Toyota Alphard / Nissan Elgrand

[smallzoo]

Anybody know about insurance and parts maintenance for older alphards / elgrands

I've heard that due ti them being imports it can be a real nightmare getting insurance and difficult getting parts ?

cheers

[r1mike1983]

I have an e52 elgrand and parts and insurance hasn’t been an issue so far

[designforlife]

Both a non issue.

Use Toyota/nissan main dealer for parts, or Amayama.com if you don't mind waiting a couple weeks.

Insure through brokers who are used to dealing with imports.

[-Lummox-]

Currently driving an E51 Elgrand (2008 3.5 Highwar Star Leather edition).

Just search eBay for service parts and breaker vehicles and you'll see there is absolutely no issue whatsoever.

Fuel economy on the other hand... ;-)

[Jonny1984]

Got a rarer model Vellfire G's (Gazoo) and had to go through a jap specialist broker to get it insured. Not as much of an issue with the E52 Elgrands or the more common Alphard/Vellfire variants though.

Agree with the fuel consumption though. Still went for the 3.5 V6 as I've read that there's not much difference between this and the 2.4.

[bristolracer]

Also many of the oily bits are used on other European spec vehicles