Isuzu Dmax Owners [continued]

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....But we were NOT fortunate enough as Pinoys in having this "hood-scoop" model in Pinas.... What a pity for a 3rd world society such the Philippines is hikbi!

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malamang nagkamali lang talaga ng strategy ang isuzu....

Mismo sir ....Tapos nagtataka bakit hindi na malaks ang benta ng D-max gaya dati to absorb ang cost of local assembly hay.... No. 6 nalang Isuzu ngaun sa overall car sales sa Pinas. Natalo na sila ng Ford Philippines ;)

Dati ang lakas ng sales ng D-max, noong all Thai imports like the old 4JH1-TC (136 hp, 280 Nm at 2000 rpm).... At this pont in time say 2004 and earlier, at par tayo with the Thai model D-max (and MU-7 was to the Alterra)[.... But after that period, wala na dahil puros Isuzu-Laguna plant na ang assembly line for Pinas at dahil hindi kayang maki-compete sa cost of plant assembly (operating cost ng Isuzu factory sa Pinas which is high in Pinas compared sa Thailand) such that the VGS Turbo option can be made locally, kahit nga sa Australia, directly imported ang D-max "hood-scoop" from Thailand. There must be something (i don't know of though) why they don't wanna make the "hood-scoop" model here - does it entail a section revision of the plant and delivery of engine components for the VGS Turbo, other than it runs only in Euro 3 to 5 fuel, or does it have to entail an engine modification so that the VGS D-max can run in our Euro 2 and dirty fuel (contaminants) supplies in the country?

akala nila pwede nila gawin yung ginawa nila sa hilander pinalitan ng kaha naging crosswind pero same engine tapos mas lumaki sales nila..sa case ng dmax ngayon ilan palang nakita ko sa daan sa all new nila pero mag almost mag 2 months na mula nung ni launch nila,.natalo talaga sila ng hilux at ranger..malay natin pag mag start na production nila sa planta yung vgs na isalpak nila para makasabay man lang sa sales...opinyon ko lang nman po yan.

Harinawa sir, sana this time nga yung updated VGS Turbo na engine, it's an updated/slightly tweaked out 2006 base platform engine of the old 4JJ1-TC standard turbo like our D-max that was designed in 2004. Na-update itong old base engine 4JJ1-TC standard with a VNT or VGT (or VGS Turbo, pare-pareho lang mga yan), hence in 2006 the 4JJ1-TCX came out (previously at 163 hp, 360 Nm torque from 1800-2800 rpm for the manual-tranny, 333 Nm naman sa auto). Sa Europe, Africa, and Australasian region dubbed ito as 3.0 TD Intercooler, whilst sa Thailand 3.0 iTEQ VGS Turbo.

Hanep kapag yang makinang yan ang binigay pa sana sa atin noon pa and that we perhaps won't mind (that we would even love it hehe ) to have that 3.0 iTEQ VGS Turbo emblem sa ating mga local D-max at Alterra if everything came straight latest model from Thailand way back in 2006, still as import.... Tapos hood-scoop pati ang porma hehe ;)

....Though we're also in favour of local job generation here the reason why the Isuzu-Laguna plant was set up.... Cheers sir Nabig. Regards.