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Cheaper to buy isn’t cheaper to own

Comparing the Isuzu D-Max Double Cab (R948 930) and Isuzu MU-X (R973 700) – see how price, engine, warranty and safety stack up below.

The instalment, the fuel bill and the five-year figure — worked out on your deposit, your rate and your driving. Every specification below comes from a verified record.

The five-year figure is finance instalments and fuel only — it does not include servicing, insurance, tyres or depreciation. It is a cost-to-buy-and-run comparison, not a full cost of ownership.

The Isuzu D-Max Double Cab costs R12 050 less than the Isuzu MU-X over five years.
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Lowest monthly
Isuzu D-Max Double Cab
Isuzu

D-Max Double Cab

3.0 DDi V-Cross 4X4 A/T
R948 930
Price as at 9 Sep 2026
Total per month
R21 015/month
21/21 verified · 3 N/A
Full specifications
Isuzu MU-X
Isuzu

MU-X

3.0 DDi LSE 4x4 AT
R973 700
Price as at 18 Aug 2026 · price unverified
Total per month
R21 174/month
24/24 verified
Full specifications
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Cost to own
Purchase price
R948 930
R973 700+R24 770
Monthly instalment
R16 586
R17 019+R433
Fuel per month
R4 429+R273
R4 155
Total per month
R21 015
R21 174+R160
Paid over five years
R1 355 772
R1 367 822+R12 050
Still owing after five years
R186 920
R191 799+R4 879
Assumptions: fuel at 95 petrol R30.25/L, 50ppm diesel R32.80/L (inland, official prices from 7 Oct 2026); interest at 11.75% (prime 10.75%, South African Reserve Bank from 25 Sep 2026, plus 1%).
Engine and drivetrain
Fuel type
Diesel (50ppm)
Diesel (50ppm)
Engine
3.0 L
3.0 L
Power
140 kW
140 kW
Torque
450 Nm
450 Nm
Transmission
Automatic 6-speed
6-Speed Automatic
Drivetrain
4x4
4x4
Gears
6
6
Fuel and range
Consumption
8.1 L/100km+0.5 L/100km
7.6 L/100km
Tank size
76 L−4 L
80 L
Range per tank
938 km−114 km
1 052 km
CO2 emissions
212 g/km+12 g/km
200 g/km
Space and practicality
Seats
5−2
7
Doors
4
5
Boot (all seats up)
Not published
311 L
Boot (behind 2nd row)
Not published
1 119 L
Boot (seats folded)
Not published
2 138 L
Braked towing
3 500 kg
3 500 kg
Ground clearance
232 mm−3 mm
235 mm
Length
5 333 mm
4 850 mm
Load box length
1495 mm
Not published
Most manufacturers don’t state which measurement standard they use, so boot figures are approximate for comparison.
Ownership and cover
Warranty
5 yr / 120 000 km
5 yr / 120 000 km
Included plan
Service plan — 6 services / 6 years / 90 000 km
Service plan — 6 services / 6 years / 90 000 km
Service interval
15 000 km / 12 mo
15 000 km / 12 mo
Spare wheel
Full-size
Full-size
Service network
~96 authorised service points, as at 18 August 2026 In all 9 provinces. Counted on Isuzu's own locator via its bakkie_service flag; about 142 including truck-only sites.
~96 authorised service points, as at 18 August 2026 In all 9 provinces. Counted on Isuzu's own locator via its bakkie_service flag; about 142 including truck-only sites.
Safety and off-road
Safety rating
5 stars (ANCAP 2022)
No crash-test rating for this version
Airbags
8
7−1
Differential lock
Yes
Yes

What we haven’t verified yet

Blank cells are figures the manufacturer doesn’t publish for South Africa, or that we haven’t confirmed against an official source. We leave them empty rather than estimating them. A third kind of blank is different again: some fields don’t apply to a vehicle at all — an electric car has no fuel tank — and those are named separately below and left out of that vehicle’s verified count, which is why the counts on the cards above can be out of different totals.

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Cost-to-own figures are illustrative only: a standard reducing-balance loan calculation using the deposit, trade-in, balloon, interest rate, term and driving assumptions above, plus fuel at the price you set. They exclude insurance, licensing and servicing, and are not a loan quote — get a real quote from our Finance Calculator. Specifications shown are the fields we’ve verified against official South African sources for each vehicle; anything not shown is marked “Not published” rather than estimated.

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