After eight long years, Isuzu has finally pulled the covers off the all-new third-generation D-Max. The pick-up truck has been completely overhauled with not only a revised exterior and interior design, but also overhauled mechanicals …
. The pick-up truck has been completely overhauled with not only a revised exterior and interior design, but also overhauled mechanicals underneath the skin.
Moving to the rear, you’ll find twin-barrel tail lights with clear lenses and LED edge lighting for a more distinctive design, while the rear bumper of higher-end models is now integrated into the bed for a sleeker, more streamlined look. The top 18-inch alloy wheel option is new too, and it also looks more aerodynamically efficient compared to past designs.
The electrical architecture has been upgraded to prepare for future connected, autonomous, shared, and electrified technologies, although the D-Max still isn’t even available with autonomous emergency braking. It is, however, offered with more seat belt reminders and blind spot monitoring with rear cross traffic alert for the first time, and as before you still get up to six airbags and stability control.
Meanwhile, the body sees a greater proportion of high-tensile steels being used, with application of those rated higher than 390 MPa – some as much as 980 MPa – increased from 30% to 46%. This has increased rigidity by 20% and reinforced the roof area, while keeping weight low. The improved packaging has also enabled Isuzu to lengthen the bed on all cab variants.
It’s the larger 3.0 litre mill – rechristened the 4JJ3-TCX – that has received the lion’s share of updates, incorporating some of the learnings from the 1.9 litre. These include a reshaped combustion chamber, higher-pressure injectors, a diamond-like carbon coating on the piston pins, an electronic variable geometry turbocharger and a double-scissor timing gear, amongst others. All-in-all, it now makes 190 PS and 450 Nm – increases of 13 PS and 70 Nm over the old 4JJ1-TCX.
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