Limousines are great and all but in this modern age, luxury MPVs are the new status symbol of the rich and famous. Toyota pioneered the segment with the Alphard and Vellfire that eventually led to the pinnacle of these luxo-boxes on wheels, the Lexus LM. Now, Toyota has somewhat taken the LM and transformed it back into a Vellfire in the form of the Vellfire Spacious Lounge concept. Say what now? Well, it’s not precisely that but it’s not much of a stretch to explain it that way either. The Lexu

Usually, Singapore gets plenty of new car models before us Malaysians but in a surprise turn of events, we unofficially got the new AH40 Toyota Vellfire before them. Their long wait has finally ended though as the Borneo Motors (Singapore), the authorised distributor and retailer of Toyota down south, has officially launched the Vellfire Hybrid to go alongside the Alphard that’s already been available launched earlier. Needless to say, demand for the all-new AH40 Alphard and Vellfire has been th

Toyota Vellfire sold poorly against the Alphard in the past 3 years There are rumours the model could be discontinued, absorbed into the next-gen Alphard, or soldier on Next-gen model could be launched in Japan by May 2023 Back in 2020 when Toyota decided to streamline all 4 of its sales channels into one synonymous dealer network in Japan, a few models exclusive to these dealers were culled. One of those models planned for discontinuation is the Toyota Vellfire. A favourite among Malaysian poli

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 recently unveiled the latest update for the 2021 Toyota Vellfire and Alphard twins which will be launched in Japan on 10-May 2021. This might be the final update for the current generation of Toyota’s twin luxury MPVs before the next generation arrives in 2022. The updates are very minimal on both the Alphard and the Vellfire with the introduction of the S Type Gold II and Golden Eyes II trims on both respective models. The improved variants see dual power sliding doors available as stand

Following the news that the next generation 2022 Toyota Alphard and Toyota Vellfire will be merged into one model, Bestcarweb has decided to create a render to give us an idea how the next generation Alphard might look like. Since its launch in 2015, the Alphard has always been a crowd favourite for both families and business executives in the luxury MPV segment. It is only expected that UMW Toyota, the distributor of Toyota vehicles in Malaysia, would launch the next generation Alphard in our c