THE MISSING LINK

As director and chief operating officer of Isuzu Australia, Andrew Harbison has plenty to be pleased about. Heaps, in fact. Record sales in 2021 are joined by the very real likelihood of an even bigger result this year as the Australian market continues a raging torrent of demand for new trucks.

And, all the while, Isuzu’s domination as Australia’s most prolific supplier of trucks grows ever more entrenched.

There is, however, a highly visible void in the Isuzu stable and it nags at the humble yet sharply competitive Harbison like a lingering lurgy. The void, obviously enough, is the absence of a true prime mover model, made even more evident by the recent withdrawal of the lacklustre Giga and, more significantly, the debut of impressive