Kim Henson assesses Isuzu’s D-Max Double Cab (five seater) pick-up, in special STEEL Edition guise – limited to just 300 examples. In the spring of this year I tested the mid-range, comprehensively-equipped Isuzu D-Max DL40 Double Cab during a week of mixed motoring, and was impressed by its build quality, toughness and comfort; built for hard work but easy to drive and to live with in daily use. … [Read more...]
Latest Ford Ranger – Road Test
THE 2020 REVISED FORD RANGER - RANGE ROUNDUP. David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) tells all… *In the UK the award winning Ford Ranger sold 16,458 units in 2019, retaining its top sales position. The 2019 pick-up market sector saw 53,055 total sales, a 1% fall over 2018. Europe’s, and the UK’s, best selling pick-up range received major changes towards the end of last year plus the addition … [Read more...]
Latest Mitsubishi L200 Pick-up – First Impressions
ON THE RIGHT TRACKS – THE NEW MITSUBISHI 6 SERIES L200 PICK-UP RANGE… …David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) reports. Arriving in UK Mitsubishi Motors showrooms in time for the new registration plate month of September is the new Series 6 L200 Pick-Up range, where the Double Cab versions are the most popular for business, hard graft and leisure uses. Mitsubishi say the Series 6 is more … [Read more...]
Mitsubishi L200 – Road Test
Mitsubishi L200 Warrior Double Cab Auto... ...Test-driven by Robin Roberts (and Miles Better News Agency). It takes a special sort of vehicle to survive, challenge and virtually dominate a sector of sales, and that’s what the Mitsubishi L200 has done for decades. It’s about to be reborn for the sixth time, but before it is I wanted to see what the Series 5 offers to explain its stranglehold … [Read more...]
Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian – Road Test
David Miles (Miles Better News Agency) reviews the Mitsubishi L200 Barbarian SVP Double Cab Pick-up. The award winning Mitsubishi L200 pick-up range is now into its fifth generation and the line-up includes Single Cab, Club Cab and Double Cab versions with UK prices starting from £18,500 excluding VAT as they are classed as commercial vehicles. The latest addition to the best selling line up … [Read more...]
Mitsubishi L200 (Series 5) Club Cab 4Life Pick-up Road Test
Tough On (and Off) the Streets… Kim Henson assesses the Club Cab 4 Life version of Mitsubishi’s Series 5 L200 Pick-up. (All words and photos by Kim). The first time I drove a Mitsubishi was in 1984, when road-testing that vehicle as part of the team on the wonderful and much-lamented ‘Practical Motorist’ magazine. The then-current, first generation short wheelbase Shogun was the subject of … [Read more...]
Latest Nissan Navara Road Test
New Nissan Navara Double Cab Arrives in a Growing Market Sector. It’s assessed here by David Miles (Miles Better News Agency). In the mid 1990’s UK sales of Double Cab Pick-Ups were at their peak with registrations led by the Mitsubishi L200 range. Then the Government changed and upped the Benefit-in-Kind tax levels on these work and leisure vehicles, which dulled sales and then registrations of … [Read more...]