for speed/GT/sport version or whatever term they used. Naah… these day you can get those trim printed to whatever design you wish or buy as low as a few ringgits.

By: hotwheelz

hotwheelz — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:08:39 +0000

nice looking mpv but please remove the wood trim!!

By: L

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:58:21 +0000

wow, some ppl here don’t like toyota here bcoz they simply.. Toyota. Boring and dull. Well, i say bring them to japan to see for themselve. Toyota supporter? Naah.. Just a car lover.

By: bmpower

bmpower — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:50:01 +0000

perodua already toyota lah.

By: arissa86

arissa86 — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:52:44 +0000

it does not look like a perodua logo.
see it for millions of time and you’ll see the diff.

By: pixie_wawan

pixie_wawan — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:35:31 +0000

Toyota Vellfire badge look like our perodua car logo??

By: king

king — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:00:14 +0000

aiyah…you can talk until the cows come oso no point lar…in the end these are nothing but VANS with “luxury interior” and with a couple of LCD screens thats all.

By: arissa86

arissa86 — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:15:28 +0000

velfire looks more nicer then alphad.the color tone is more sporty.well,cant wait to see IMPUL working out with the ELGRAND.

By: Auto_crat

Auto_crat — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:28:57 +0000

By the way it’s quite funny to see them Japs pronounce Vellfire in the video clip. It’s like I’m watching Ultraman. He..he..he…Vellfaiya!

By: Auto_crat

Auto_crat — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:24:10 +0000

Well drM it would be a blesphemy to call Alphard, Elgrand, Elysion and the like as a VAN. It’s almost an insult to compare Alphard to Hiace, or Elgrand to Urvan. That’s why we have the term MPV to differentiate it from a van. Van is like seat-on-top-of-engine type of vehicle. But in the States the call it mini van hmphhh…

By: csv

csv — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:27:50 +0000

hmm, not a fan of these boxy van/Mpv.

so big, hard to park, hard to navigate and very boxy.

i prefer more streamlined design. Honda airwave, Livina all fits the bill.

expensive also.

dunno why so many people import in alphard.

By: drM

drM — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:36:14 +0000

well, that is a Van, is it?

the same as Vanettes/ Econovans during their glory days, right?

of course its just as rubbish as those vans, but still those Alphards, Estimas, are VANs. dont ever hide under those MPV, SUV, labels. they are vans. with high techs and monitors and posh seats.

thats the end of it.

By: uma

uma — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:51:31 +0000

when will it come to malaysia

By: michishige

michishige — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:49:08 +0000

DANG~! i would not think twice to move over if i see the vellfire in my rear view mirror.. it’s humongous cum scary !! the vellfire’s midrow seats look like it was taken from JAL airlines haha~!

but too bad this mpv is not for people looking for exclusivity,.. give around 6 months and this box will replace the overly clichee estima~ come one datuks and tan sri, please place your order and show the world you need to travel big~!

anyway i still like the current Elgrand, the proportion of the exterior is better composed (and looks soooo much bigger) than the elgrand and the scary stepsister vellfire ^_^

By: Auto_crat

Auto_crat — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:21:00 +0000

Seats better than some airlines. Dang… if only I can afford one of those.

By: mazri

mazri — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:41:42 +0000

New generation of Toyota’s big bus.

Wonder may one day i could drive this ‘bus’. So big ma. But Honda Elysion is the biggest among all the ‘buses’ (Nissan Elgrand & Toyota Alphard).

How can Honda/Nissan/Toyota always make a very similar cars?

By: nonengko

nonengko — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:52:03 +0000

Japs are superior carmakers………if only our local manufacturers know how to catch up…..at least one tenth la

By: mitlanevo

mitlanevo — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:08:24 +0000

amazing….. simply amazing, from the luxury looking exterior to fine interior, both are just excellent……

Vellfire….. hehez, I’ll remember this name…..

By: dr_carz

dr_carz — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:22:50 +0000

I LIKE THE DARK INTERIOR NICE ! SUPER COOL !

By: bmpower

bmpower — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:23:54 +0000

the both car is the same, except the front light. also the bumper change. side profile remain the same. Very very same.

Alphard is great car.. but toyolta is always overpriced here. Really money maker lah that company..

By: gajen

gajen — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:44:34 +0000

wow nice design from toyota…really aggressive…the interior is better than a 747 ahha…superb

By: dzat46

dzat46 — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:51:37 +0000

Will want one if it a diesel & RM89k real price….can imagine how terrible the FC is for the 2.4 liter petrol, not enough torque to move the heavy body…will need to rev it hard wt petrol engine hence high FC , it need at least a 2.5 TDI/crdi engine to have decent torque to move ths MPV…..without needing to rev beyond 3k rpm….yeap agreed, ths mpv should be made available in US & Europe (for europe mkt, diesel is a must or else cannot compete wt those Espace/Grand Voyager/C8/807/Sedona/Galaxy)

By: Autocrust

Autocrust — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:44:12 +0000

The car is amazing. How do they make such big MPV’s? doesnt the performance decrease due to the heaviness and the tall stance of the body? plus body roll chances are also high!

By: Roti Naan

Roti Naan — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:45:29 +0000

how is the fuel consumption like, lugging around a big body like that?

By: nickcyk

nickcyk — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:36:29 +0000

The vellfire’s badge looks kinda similar to perodua’s…

By: raptorclans

raptorclans — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:50:25 +0000

Love the wiper feature heehee… and the seats

By: raybrig85

raybrig85 — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:50:10 +0000

nice…i like the new alphard..n vellfire too…so..cant wait to c it in bodykit ver.

By: normaluser

normaluser — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:31:44 +0000

Vellfire’s two stepped headlamps; the design inspired from American big SUV/trucks?

Anyway, the overall body design still looks the same. These big MPVs should be introduced in the US, where people there like all things to be supersized.

By: azrai

azrai — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:41:32 +0000

We got to see this quickly at Naza after this. The Velvet is the sporty version of Alphard isn’t it.