Isuzu Australia has revealed it will launch a new truck range in 2025 to the local market that will focus on safer road user and driver wellbeing.
The all-new model line-up will evolve Isuzu’s long established SEE (safety, economy, environment) engineering approach, continuing the product design philosophy used by parent company Isuzu Motors Limited (IML).
The foundation premise of the truck range is about driver societal wellbeing, with more advanced safety technology and a class-leading driver environment being pivotal to the line-up.
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Both through active safety and passive safety, Isuzu’s new range includes a “vastly improved” safety suite that meets mandatory Australian Design Rule (ADR) regulatory changes for areas such as Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Advanced Emergency Braking (AEB) and new emission levels treatment.
Although many Australian model N, F and FX-FY Series models already include these safety features, Isuzu says the latest models will take the overall concept of truck safety to a whole new level.
The new N Series will be underpinned by a new advanced electrical architecture, including seven all-new active safety features alongside the eight system already available in the Advanced Driver Assistance System, or ADAS, found in current 4×2 N Series variants.
Additions will include Full Speed Adaptive Cruise Control on all two-pedal models, Miss Acceleration Mitigation on selected models and Bi-LED headlamps with integrated Daytime Running Lamps.
The N Series will also include Traffic Sign Recognition using stereo camera technology, combining with the Intelligent Speed Limiter function.
For medium-duty applications, the F Series will receive a “substantial upgrade” to its safety systems, with 12 active and passive systems to be featured.
On the FX-FY Series that will arrive next year, ESC and Lane Keep Assist will boost safety systems onboard to ensure highway driving is made safer.
Isuzu Australia chief of product Matt Sakhaie says the current spate of driver shortage is also acknowledged in this new line-up, with little changes made to make driving more comfortable and safer for people behind the wheel.
“Challenges relating to driver attraction and retention is a global road transport issue, and one experienced by numerous countries around the world,” Sakhaie says.
“There are of course a complex range of factors at play here but chief amongst them is a rapidly aging global population – and at the other end of the spectrum – a lack of young people entering the profession.
“One critical aspect that Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) like Isuzu can influence is the continued development of safe, comfortable and professional workspaces for drivers to ply their trade.
“Well beyond the raft of new and exclusive active and passive safety features coming as part of its Australian release, Isuzu’s all-new line-up has amassed a string of critical in-cab improvements that rarely catch the headlines.”
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