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I have to thank Oliver Dixon from the World Trucks blog for pointing etruck towards this story in Reuters. The report talks about a story due to appear in the German ‘Manager Magazin’ suggesting Volkswagen may use MAN to take a stake in Isuzu trucks. So far, no detail of any offer has been reported [...]

Driving the new CNG powered Isuzu is a very surprising experience. Those of us who are used to driving diesels will get a pleasant surprise when they get behind the wheel. To begin with there are the preconceptions we bring to gas trucks, probably as a result of driving gutless LPG gas conversions, that they [...]

Today etruck is taking the new CNG powered Isuzu range out for a spin. There are a number of models from 4.5 to 14 tonne GVM using Compressed Natural Gas as a fuel for specially designed and built gas engines. Performance is claimed to be as good as if not better than their diesel counterparts. [...]

Today etruck is out on the Bruce Highway in Quensland testing a bunch of Isuzus. This morning it is the top of the range 510 hp Giga prime mover hauling a full B-double set. It’s great to see how far the Japanese truck makers have come in recent years since they decided to become outward [...]

Australia’s economic growth, when the economy recovers from the current financial crisis, will be hamstrung by urban congestion if the right investment in infrastructure is not put into place before a growing economy puts an unbearable burden on the current urban transport landscape. This is the opinion of Phil Taylor, Isuzu COO, who acknowledges the [...]

  2008 may be the year natural gas, in all its forms, finally gets a bit of credibility in the transport industry in Australia. On the evidence of the recent Brisbane Truck Show the truck manufacturers are now taking gas power seriously and on the evidence of operator interest at the the same show, gas [...]

  The guys at Isuzu say they are going to release four ultra-low emission CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) powered trucks in coming months as part of the company’s long-term low emissions strategy. This is a bold move from the Japanese truck maker and Isuzu are not in the game of making rash moves, they must [...]

Isuzu’s Director and Chief Operating Officer, Phil Taylor. is drawing the industry’s attention to the yawning gap between the public perception of trucks on the road and the actual facts as they stand today. On reading the report from a recent survey into the public attitude towards the transport industry there is a very obvious [...]

Aimed squarely at business owners who may have outgrown a one tonne utility or van, the release of the entry level ready-to-work Isuzu NLR 200 Traypack, available in both a short and medium wheelbase, has a payload capacity of approximately two tonnes.

According to a report by the Kyodo News Agency in Japan, Isuzu is in talks to buy General Motors’ truck manufacturing operation. GM is struggling as a corporation and is desperate for funds while Isuzu are looking to extend their manufacturing capacity outside of Japan. GM ended their long-time relationship with Isuzu several years ago, [...]