LDV T60 Max Luxe a powerful bakkie on paper, but loses out in sprint race against Ford Ranger, Toyota Hilux, VW Amarok and Isuzu D-Max.
Despite impressive power on paper, Chinese bakkie runs out of puff on the road., Isuzu, Toyota, Nissan and Volkswagen. And their products are at times competitively priced and highly-specced while offering class-rivalling power and torque.
LDV with their new range of T60 bakkies are just such a company. On paper the LDV bakkie looks like it can take the fight to the Ford Ranger, Isuzu D-Max, Toyota Hilux and VW Amarok. But how does this translate into real world driving?. It comes with a comprehensive range of comfort and safety features like electronic stability control, front and side bolster airbags and disc brakes all round.
Inside you get Bluetooth mobile phone connectivity with steering controls, air conditioning, power steering and electric windows to name some of them.ALSO READ: Mahindra Pik Up looms large behind Hilux, Ranger and D-Max What you also get on paper is a 2.0-litre bi-turbo diesel powerplant that is said to deliver no less than 160kW of power and 500Nm of torque. This puts the LDV bakkie right near the top of power and torque charts. Ahead of the Ford Ranger and VW Amarok’s 154 kW offerings, the 150kW Toyota Hilux and 140kW Isuzu D-Max.looked at the weights of the bakkies and the LDV T60 Max Luxe 4×4 AT comes in at 2.1 tons.
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