Maxus Is Beating Mg To The Punch Every Minute It Sets To Innovate T60 Pickup Truck Past Times Q1 2020

Okay, too hence shout out back MG’s plans to innovate the Expander pickup truck to the Philippines? Well, approximate which distributor only threw a spanner inwards the works? Maxus. With this move, 2020 looks to endure a battle royale betwixt 2 Chinese-by-way-of-England siblings.

For those who don’t follow, the MG Extender is essentially a re-badged Maxus T70 which inwards plough is based off the T60 Plus—the model that Maxus Philippines opted to convey in. In representative you’re wondering, visually, the differences don’t sum to much—new headlights, grille, too bumpers.

What could endure the differentiating element is the powertrain The Maxus T70 uses a 2.0-liter engine available inwards either a single- or twin-turbo setup. On the other hand, the Maxus T60 uses a to a greater extent than relaxed 2.8-liter diesel fuel engine producing anywhere betwixt 136 to 150 horsepower too 350-360 Nm of torque—at to the lowest degree for markets where it’s currently sold in.

Even to a greater extent than interesting is that the Maxus T60 truly scored a 5-star security rating inwards the Australasian New Car Assessment Program or ANCAP. In the markets where it is currently sold, it’s too to a greater extent than affordable than the Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger, Mitsubishi Strada, or Nissan Navara making it pop peculiarly alongside the off-roading community.

Maxus Philippines has confirmed that the starting fourth dimension batch of T60 pickup trucks accept arrived yesterday. It volition officially launch yesteryear the starting fourth dimension quarter of 2020 and volition endure available inwards 3 variants: 4x2 M/T, 4x2 A/T, too 4x4 A/T.