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Taking to D trees in a new D-Max

Our weapon of choice was not the all-singing, all-dancing X-Terrain top-of-the-line Isuzu D-Max, we’ve already tested that one. Rather, we wanted to try a D-Max which serves as the backbone of D-Max sales, a regular round town 4x4, which is what New Zealand has come to know the D-Max for.

And thus, we ended up with the LS-M 4x4 double cabber – not quite the top and a fair way from the bottom as far as Isuzu is concerned.

As readers will know, there have been some subtle external changes to this model and the one preceding it. We say subtle because there is only so much one can do to change a ute

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