Built for more than just the job

ISUZU D-MAX: WORKHORSE PREPS FOR REAL-WORLD

- Charl Bosch

Our long-term single cab Isuzu D-Max has had a quiet second of its three-month stay as only 337km rolled underneath its wheels since the last report update.

Admits a bevy of test cars, the D-Max patiently awaited its turn day in, day out, while ironically also escaping its intended usage of being a hardworking bakkie.

That is until editor Jaco van der Merwe needed to collect wine barrels that wouldn't require removing a tonneau cover as the case is with our long-term bakkie, the double cab Ford Ranger XLT.

While the D-Max has a 2 330mm long loadbin and ability to carry 1 205kg, the pair of barrels hardly dented its performance, or fuel consumption from