As mentioned yesterday it's back to it today, meaning we've had our first review car delivered, that's not strictly accurate it's actually a Lifestyle pick up, the Isuzu D-Max XTR.
We had the D-Max Blade last year, a very capable pick up with a great price, the XTR capitalise on the D-Max and specs it up quite literally.
XTR is the lifestyle variant of the pickup, lots of additions especially in the styling for example the front guard which literally encases the grille and headlamps, extended wheel arches and even Kevlar ceramic brake pads, it's 25 mm higher and bespoke Pedder suspension.
Powered by 1.9 turbodiesel engine and a six speed automatic gearbox or manual if you prefer it has part-time four-wheel-drive also got four high for low and descent control.
The exterior kicks off with 17 inch wheels and 32 inch Pirelli Scorpion tyres, the sidesteps are designed to glance off rocks and there is lots of underside protection too.
When it comes its capabilities we'll find out when we go offroading, in a nutshell it can tow upto 3.5T and 1.24T on the bed, it comes with a fourcab allowing your passengers to travel in comfort, for this model including VAT it is around £43,000 and you can choose from four colours and they're all complimentary.
If this isn't quick enough you can even tune your vehicle for £800, which makes it as fast as a Raptor, it has 161 brake horsepower and 360 nm of torque, granted it's not the quietest engine in the world and its not that fast either hiting 0-60 in around 12 1/2 seconds but that's not what it builts for.
It's a very capable pick up with decent economy, superb looks and exceptionally good offroad.
Watch out all this week on our YouTube channel to see what we get up to with the XTR.