OBJECTIVELY, and in comparison checks, the aged – in each individual perception of the term – Isuzu MU-X came base of the ute-dependent significant SUV pack, but in the revenue charts it was by much the winner, even outselling well-known urban-oriented selections this sort of as the Hyundai Santa Fe.

 

Individuals who parked a person in their garage were being charmed by the anti-development, workhorse-like character and loved their agricultural-sensation Isuzus to bits. An aged-fashioned SUV backed by aged-fashioned shopper assistance (the brand’s trophy cabinet bulges with awards to this impact).

 

But will this technologies-packed, sleeker and slicker – inside and out – new MU-X appeal to lovers of its rough-edged, straightforward-to-goodness predecessor?

 

Soaring revenue of the hottest D-Max, from which the new MU-X is derived, say certainly. There’s also likely a wealthy seam of new prospects who were being place off by the previous model’s again-to-fundamental principles mother nature but could be persuaded by this new one’s freshness, options and abilities.

 

We tested the major-spec LS-T 4×4 to come across out if the new MU-X retains sufficient of the to start with-generation’s spirit to maintain faithful prospects happy whilst staying great sufficient to catch the attention of new ones.

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