Premiering simultaneously, the all-new 2023 Toyota Alphard and Vellfire now raise the bar for luxury MPVs even higher, delivering greater standards of luxury refinement and improved powertrains. Although these two large MPVs are today's definition of chauffeur-driven luxury, they came from more humble beginnings. Such that one Akio Toyoda, then a Director at Toyota was told to "get out of the way" once; after he arrived for an important meeting in an Alphard, instead of a Toyota Century, the pre

Surprising as it may sound, but UMW Toyota Motor, the official distributor of Toyota vehicles in Malaysia has quietly removed the Toyota Alphard from its website. The Alphard's sibling mode, the Vellfire has also been axed. UMWT began offering local specifications version of the Toyota Alphard since 2014 with the AH20-generation model. Subsequently in 2016, UMWT launched the then-new AH30-generation Alphard and Vellfire duo. Now, roughly 7 years later and both luxury MPVs have been removed from

The Toyota Alphard is the default luxury breadbox on wheels which is a far cry from the Toyota Hilux, everyone’s favourite pick-up truck. Still, one Japanese automotive college is thinking of combining the two for the ultimate mash-up in luxury pick-up. A group of students at the Nihon Automobile College (NATS) are planning to display a unique customization project that combines an Alphard with a Hilux at Tokyo Auto Salon 2023 (TAS 2023). Every year since 1997, the automotive college exhibits a

If you are shopping for a Toyota Alphard or a Vellfire, you would’ve noticed by now that it’s very difficult to find one that’s not pained in white or black colour. You can almost paraphrase Henry Ford’s quote, “You can have your Alphard or Vellfire in any colour so long as it’s white or black.” Yes, white and black are the most popular colours for Japanese car owners but the aversion by Alphard / Vellfire owners to an equally conservative silver colour is perplexing, even when judged by Japanes

The Lexus LM is Toyota’s most favourite MPV in its most luxurious form. Sporting the same 3.5L V6 2GR-FKS engine as the Toyota Alphard, the LM offers enhanced luxury. This year, Thailand has received the LM 300h while the LM 350 has been launched in Indonesia. Available in either a 4-seater or 7-seater configuration, the LM350 comes with luxury features such as: Mark Levinson audio 26-inch on board display (4-seater only) 13.3-inch on board display (7-seater) Massage seats (4-seater model only)

Malaysia’s (and the rest of Asia’s) most loved status symbol wheels – the Toyota Alphard and Toyota Vellfire twins – have been updated for 2020. Both the Alphard’s and Vellfire’s list of safety features have been bumped up further with the addition of Toyota Safety Sense’s full suite of advanced driving aids (ADAS). It now comes with Pre-Collision System, Lane Departure Alert, Lane Tracing Assist, Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (with stop-go), automatic high beam, and accelerator pedal misapplicat