Prabowo Subianto Is Still Loyal To His Toyota Alphard Putih Car

Repeating success in 2018, Alphard received the highest ranking award in the JNCAP's 2019 FY safety performance assessment. (Doc.Toyota Global)

JAKARTA - The Toyota Alphard car is still loyal to this day accompanying the daily life of the presidential candidate (readpres) Prabowo Subianto.

Seen today, before registering with the KPU, Prabowo used his Toyota Alphard to visit the residence of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), the sixth president of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) in Cikeas, Bogor.

It is known, since serving as Minister of Defense (Menhan), Prabowo has been reluctant to turn to a new official car because Prabowo has felt comfortable with his daily ride, namely this white Toyota Alphard. As a result, at that time this white Alphard only used a special number plate belonging to the Ministry of Defense, 1-00. Previously, the white Toyota Alphard car used the number B 108 PSD number.

Reporting from the website of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government's Regional Tax and Levy Agency, the Alphard car numbered B 108 PSD is the Alphard output in 2018 and is the highest type of all Alphard variants, namely Alphard 3.5 Q AT at a price of Rp1.3 billion at that time, even from the Tunas Toyota page (as of December 2020) the price was offered at almost Rp2 billion.

Toyota Alphard 3.5 Q has a long and wide body. All of this is designed to meet the needs that will provide comfort for passengers. In addition to comfort, Alphard 3.5 Q AT has complete safety and security features such as all passenger seats equipped with seat belts and usage alarms. In addition, it is also equipped with a door alarm as a reminder when a passenger forgets to tighten the car door. Then, the Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) feature, Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD), Brave Assist (BA), as well as a crash sensor that will keep the vehicle from colliding. Plus, there are impact shielding features on the front and side.

There is also a Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) feature that functions to maintain vehicle stability when turning around and prevent slips that can cause accidents.

The Prabowo's Toyota Alphard variant Q is equipped with a V6 technology engine with VVT-i and uses 8 AT transmission. Apart from being fuel efficient, this technology is also claimed by Toyota when it was launched, it was also environmentally friendly.

To note, Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) has launched the latest versions of Alphard and Vellfire on June 21, 2023, by presenting two variants of the engine, namely gasoline and hybrid.