Like before, Toyota is offering the Vellfire with the Executive Lounge package.
Toyota has launched the next-gen Vellfire MPV in India at Rs 1.20 crore (ex-showroom, India). The new Vellfire is a sister product to the more luxuriously appointed Lexus LM. In June, some Toyota dealers had unofficially opened bookings for the MPV. Toyota has launched the Vellfire sooner than the anticipated timeline of September.
- New Toyota Vellfire shares its underpinnings with the Lexus LM
- Large overhead console for passengers gets many vehicle functions
New Toyota Vellfire design
The new Vellfire retains a similar look compared to the outgoing model. The Toyota logo takes centre stage in the humongous six-slat grille, which is flanked by split headlamps. The lower part of the headlamps house the LED daytime running lamps, while U-shaped chrome strip runs across the bumper connecting the two headlamps.
In profile, the MPV’s glasshouse is now a single unit with a prominent kink and blacked-out pillars with a chrome outline. It gets a very familiar-looking, V-shaped tail-lamp enclosure with generous chrome trim, prominent Vellfire badging, and a big Toyota logo at the centre.
New Toyota Vellfire interior and features
It gets a simple-looking dashboard with fewer buttons than the outgoing model as the majority of the functions are now integrated into the large, 14-inch touchscreen. The Vellfire gets a new and more comfortable seat design, a large overhead console for the passengers for controlling various vehicle functions, multiple AC vents and newly designed pull-down sun shades.
The India-spec Vellfire is offered only with the Executive Lounge package, and comes with two captain’s chairs for the second row with retractable tables along with heating and ventilation. There’s also a new detachable control panel which allows passengers to adjust media and climate settings and sunshades.
New Toyota Vellfire platform, dimensions and powertrain
The new Vellfire sits on Toyota’s modular TNGA-K platform and is now lighter than the outgoing model. It measures 4,995mm in length, 1,850mm in width and 1,950mm in height with a wheelbase of 3,000mm. Compared to the outgoing model, the width and the wheelbase have remained the same, while the length and height have increased by 60mm and 50mm, respectively.
The new Vellfire is powered by a 250hp, 2.5-litre, four-cylinder petrol-hybrid powertrain mated to an e-CVT.
New Toyota Vellfire rivals
Until Lexus launches the LM MPV in India, the Vellfire sits in its own niche segment of luxury MPVs with no direct rivals.