[lamborghinifan]

I’m 2 weeks into a brand new hiace, waited 18 months for it.
I’ve been in iloads for the last 12 years, very horrible box hiace before that, and Volkswagens before that.
We picked hiace over the others for a few reasons.
Size good,
Tech good. Interior is acceptable, seating position is a little high.
Had to turn off a bit of the annoying stuff, but drives pretty well.
Doesn’t handle as well as an iload, but better suspension rides better under weight. Runs slightly wider track and tyre profile.
Not quite as punchy as the iload, but close.
Transmission is spot on, leaves the iload for dead.
It’s a novelty having reverse cameras and sensors.
Leather steering wheel is a very nice touch.
Height is a bit too high, maybe 100mm higher than iload with racks ladders on etc.
Staria is just so ugly. Skinny, and a super low window line. We couldn’t come at it. Why stop the iload, best selling van for years….
Cab is much bigger than the Renault or the ford. We custom fitted aftermarket third seat, which is much roomier that the Hyundai ever was.
Renault auto DCT or whatever it is was a big turn off, and reliability (perceived or otherwise) seems to be good in the Toyota comparably.
Towing capacity is a little low, although the bars have 1900kg stamped all over them
Very easy to kit out being boxy and square, kids think the designers went for the Lego set to get the profile.
Fuel economy this early in the piece, same driving and load, seems to be a bit high, somewhere round 12l/100 for mixed driving.
Hope that helps, but gone are the days of an a grade van on the road for 35k for sure!