Isuzu to use GM diesels for new Indian market pickup

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Isuzu is set to use diesel engines sourced from General Motors for its new Indian pickup truck in a bid to lower costs as well as reduce the demand for technology development.

According to the Nikkei, some 100,000 engines – to be built by GM in India – will find their way into the low-cost truck, which will begin selling in 2016. The Japanese automaker’s plan is to come up with an affordable pickup for customers in India and Africa.

The report doesn’t indicate if the vehicle will be a completely new model specific to the target market or effectively an evolution of the current second-gen D-Max. The companies have already been collaborating on pickups – the Chevrolet Colorado is sold as the i-Series by Isuzu, and both automakers jointly developed the second-gen Isuzu D-Max, which debuted in 2011.

While both the Colorado and D-Max share the same platform, each uses their respective maker’s engines, but with the upcoming truck all this is set to change. Just how active Isuzu will continue to develop and utilise its own engines for its trucks in other markets remains to be seen.

The daily said that the cooperation is set to further strengthen ties between the two companies – GM is keen to tap into Isuzu’s foothold in ASEAN markets as well as its diesel technology, while Isuzu wants to lessen the burden of developing technologies.

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Comments

  • Josh Ling on Aug 05, 2013 at 12:57 pm

    why you want to use someone else’s diesel engine, if you have some rather decent diesel engines that can run with poor quality diesel some more?? not to mention those engines are “ready stock”, and they don’t have to come up with something totally new…..

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    • As usual, they save shipping cost of Isuzu engine as well from Thailand or China. So they rather take GM engine in India.

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  • hantu on Aug 05, 2013 at 1:10 pm

    I want A and B segment diesel cars come to our shore same as India.

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    • lonelyobserve on Aug 05, 2013 at 4:01 pm

      Everything is possible in Boleh Land if all fuel (petrol and diesel) here are upgraded to Euro IV or above standard, not current ~300ppm sulphur content Euro 2M standard fuel.

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  • new dmax test drive plsss.wanna know know her comfortness level compare with triton

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    • It depends on people’s opinion. My opinion, it is wider than triton almost in every way, handle better especially the back traction. Power, hard to match with triton vgt.

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  • looks like India are more advance than us in term of fuel which meet today’s pollution quality.

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