Isuzu Prepares D-Max for Dakar - Latest Cars News

Forgot about Isuzu, did you? Well the Japanese automaker is still alive and kicking, and aims to shout its survival from the South American wilderness with this Dakar-spec D-Max pickup. Though it hasn't sold passenger vehicles in the United States since 2009, Isuzu still sells commercial trucks here, and its passenger vehicles in markets overseas. Among them is the D-Max pickup like the one seen here which the Japanese automaker has outfitted specially for the Dakar Rally. To get its pickup ready for one of the most grueling motorsport events ever devised, this D-Max 4x4 double-cab has been fitted with a series of upgrades aimed at taking the truck across 5,000 miles of arduous South American terrain.


Source: Carbuzz