Toyota Granvia brings touch of luxury

Toyota New Zealand is bringing a “limousine-like” feeling to passengers who travel in its new Granvia eight-seat van. 

The addition to the Toyota line-up features a range of safety features and luxury touches that it hopes will appeal to high-end family, hospitality, and corporate buyers. 

Neeraj Lala, Toyota New Zealand chief operating officer, says the Granvia is a “premium addition” to its fleet. “Granvia provides high levels of safety with an almost limousine-like feeling of cabin comfort and refinement for passengers,” he says. 

With a European-inspired exterior design, the latest model is based on the new generation Hiace platform. The vehicle features a contemporary wide grille, 17-inch alloy wheels, an upper spoiler and comes in four colours: crystal pearl, ebony, graphite and silver pearl. 

Powered by a 2.8-litre four-cylinder, inline common rail direct injection diesel engine that produces 130 kW maximum power and 450 Nm of maximum torque, the engine is paired with a six-speed automatic transmission. 

The rear cabin has four individual reclining and sliding captain’s chairs with armrests and a fourth row with a 60:40 split two-seater bench seat. Other comforts inside include front and rear climate controls, smart entry and push button start, power sliding rear side doors, a digital rear view mirror, and the latest multi-media system with a seven-inch touch screen. 

Among the array of Toyota Safety Sense features is a pre-collision system with autonomous emergency braking; vehicle, pedestrian (day and night) and cyclist daytime detection; lane departure alert with brake control; and a tyre pressure warning system. 

The Granvia, which has a drive-away price of $67,990, is fitted with nine airbags, including driver’s and front passenger, driver’s knee, front seat side, front and rear curtain shield airbags.