2025
Manual
Tax: n/a
Mileage: 10
Diesel
2020
Mileage: 52,730
2021
Automatic
Mileage: 65,000
2024
Mileage: 50
2018
Mileage: 124,000
Mileage: 6,000
2023
Mileage: 8,000
2022
Mileage: 32,000
Mileage: 25
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Isuzu's D-Max is the pick-up truck you choose for value and tough build. The current RG-series design (co-designed with Mazda) has been around in the UK since 2021 (two years after it went on sale in other markets) and was treated to a light update in 2023, before getting the further update in early 2025 that we're going to look at here. These updates are timely because they arrive just as UK pick-ups start to be taxed as cars - a devastating blow for this segment. Isuzu's been doing well here, selling over 6,600 D-Max models here in 2024 (its most successful year ever). And the brand says that it expects to be less affected by the change of tax rules than brands who sell more lifestyle-orientated pick-ups. But just to make sure, there's this updated D-Max to keep this contender current. Let's take a closer look.
You'll probably have preconceptions about the Isuzu D-Max. Possibly positive ones if you're a farmer or commercial user who needs something tough, rough and ready and have tried a D-Max in the past. By and large though, previous versions of this Isuzu have never had the polish - primarily in ritzy looks, cabin design and tarmac drive quality - to appeal to the broadest spectrum of the pick-up market. But this rejuvenated 'RG'-series D-Max just might. It's now got a bit more pavement presence and though the interior and the paved surface drive dynamics still aren't quite on a par with its Ford Ranger or Toyota Hilux arch-rivals, the gap in these two areas has now closed a little. To the point where you might really want this Isuzu, because it now has attributes its rivals simply can't match - like the ability to drive at car speed limits rather than van ones. This D-Max is also better off road than a Ranger and can ford deeper water than a Hilux. It's not quite as cheap as the other segment contender, KGM's Musso, but it's a much higher quality product that'll save you plenty over the prices Ford and Toyota want to charge.
