{"id":4320,"date":"2025-10-01T08:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/?p=4320"},"modified":"2025-10-01T08:58:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T08:58:23","slug":"c0110003_deadly-mind-reading-stunt-stuns-judges-on-britain-got-talent-ultimate-magician_part2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/?p=4320","title":{"rendered":"C0110003_Deadly Mind Reading Stunt Stuns Judges on Britain Got Talent Ultimate Magician!_part2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isuzu has handed the D-Max and MU-X an update \u2013 though no changes have been made to the exterior or interior; instead revisions lie beneath the bonnet. Indeed, replacing the 1.9-litre turbocharged oil-burner, the Japanese automaker\u2019s popular bakkie and its seven-seater SUV sibling has received a 2.2-litre, four-cylinder turbodiesel mill, which joins the 3.0-litre unit in the range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new 2.2-litre engine produces 120 kW and 400 N.m \u2013 the full complement of the latter available from 1 600 r\/min. Compared to the outgoing, 1.9-litre oil-burner, the new powerplant delivers an additional 10 kW and 50 N.m of torque. The 2.2-litre engine is exclusively coupled with a new Aisin eight-speed automatic transmission; replacing the manual gearbox across the D-Max and MU-X lineups.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F100088633698345%2Fvideos%2F771131135550566%2F&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Isuzu D-Max &amp; MU-X Gain New Diesel Engine<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmag.co.za\/category\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u25aa\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/svg\/25aa.svg\">&nbsp;Posted&nbsp;September 26, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By: Cale Nuttall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\" alt=\"facebook sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\" alt=\"twitter sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/sharethis.svg\" alt=\"sharethis sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/linkedin.svg\" alt=\"linkedin sharing button\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Isuzu has updated its D-Max and MU-X powertrain lineup; replacing the 1.9-litre unit with a more powerful 2.2-litre. But will it come to South Africa?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_999646585\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.carmag.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Isuzu-D-Max-and-MU-X-2.2-litre-engine-768x461.jpg\" alt=\"Isuzu D-Max and MU-X\" class=\"wp-image-999646585\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Isuzu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isuzu has handed the D-Max and MU-X an update \u2013 though no changes have been made to the exterior or interior; instead revisions lie beneath the bonnet. Indeed, replacing the 1.9-litre turbocharged oil-burner, the Japanese automaker\u2019s popular bakkie and its seven-seater SUV sibling has received a 2.2-litre, four-cylinder turbodiesel mill, which joins the 3.0-litre unit in the range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new 2.2-litre engine produces 120 kW and 400 N.m \u2013 the full complement of the latter available from 1 600 r\/min. Compared to the outgoing, 1.9-litre oil-burner, the new powerplant delivers an additional 10 kW and 50 N.m of torque. The 2.2-litre engine is exclusively coupled with a new Aisin eight-speed automatic transmission; replacing the manual gearbox across the D-Max and MU-X lineups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Isuzu claims a 6.6 L\/100km average fuel consumption for the 4\u00d74 D-Max SX double-cab bakkie \u2013 thus offering improved fuel efficiency compared to the 6.9 L\/100km of the equivalent variant powered by the 1.9-litre engine.&nbsp;The 2.2-litre MU-X LS-U 4\u00d74 has a claimed average fuel consumption of 6.7 L\/100 km, an improvement of 0.7 L\/100 km over the 1.9-litre model\u2019s 7.4 L\/100 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with boosts in power and torque, braked towing capacity has been improved, too, from 3 000 to 3 500 kg, over the 1.9-litre models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Standard equipment across the D-Max and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmag.co.za\/car-reviews\/driving-impressions\/review-isuzu-mu-x-3-0td-onyx-xt-4x4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MU-X<\/a>&nbsp;range remains unchanged, except for the addition of start-stop functionality, which has also been adopted by the 3.0-litre models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will the new engine be available in SA?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the updated Isuzu D-Max and MU-X are already available in Australia, Isuzu Motors South Africa has told CAR Magazine that we won\u2019t receive the new powertrain in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isuzu has handed the D-Max and MU-X an update \u2013 though no changes have been made to the exterior or interior; instead revisions lie beneath the bonnet. Indeed, replacing the 1.9-litre turbocharged oil-burner, the Japanese automaker\u2019s popular bakkie and its seven-seater SUV sibling has received a 2.2-litre, four-cylinder turbodiesel mill, which joins the 3.0-litre unit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4322,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4320\/revisions\/4322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gottanlent.vansonnguyen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}