Car review: Toyota’s Vellfire hybrid is an impossible blend of opposing qualities

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Land yacht: Toyota's latest Vellfire is a veritable luxe barge which gives traditional limos a run for their money.

Land yacht: Toyota's latest Vellfire is a veritable luxe barge which gives traditional limousines a run for their money.

ST PHOTO: HESTER TAN

SINGAPORE – Imagine a sumo wrestler who walks like a runway model, pampers like a butler and eats like someone half his size.

That sums up the new Toyota Vellfire Hybrid 2.5 – a plus-size multi-seater which exudes grace and precision, has a limousine-like cabin and which consumes just 6.5 litres/100km (which is not far from Toyota’s stated 5.8 litres/100km).

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