It defeated muddy and rocky paths to deliver all passengers to their remote digs deep in the mountains of Middelburg.īefore this, an emergency call arrived informing me that the family hatchback had experienced a small technical glitch and was stranded on the side of the road, some 200km away in Witbank, Mpumalanga. On the last journey, the D-Max justified bakkie ownership when it carried a weekend’s worth of luggage for five adults, and a caboodle of self-catering equipment inside its load-bin. Since our last report, we have rubberised the load-bin as the scratches from loading all manner of things were becoming an eyesore, and it has been to the Mpumalanga province twice on different missions. I’d hoped it would have decreased to below the 9.0 l/100km mark. The 3.0 l turbodiesel engine feels strong and it’s sticking to its 9.2 l/100km fuel consumption average. On paper, it’s got everything - good pace, great styling and space for the family. Rather it’s a perk that translates into nimbleness everywhere, especially in tight parking spaces. Our D-Max has a wheelbase of 3,125mm, which isn’t too shabby compared to the 3,270mm of the new arrivals, and its narrower than both the new Ford and Volkswagen twins. Now competition has got stiffer with the arrival of the larger, all-new Ford Ranger and Volkswagen Amarok. When our Isuzu D-Max 3.0TD LSE 4x4 initially joined us about nine months ago, it was the second of the anticipated new-generation double-cab bakkies after its Mazda BT-50 technical twin.
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