On Test: Isuzu D-Max Utility pickup truck – Practical luxuries?

With bigger and SUV-like pickups the premier of most manufacturers, there is still a strong demand for practical, work focused vehicles. Toby Whatley tries out Isuzu’s D-Max Utility offering.

Toby Whatley
Head of Machinery and Farm Technology
clock • 7 min read

The pickup truck has travelled on an interesting journey in the last decade as multiple manufacturers have pulled out of the market and others have utilised this product vacuum to introduce increasingly...

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