Oliver Keohane takes a look at five of the best off-road-equipped double-cab bakkies available in South Africa.
Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to get a first drive of the Ford Ranger Wildtrak X, a Ranger derivative manufactured specifically for the off-road enthusiast. Around the same time, Isuzu released their Arctic Trucks collaboration, the D-Max AT35 – an updated D-Max double-cab, also engineered with trail rather than tar in mind.
This is a subjective list but here is some thought as to what makes the cut. I’ve chosen bakkies that were purpose-built for off-roading, straight from the factory – with more serious off-road suspensions and stock all-terrain tyres as key contributors to the criteria. Thus, this list will look at ground clearance, departure and approach angles and water wading depths for those wanting to know what the most suitable off-roading machine would be for future endeavours.
What follows now is a quick look at the more specialised off-road double cabs, in an ever-saturating segment of the motoring world! In no particular order…Perhaps the first vehicle that would spring to mind for the contemporary customer, Ford’s newest Ranger Raptor is an off-road machine, described once bydigital editor Alex Shahini as a ‘dune decimator’ following its Namibian launch.
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