Just five years ago, the Isuzu Philippines passenger-car line-up seemed rather bleak and Jurassic.
For one, the Crosswind – a vehicle with a chassis and engine as old as time itself – was surviving more on facelifts than an ageing telenovela star. Meanwhile, the first-generation D-MAX pick-up truck and its ungainly sport utility vehicle sibling, the seven-seat Alterra, were likewise long-in-the-tooth, especially in the face of more refined and more sophisticated competition.