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Isuzu D-Max vs Volkswagen Caddy

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Isuzu D-Max
Isuzu D-Max

$32,700 - $78,900

2025 price

Volkswagen Caddy
Volkswagen Caddy

2023 price

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2025 Isuzu D-Max
2023 Volkswagen Caddy
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Dislikes
  • No performance improvements
  • Lacks some rivals' electronic 4x4 tech
  • Interior needs more differentiation from LS-U

  • AWD would be nice
  • Issues with bed set-up
  • Not enough handy camping additions
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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2023 Volkswagen Caddy Summary

The universal appeal of road-tripping with a vehicle that offers an all-in-one solution to car camping has been growing enormously in recent years. 

“What’s car camping?”, I hear you ask. Well, I’m talking about staying overnight or longer in a vehicle that affords you the ability to sleep in, eat in, and perhaps even cook in it. 

As such, self-styled camper vans have gained an even bigger foothold in the market in recent years than they had in the years prior to the global pandemic, even though some of these vehicles, like this new VW Caddy California Maxi, don’t offer cooking facilities. That doesn’t seem to faze many (any?) current or potential owners of camper vans, or mini camper vans, or even those who like the idea of car camping, much more than actually ever doing it.

This five-seater van certainly looks the part and fits in with the #vanlife philosophy, but is it worth your consideration in such a variety-packed camper van market? Read on.

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