Limited edition bakkie with unique styling hits the market

THE Isuzu bakkie is back in black with the announcement of the X-Rider Black limited-edition model.

- WILLEM VAN DE PUTTE

Only 150 of the X-Rider Black units will be produced at Isuzu’s Struandale plant in Gqeberha this year, available to South African customers as well as those in other African markets.

Each X-Rider Black will be numbered, with a special plaque fitted on the left-side inner fender, and it gains several unique styling enhancements.

There will be three derivatives of the double cab bakkie with the choice of a six-speed manual transmission or automatic in 4x2 guise, or the 4x4 automatic with shift-on-the-fly four-wheel drive engagement.

Engine

Under the bonnet, it's fitted with Isuzu’s 1.9 DDi four-cylinder turbodiesel engine producing 110kW and 350Nm of torque.

It's the same engine that achieved an economy figure of $.581/100km during the Isuzu One Tank Challenge - driving 1 452km from Midrand to Cape Town without refuelling.

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