GS is not monocoque. It's still ladder frame kahit naka MacPherson struts ang front suspension. I know this. I'm a GS owner for 7 yrs. Bought from Auto Access when it was Euro Standard Motors pa. The technical team of Auto Access says it's ladder frame, and even the owners of Hancars say so as well.
The Staria is the one that's monocoque now. Same platform as the new Carnival. Another monocoque van is the Alphard. All 3 vans are FWD. You can say that the 7 seater Staria is the cheaper and more fuel efficient competitor of the Alphard
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Wow, Hancars has na!
So the white one is 7-seater and black is 9-seater?
How’d you find them, finish, plastic parts, comfy seats?
How much for each?
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The seats are comfy naman. They're Nappa leather. The dashboard naman is made of hard plastic (one downside). Finish is better than the GS and a bit better than all of the Hiace SG variants. Feature wise, it trumps both SG Elite and Alphard. The AC has a PM filter based on what I saw in the display.
Hancars price is 3.250M for the 9 seater Inspiration and 3.450M for the 7 seater Inspiration.
Auto Access price is 3.3M for the 9 seater, 3.4M for the 7 seater.
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HARI might remove some of the features like the rear cabin camera and the heated steering wheel. They'll likely to retain most of the features that they shared in their FB page during the Staria's global launch.
It's always that the local authorized distributor has a cheaper price than the gray market dealerships.
We can't say that the price is prohibitive. Even we're in the middle of the pandemic, sales of the Hiace SG is moving.
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Some more news on this: https://www.autoindustriya.com/auto-...6-million.html
"You may even have already seen photos of the new Hyundai Staria for sale circulating on social media. We called the importer to ask for a price and whether there were still units available. We were told all units are sold out already, but the price is what surprised us the most.
According to the gray market dealer, their 2021 Staria starts at PHP 2.6 million. The top-of-the-line model is even more at around PHP 3.4 million."
https://www.autoindustriya.com/auto-...this-year.html
Launching in Thailand this 9 July 2021
Saw one in the flesh at Pico de Loro over the easter weekend. The interior looks mighty impressive but I'm afraid the sleek futuristic exterior (the front, in particular) might not age well.
saw a few na, 1 sa village namin and the others sa BGC
looks really nice with an "ano yun" factor
pero I only saw it in black, and I agree that I can't imagine how this car will age in our local roads.
Nakita ko na up close Staria-Hindi ko feel.. Walang dating sa akin.. Mas gusto ko pa din Starex(We had the Starex Gold before).. Yung Starex Gold mas maganda manakbo compared sa NV350 or GL Grandia..
ang ganda ng hyundai staria parang ito na ata pinakamataas height ng side windows.
pag ganito hindi magmukhang hired driver pag ikumpara mo toyota white westinghouse grandia.
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The name sounds gay though, Staria.
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ang ganda talaga ng gilid
hindi ka mapagkakamalan kukuha ng pasahero sa sm north the likes of grandia and urvan.
sigurado ako mas madali magbacking dahil buo side windows.
and yung likod nya grabe ang haba din window height futuristic. Eh yung sa toyota grandia napakapangit ng likod mukha cold storage.
pag nagdrive ako nyan hindi ako mahihiya. Pag urvan at grandia mag facemask ako.
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I dont like the new name too. Dapat iretain na lang yung starex name.
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it's longer than the old starex, at 5.25 meters long, and it's wider than the old starex, at 1.97 meters wide.
i'd dislike to be the driver when backing it up or maneuvering it into a tight parking slot (aka mall).
and it's got a DIESEL engine.
but yes, it looks nice.
in my opinion,
stargazer is fine for private or small family use.
a bit smaller, and gas engine.
but then,
kanya kanyang panlasa, po.
changing the name from starex to staria, is a fine move for me.
staria is something new, and does not, to me, evoke old memories of that beast of burden, the starex.
but i have mixed feelings with heavy tint all over....
diminished visibility...
Last edited by dr. d; November 5th, 2023 at 07:30 PM.