If you have small kids and you need maneuverability in the car, go for alphard. You can consider and SUV when you kids are older, when they need less attention. I'm sharing based on my opinion, I was tempted with 2.2 G.Karnival too.. after test drive, still choose to upgrade my old vellfire to alphard sc. Just dont spend too much on upgrades etc, the 'van' is good as it is.