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

As the 15th general election looms upon Malaysians like the monsoon season, the question on some of our minds isn’t who will be the next PM or whether party X can ensure that no such backdoor moves will happen again, it’s what cars do our politicians drive? Okay fine, so maybe the “some” is just me but perhaps some of you might have thought that since these elected officials are meant to be representatives of the rakyat, they should at least do their job well first before travelling in an Alphar

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

Sales of the current AH30 generation Toyota Alphard / Toyota Vellfire twins will end next year in 2022. The next generation 2022 model however, will be rationalized into just one model, only the Toyota Alphard. It also means that the current AH30 generation Toyota Vellfire will be the last. To commemorate the end of the Alphard / Vellfire twins, Toyota will be introducing a final edition model of sorts for the Alphard / Vellfire twins. Sources in Japan say that the upgraded final edition Alphard

Everyone’s favourite pair of breadboxes on wheels, the Toyota Alphard/Vellfire twins have been on sale for quite some time now. The third-generation has been launched since 2015 but based on rumours, we will only see the fourth-gen make its appearance in 2022. With only a couple of years to go before it’s expected arrival, what is to come for the VIPs’ MPV of choice? Well, first of all, if you’re on Team Vellfire, I’m sorry to break this to you but your favourite youthful-looking MPV will cease

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