Fully imported (CBU) from Japan, UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) launched both the all-new Toyota Alphard and Toyota Vellfire back in October. Even if there are allocations of several hundred units for Malaysia, the number of orders has been quite overwhelming. In fact, if you reserved your brand-new official Alphard/Vellfire with Toyota, you may only receive it within a year or two. Those looking at the recond route might also see a similar situation as the AH40 Alphard and Vellfire see similar long wa

Due to historical reservations Koreans hold towards Japanese products—stemming from Japan's brutal occupation of Korea during World War 2 and the decades leading up to it—Japanese cars have traditionally received a lukewarm reception in Korea. For example, Honda is largely ignored there. However, Korean buyers rank among the most discerning when it comes to high-end luxury products. They make exceptions for Japanese luxury brands like Lexus. In fact, Korea is probably the only country where Lexu

Good news to Malaysians who label themselves as very important! The long-awaited all-new 2023 Toyota Alphard will be launching in Japan very soon and there are leaked photos of both it and the all-new Vellfire circulating around the internet. The latest set of photos began making waves across Japanese social media as it is rumoured that the all-new AH40 Alphard/Vellfire could be launched in the country around the middle of the year. Based on these photos, the all-new Alphard will be keeping its

Less than two months after the leaked photos of the new-generation Toyota Alphard’s rear and interior emerged, brace yourselves as we now have a glimpse of the new people mover’s front fascia. This leaked photo of the purported new-generation Alphard first emerged on a livestream on the くるまの教科書’s YouTube channel and has been making its rounds on the internet. Although the lone shot of the new-gen Alphard is rather grainy, it does show off the MPV’s new headlights, which now features an intricate

A cumulative 50,983 units of the Toyota Alphard and Toyota Vellfire (model years 2017 - 2021) have been recalled in Japan for problems related to the car's auto stop-start feature. Depending on chassis number, reconditioned Japanese-import vehicles could be affected. We checked with UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT), who confirmed that officially-imported Malaysian-spec cars are not affected. This is because these officially-imported cars have been adapted for local driving conditions, and as such uses sl

Toyota has introduced a pair of unique gold edition variants to the Japanese market Toyota Alphard and Toyota Vellfire. The ‘gold motive’ styling upgrade is also extended to the sporty Modellista package variants. Setting the Alphard S Type Gold apart from regular Alphard models is a gold Alphard badge on the grille. The regular car’s chrome bits around the car’s exterior have also been replaced with dark chrome and smoke plated items. As for the Vellfire Z Golden Eyes (yes, that’s the name give