Isuzu and Arctic Trucks reveal next-gen AT35 off-roader

Isuzu UK has pulled the wraps off its 2022 D-Max AT35 and we’re asking –why can’t we have one?

While Isuzu Ute Australia is currently selling every one of its D-Max 4×4 utes it can get in the country and the waiting lists are extending out to months for some models, the one variant we wish IUA would introduce here is the D-Max AT35.

Isuzu in the UK has had a long relationship with Iceland’s Arctic Trucks which build some of the coolest, glacier climbing, big-wheel 4x4s on the planet. This has seen the UK market getting specifically engineered AT versions of the D-Max for a few years now, and the company has just pulled the covers off its AT35 version of the current model D-Max, set to go on sale there early in 2022.

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Like the AT35 models of the past, the new D-Max AT35 is fitted with 35-inch off road tyres and to make them fit, Arctic Trucks modifies the D-Max with a strengthened chassis, Bilstein suspension and the all-terrain wheel and tyre package.

“Our partnership with Isuzu now stretches back years and during that time, we have had several versions of the Isuzu D-Max AT35 however this is the best yet,” says Peter Smith, Arctic Trucks UK Managing Director.

The D-Max AT35 isn’t just about big tyres and off road performance. Based on the top of the range, D-Max V-Cross (UK) it features a leather trimmed interior with Arctic Trucks branded headrests and floor mats plus all the luxury and safety feature that the D-max comes with as standard.

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The AT35 is sold through Isuzu UK dealers and is covered by the full factory warranty there. All UK D-Maxes are powered by the 1.9-litre, 360NM RZ4E diesel engine that will be introduced in Australia on just the entry-level SX 4×2 cab-chassis early in 2022. The Brits don’t get the well-proven 3.0-litre so loved by Australian owners.

Just think what the demand would be like if we could get a 3.0-litre powered AT35 D-Max here; the dealers wouldn’t be able to keep up with it.