Alphard or Grand Starex?! (or any van in this category?)

[cocoy]

the reason im asking is because the alphard was only available in right hand drive when it was first made..

ok so i guess they have started making toyota alphards for left hand drive countries now.. which wasnt the case a year ago.. sori if medyo slow lang.. i get it na..

i guess hyundai did the right thing of making the GS available in right hand and left hand drive variants after 10 years of just making a left hand drive starex vans..

i guess the japs have woken up to the fact that there is a market for their right hand drive vans in the left hand drive market.. just as hyundai woke up to having right hand drive vans..

to got get back to the topic.. i dont think you can compare the two.. if they are comparable.. id go for the GS.

[ocdmonochrome]

I don't know how big the Alphard is. Is it possible for passengers to move from 1 row to the next? In the case of the Limousine, simula 1st row pwedeng lumipat until the last row. Useful kapag long trips or gustong magunat unat.

[JPG111]

my 2 cents.... I'd get a grand starex because of the features, price, engine, capacity.

But of course mas guapo ka if you step out of this Toyota Alphard van......... head turner talaga and obviously not as common as the GS.

I Agree with this, pero mas lamang sa features yung alphard coz its a luxury van

[Starex_Gold]

No.. The Alphard has "luxury" features. Not really "features" na marami.

Syempre.. ang Grand Starex Limo walang Smart Key, walang engine start button, walang power seats, walang OTTOMAN seats, walang seat memory, adaptive HID headlamps..

Pero.. wala lang. Yun na yun. Iba lang talaga ang dating kapag ikaw yung bumaba sa power sliding doors ng Alphard. Matinding head turner.

Ang Grand Starex Limousine (Pit Stop Motors Version) naman mas maraming "features" kasi.. 22" LCD monitor, Back-up camera, beverage cooler, DVD Changer, Audio-video input.

IMO.. mas mag eenjoy ang kids sa Grand Starex Limousine. Pero yung mga sobrang yaman na Chinese o kahit sinong sobrang yaman (at medyo may edad na) Alphard ang bibilihin.

[GTi]

Ordinary seats lang ba yung upuan ng GS Limo? Wala siyang power seats? Isn't that kinda common na nowadays? Dun palang sa dambuhalang 22" LCD at cooler lamang na agad yung GS Limo. As for the HID lights, mabilis lang naman yan... Pero naku... kawawa ang Alphard kapag nabaha, baka sa dami ng electronics na-electrocute na yung mga tao sa loob. Di pa sila makalabas kasi jammed yung electronic doors...Sometimes good old man-power is still better than electric power.
*Starex_Gold, Chinese kami pero di pa kami kasing yaman nyo! Ilan na po ang inyong sasakyan? Starex, Trooper, Tucson, etc...

[Starex_Gold]

Chinese din naman kami.. half nga lang

Yung Grand Starex wala pa power seats. kahit sa driver side hindi. Siguro kasi dahil "van" parin ang Grand Starex at ayaw nila gawin masyadong mahal.

Ordinary seats, yes. Pero ang kapal ng seats ng GS Limo.. Sobrang lambot pa

[saipeme]

sa appearance head turner talaga ang alphard and mas luxury ang feeling ng nakasakay kung gagawing panghatid sundo sa school astig imagine parating pa lang ang sasakay bumubukas na ang pinto vip yon bata hehehe tas pag upo habang kumakaway sa classmate sumasara naman galing ha ndi pa nasiyahan binuksan pa ang sunroof tumindig itinuloy ang kaway kaswerteng bata naman non...

[Starex_Gold]

Ang lupit ng imagination mo saipeme :rofl:

Pero tama ka riyan. Ang sarap bigyan ng ganyang buhay ang anak.

Pero kung ako man magulang na, ayokong ganyan ka-luxury ang anak ko. Kasi magiging mayabang lang.

May sunroof din yung Grand Starex Limousine ng Pit Stop. Di ko lang sigurado kung aabot ang ulo ng bata duon kasi masyado mataas hahaha

[after11years]

Given the premise na I have the money to buy an Alphard, I would still prefer a Grand Starex HVX. It's cheaper and its features are already enough for me. It also helps na diesel siya and mukhang mas tipid naman siya sa fuel compared sa Alphard.

Yung sukli ipambibili ko na lang siguro ng Macbook Pro, iPhone and some other stuff.

[GTi]

Haha noong binuksan yung sunroof, pumasok ang lahat ng dumi at usok... For me di naman importante ang power seats, basta't naaadjust ng desired position pwede na. May kaibigan akong naka Mazda 6, na-Ondoy ang sasakyan na yan, halos isang taon nasa casa dahil pinapalitan ang mga fancy fancy na electronics na nasira, isa dun ang seat adjusting motors . Practically thinking, If I had the money, I'd get the GS Limo which is luxury enough for me, then take it to Speedlab for a Unichip installation and perhaps alcohol injection. There we have it, power, luxury and fuel economy rolled into one!