Isuzu D-Max V-Cross Facelift speculated to launch early 2019…
Isuzu entered the Indian market in 2012 and their first offering here was D-Max pickup truck in Regular Cab and S-Cab variants. Both of these were only offered for the commercial market and could not be registered as a private vehicle. Next came in the MU7 SUV. Things started looking up when Isuzu brought in the V-Cross version of D-Max pickup truck in 2016. This was more focused towards the passenger vehicle market and was positioned as a lifestyle vehicle for families. It competed against the Tata Xenon and Mahindra Scorpio Getaway. Pickups, in general, were not common at that time and both Tata & Mahindra’s offerings were not performing well. Surprisingly, V-Cross attracted a lot of attention and has been performing way better than its competition.
Now, to keep up the interest in this product, Isuzu appears to be readying a facelift for our market. The facelifted vehicle was caught testing recently on our roads and its spy pics were shared in a story by Indianautosblog. Notably, a facelift of V-Cross has already been launched in Thailand nearly a year ago and we expect the new Indian V-Cross to be on the same lines.
Let’s have a quick view of what can we expect to change on the facelifted V-Cross pick-up:
The car is expected to continue with the same engine & gearbox set-up as the current one. Currently, the car comes powered by a 2.5L, 4 cylinder diesel engine which produces 134HP of power and 320 NM torque. It comes mated to a 5-speed manual gearbox. The car also gets a shift on the fly 4WD system which should continue as is on the facelifted car.
D-Max V-Cross has been one of the best performers for Isuzu in India and with the new update, the Japenese UV giant wants to make the package more compelling for its customers. Interestingly, the facelift of the MU-X SUV, which shares some of the components with V-Cross, is also caught testing on our roads a few times recently. This shows Isuzu is really keen on the Indian market and keep on offering the latest products here to bolster its position further.