COVER STORY
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MU-X! Its multi-award-winning D-MAX sibling set bold new benchmarks and smashed expectations. Can the All-New Isuzu MU-X match it?
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he first-generation MU-X was a landmark model for Isuzu UTE. Launched in 2013, it became a fixture of Australian garages and best-seller lists alike. Along the way it spent six consecutive years as the most popular ute-based SUV in the country—racking up 50,000 local sales mark by November 2020—and well and truly established itself as a worthy sibling to the indomitable D-MAX. Even more importantly, it helped countless Australians get
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the most out of their wide, brown land. Ours is a continent that’s as tough on vehicles as it is breathtaking. To paraphrase My Country poet Dorothea Mackellar, this sunburnt country is ragged mountain ranges and sweeping plains, from far horizon to ‘jewel-sea’. Droughts and flooding rains alternate throughout. Australia’s variety is endless. Which makes it a unique proving ground for any SUV. But that’s not all. The single most challenging thing about Australia is that drivers must literally be prepared to take the rough with the smooth. Goat track hill climbs rougher than a Russian hangover and freeways smoother than a Frenchman’s pillow talk. Whether they live in Killara or Kakadu, Australian
