Isuzu

The long-haul hauler, for when the luggage is the problem. Isuzu’s India 4x4s are the D-Max V-Cross, a pickup, and the mu-X, a wagon. The desk names which one is free. Both are ladder-frame diesels with a low range.

Private groups who want a tough, comfortable cabin for the full circuit.

What the maker publishes

• D-Max V-Cross. Pickup. The bed is the point. Cabin is not a six-seat coach
• mu-X. Seven-seat wagon. 1.9-litre diesel, 163 PS and 360 Nm in the published India tune
• Drive. Selectable 4x4 with low range, on both
• What we use it for. A film kit, a winter camp, or a group whose bags will not fit a Scorpio

Isuzu D-Max V-Cross and mu-X, India specification. The desk confirms which one.

How it behaves up here

Five is the right tool. One means we will talk you out of it. This is our yard, not the brochure.

Strong and slow to complain. Size is the tax.

Low range and a real frame.

Capable. A long wheelbase does not love a surprise drift.

This is the quiet, untiring day.

A working cabin, especially the pickup.

Nothing else in the yard swallows a kit like this.

You will wait for the sheep, and for the bus.