Having previously reported that Isuzu Motors will be building a battery-electric version of its D-Max pick-up, the heavy-duty automaker has now confirmed the model will be coming and would be assembled in Thailand and launched in Norway in 2025. Isuzu confirmed the electric model during a media briefing for the facelifted D-Max. “Isuzu is actively taking efforts to realize a carbon-neutral society. Going forward, Isuzu plans to produce a BEV (battery electric vehicle) pick-up truck in Thailand.

Isuzu Malaysia celebrated Malaysia’s 66th year of independence with around 600 Isuzu D-Max owners around the country as part of the Merdeka Convoy 66. The gathering was organised in collaboration with Isuzu dealers that saw D-Max parades held in 29 locations around the country at 9.15 AM on Merdeka morning. It ended up being the largest ever simultaneous parade of Isuzu D-Max pick-ups in the country. The convoy was flagged off at the Isuzu Jinjang dealership in Kuala Lumpur by Chief Operating Of

When Geely purchased a 49.9 percent stake in Proton from DRB-Hicom in 2017, the Chinese carmaker was upbeat about its goal to become the third largest automotive brand in the Southeast Asian ASEAN trade bloc by 2027. 5 years later, we are now at the midpoint of Geely’s 10-year goal for Proton. To the credit of the new team at Proton, the Malayan Tiger marque is now on a much stronger footing than it ever has since 2013. Proton ended 2022 with 141,432 cars delivered, up 23.3 percent from 2021, bu

We hear the term “lifestyle vehicle” applied rather generously these days to anything with a remote resemblance of off-road capabilities. While we’re still questioning some of the examples referenced, we’re absolutely sure that the all-new Isuzu D-Max falls under its scope and if you’re understandably doubting us, we got a couple of owners to justify the positive impact having a pick-up has had on their… lifestyles. Having long shed their agricultural image, it isn’t too much of a stretch to cal

The 2021 Isuzu D-Max has flipped the script on the lifestyle pick-up truck market since its launch in April 2021. Once considered the outsider of the upper rung of pick-ups (perhaps due to the demure styling of its predecessor), the RG01 Isuzu D-Max, especially in 3.0L X-Terrain guise is now a raucous beast of a machine capable of cruising any high street (or dirt road). Of course, that just covers how it looks – we have yet to get to the bit about the D-Max’s rock-solid reliability, best-in-cla

(2019 Isuzu D-Max 1.9 Prices & Specs | Gallery) When it comes to shopping for a pick-up truck, unless you're a contractor that hauls machinery every now and then, it is unlikely you'll be considering the Isuzu D-Max. The reason is simple – those who desires a lifestyle pick-up truck would have selected the Ford Ranger or Mitsubishi Triton, not the Isuzu D-Max. But we firmly believe that the D-Max does have some redeeming features that could position itself as a worthy lifestyle truck alternative