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Isuzu D-Max vs Ford Transit Custom

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Isuzu D-Max
Isuzu D-Max

$32,700 - $78,900

2025 price

Ford Transit Custom
Ford Transit Custom

$56,590 - $62,990

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Dislikes
  • No performance improvements
  • Lacks some rivals' electronic 4x4 tech
  • Interior needs more differentiation from LS-U

  • Conservative exterior styling
  • Limited model choices
  • Diesel only? Where’s the hybrid, Ford?
2025 Isuzu D-Max Summary

These days, all the cool kids are buying utes that look like they’ve been working out.

They stand out with their toned bodies, muscular stance, rugged boots and ready-for-action names, like Warrior, Rogue, Thunder and – of course – Raptor.

Such suffixes are far sexier than just Navara, HiLux, BT-50 and Ranger, respectively.

Now, Australia’s third best-selling ute, the Isuzu D-Max, joins the club with the Blade.

Is it fit enough to run with the other pumped-up utes?

Let’s find out.

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2025 Ford Transit Custom Summary

Everybody knows the bestselling vehicles in Australia are utes.

It’s been like that since the middle of last decade when the Toyota HiLux and more latterly, the Ford Ranger steamrolled their way to the top of the pops.

But did you know in the UK in 2021 and 2022 the number-one vehicle was the recently-superseded Ford Transit Custom?

Now there’s the all-new, fifth-gen version (and the second to wear the Custom suffix), arriving at your Ford dealers now across Australia, targeting the Hyundai Staria Load and the evergreen Toyota HiAce amongst a troop of others.

A pioneer amongst mid-sized vans, the British-born, Türkiye-built Transit Custom has long traded on European engineering – with premium pricing to match.

Is the newcomer worth the extra money? Let’s find out.

 

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