From Japan, out of Thailand - and this Isuzu D-Max ute is all ours - Stuff.co.nz
It has been developed by a Japanese manufacturer, and it is built in Thailand, but New Zealand is the only country in the world that gets it. The ute is the two-wheel drive version of the Isuzu D-Max LS-T, a highly specified vehicle which boosts... So Isuzu NZ decided it wanted a piece of the action, and approached Isuzu headquarters in Japan with a proposal for its own highly-equipped 2WD ute. But only New Zealand gets the 2WD version, said marketing manager Gareth Lowndes at a media conference in Auckland on Friday. "We believe there's a market for a highly specified 2WD ute. It will build on the performance of our 4WD models and add to D-Max sales," he said. In fact, Isuzu NZ is so confident of good sales growth that the company believes it can move into third place in ute sales behind Ford and Toyota. Source: www.stuff.co.nz
