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Cheaper to buy isn’t cheaper to own

Comparing the Isuzu D-Max Double Cab (R948 930) and Volkswagen Amarok (R1 259 700) – 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 R366 824 less than the Volkswagen Amarok over five years.
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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
Volkswagen Amarok
Volkswagen

Amarok

DC Aventura 3.0 V6 TDI 4Motion 10-spd Auto
R1 259 700
Price as at 9 Sep 2026
Total per month
R26 610/month
21/21 verified · 3 N/A
Full specifications
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Cost to own
Purchase price
R948 930
R1 259 700+R310 770
Monthly instalment
R16 586
R22 018+R5 432
Fuel per month
R4 429
R4 593+R164
Total per month
R21 015
R26 610+R5 596
Paid over five years
R1 355 772
R1 722 597+R366 824
Still owing after five years
R186 920
R248 135+R61 215
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−44 kW
184 kW
Torque
450 Nm−150 Nm
600 Nm
Transmission
Automatic 6-speed
10-speed automatic
Drivetrain
4x4
4x4
Gears
6
10
Fuel and range
Consumption
8.1 L/100km
8.4 L/100km+0.3 L/100km
Tank size
76 L−4 L
80 L
Range per tank
938 km−14 km
952 km
CO2 emissions
212 g/km
222 g/km+10 g/km
Space and practicality
Seats
5
5
Doors
4
4
Braked towing
3 500 kg
3 500 kg
Ground clearance
232 mm−2 mm
234 mm
Length
5 333 mm
5 350 mm
Load box length
1495 mm−129 mm
1624 mm
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 / 150 000 km
Included plan
Service plan — 6 services / 6 years / 90 000 km
Maintenance plan — 5 services / 5 years / 100 000 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.
~129 authorised service points, as at 18 August 2026 In all 9 provinces. Service & Parts department modelled per pin in Volkswagen's own locator.
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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