Isuzu Philippines's L300 Competitor Is Hold Upwards Arriving Together With It's Called: Traviz

At the Philippine International Motor Show in conclusion year, Isuzu Philippines showed off a lightweight truck concept, the VT02, that’s destined to battle the likes of the Mitsubishi L300, Hyundai H-100, too the Kia K2500 Karga. Not much has been said nearly it since then, but directly it looks Isuzu Philippines has finally locked inwards a Nov 2019 launch date.

Designed specifically for emerging markets, the VT02 is a cabover lightweight truck alongside a gross vehicle weight (GVW) of 2,950 kilograms. Known every bit the “Traga” inwards its habitation marketplace of Indonesia, the VT02 is jointly engineered past times Isuzu Motors Limited too Isuzu Global CV Engineering Center, a grouping fellowship controlling the truck technology scientific discipline for emerging markets.

The VT02 marries a lightweight cabin based on the northward Series too a frame based off the D-MAX. Thus, it offers the same attributes such every bit a maximized loading efficiency, tight turning performance, too high fuel efficiency.

The clincher is that inwards its Indonesian marketplace form, the Traga / Traviz uses a 4JA1L Euro ii engine alongside lxxx horsepower too 191 Nm of torque. While this passes for Indonesia’s Euro ii emissions standards, Isuzu Philippines volition convey to source a unlike engine for purpose inwards the local marketplace model. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 leading candidate the 4JH1-TC constitute inwards northward Series trucks which produces a far healthier 106 horsepower too 230 Nm of torque.

Do you lot intend there’s room for even thence but about other small-scale truck challenger? Isuzu may hold upwardly belatedly to the game, but given their stellar reputation inwards edifice the most reliable too durable trucks inwards the markets, it’s condom to tell they’ll hold upwardly able to dissever but about marketplace portion on their ain accord.