Still largely underrated, the 2024 ISUZU D-Max 1.9 X-Rider is full of adventure spirit. We take it to the rugged Cederberg on Freedom Day ...
Yet, it’s not the 2024 ISUZU D-Max 1.9 X-Rider 4×4 that’s top of mind right now. But rather this breathtaking lunar-like vista that spans before me on Freedom Day, of all days. I never thought I’d be so appreciative to be sat on a nameless road, draped along the side of a vast mountain range. Talk about freedom. In the Cederberg, you’re overcome with the miraculous notion you could very well be the last person on earth.
Without a massive corporate overlord, it can shorten lead times, make smarter business decisions and an end product that’s more locally relevant and commercially viable. Therefore, the 2024 ISUZU D-Max 1.9 X-Rider we’re evaluating displays a rare and rewarding kind of purity in how it goes about its business. For ISUZU, the D-Max 1.9 X-Rider represents the essence of a double-cab bakkie. Simple, pared down, no frills, and it’s all the better for it.A rare piece of tarmac in the Cederberg.
Truthfully, there are some vibrations from the 1.9-litre turbodiesel motor, pared to a six-speed automatic. Especially at start-up and during acceleration, but they’re more subdued when you’re moving at highway speeds.of torque may not sound like a lot, but there’s a wealth of response in the correct torque band. It’s got the feel of a workhorse once you get going. It won’t mind toiling away all day on a gravel road.
It gets so remote that Google Maps – running seamlessly through the vehicle’s Apple CarPlay – has no name for the road we’re on. But it runs parallel to the R303 to Citrusdal and the infamously arrow-straight R355 to Calvinia. After hanging a left at the Matjiesrivier Nature Reserve, it’s not long until we enter what feels like the heart of the Cederberg.
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