Review Isuzu MU-X Indonesia, SUV Car, Brand Isuzu, launced since 2014, SUV 7 Seater, Diesel Engine, Cheaper than the competitors, Double Cabin, Good Value for Money, Ride Quality @InfoCars
Review Isuzu MU-X Indonesia
Although it has been launched since 2014 ago, Isuzu MU-X
name is less popular in our ears. In 2016 it finally InfoCars acquainted with Isuzu and managed to kidnap one unit
Isuzu MU-X unit 2015 is used as the Isuzu car test drive media.
Earlier, in 2015 ago Isuzu give a little update on the
MU-X. From the exterior, we get DRL LED on the front bumper, and in the
interior, we get a piano black panel combined with dark wood paneling that made it a little more luxurious.
Eksterior
Isuzu MU-X is a 7 seater SUV that had a ladder frame chassis Pajero Sport
and Toyota Fortuner, he has a twin in the form with the name Chevrolet Trailblazer
and double cabin version with the name of the Isuzu D-Max.
Dimensions of the car is quite large with a length of 4,825 mm, width 1,860
mm and height of 1,840 mm. MU-X also become the tallest with a ground clearance
of up to 230 millimeters beat Pajero Sport in numbers 218 millimeters and
Toyota Fortuner at number 220 millimeters.
Isuzu MU-X face is quite acceptable, not good very good, but not bad also,
it seems everyone can accept this car front face that looks dashing. Headlamp
MU-X drawn sharp projection has been used, but not equipped with HID or LED. At
night the lighting is more than enough for me. What we did not like the front
grille that has too much chrome.
Shape the back of this car is its superiority in my
opinion, it looks disproportionate and unsightly. If he had a rear lamp LED lights, this car can certainly look more
beautiful.
In addition, the things we do not like it there at his
wheel design that looks old. The design looks like the Isuzu Panther 90s. I
wish you had more money, it seems appropriate to use new wheels to replace the
more cross-eyed when buying this car. The rest no complaints.
Get in Car
Because it is a car which is highest in its class, of
course, get into the car is also noticeably more difficult, fortunately we get
a foot step that makes it easy to get into. Sitting in a chair MU-X also feels
very commanding because it was so high.
The car seat is equipped with electric setting is very
easy, chair comfortable enough although not as comfortable as the new Fortuner
or Pajero Sport. Setting the driving position is also quite okay although not
equipped with telescopic and still feels too high. Circumference of the wheel
has been coated skin that feels quite hard, the steering wheel buttons is quite
complete because the left we get audio control, and on the right there is a
cruise control which is the only one in its class.
Dashboard design Isuzu MU-X is still familiar with the
Isuzu D-Max, not bad, but also not good as well. Isuzu already make every effort
to polish the look to make it more luxurious dashboard with the use of piano
black accents and black wooden panels. Built quality and fit and finish of this
car was still less than the maximum, nor with the selection of a plastic
material that is too hard as the Indian car, but it still looks neat and okay.
Indeed, the interior view, Isuzu MU-X is not the champion, but when it comes to
storage of goods, hmmm…. Isuzu MU-X would come
out as a champion, in MU-X a lot of storage space ranging from small to large.
Good job!
Still about the interior, let us discuss thoroughly
beforehand. For cars with a price of 440 millions of which have a discount
large enough, the car features quite complete in the industry for a matter of
convenience, we get a keyless entry system with push start stop engine as
standard, upholstery and door trim is coated leather, AC digital form which is
quite futuristic and JVC head unit after market that has enough features
complete.
Now about the audio, there is something quite interesting
to be discussed. Head unit MU-X has a capacitive touchscreen display that is
responsive to the touch, it looks good and can be connected easily via the
internet with wi-fi. Isuzu equip this car with 3D surround sound system has
eight speakers, four main speakers, 2 tweeters and 2 exciter which is located
on the roof of the cabin. The goal is to create a surround sound that makes it
sound like there is around us.
Indeed, the audio is quite unique, we can adjust the
height level of vocal sounds from below to above, it was like
raising the speakers from the top down. Unique indeed, but the sound quality of
the car is quite standard, the audio produced approximately the same as the
Fortuner, more character to the bass and middle, but his treble barely audible. Another feature of the head unit
is in a Bluetooth connection, USB, AUX, features rear parking camera, GPS
navigation but not in it.
Further, into the second row seat, this car has the
headroom and legroom is more than adequate, reasonably comfortable chair, high
seat position and has reclining pretty okay. We get conditioned to the third
row individually with ventilation holes like the Chevrolet Spin.
Sign into the third row, middle seat folding this car
feels quite heavy due to the use hinges were large and thick. In the third row
seats, we get a chair that is simple with limited headroom and legroom, but
still in the category enough. Legroom this car could actually be okay again if
the middle seat can be made sliding.
Before we continued driving, the car had a baggage whose dimensions are
similar to the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, the rear seats can be folded flat to
the middle of the floor with ease. Unfortunately, the loss of storage in the
trunk make the car trunk becomes uneven floors.
Start Your Engine!
Press the push-button engine start stop, and the machine will vibrate a
little, then lit up like a diesel car in general. Sound and vibration of this
engine is still felt into the cabin even though it is quite minimal. Engine vibration
is not as smooth as Pajero Sport Dakar, but better than the Toyota Fortuner
which has super GD engine. Hearing the sound of the engine of this car makes me
nostalgic to the sound of the engine Isuzu Panther early 2000s, where the Isuzu
Panther year is the first car I drove to learn to drive.
Hit the gas pedal, and yes, this car is its engine roaring sound exactly
like the Isuzu Panther. MU-X is equipped with a 2500 cc engine with 136 PS
power at 3,400 rpm and torque of 320 Nm at engine speed 1,800 to 2,800. For a
car with Turbo VGT, this power is far from spectacular considering this power
more or less the same as Pajero Sport Exceed.
By the time we tried it, we assessed the car engine is still included in
the category enough, indeed, to accelerate we have to step on the gas pedal
deep enough, but it was more than enough and the machines that have the energy
bursting in the middle rounds this sense of speed pretty good, in the sense
that when picking up speed with this car, there is still a sense of hardness,
not linear like the Toyota Fortuner.
The thing we did not like on this car is on its turbo lag is quite
pronounced when we accelerate from rest. From the state of silence and then we
yanked the gas pedal of a sudden, there was a pause that just feels so make
time 0 to 100 kilometers per hour the car is a little bit stagnant in the early
start, turbo lag is especially felt if the car accelerated from rest. But if
the car accelerate from already running, it seems the car is still able to reliably
overtake other vehicles outside the city.
Her automatic transmission works like a modern automatic
transmission, he feels fine and tend to switch gears at low speed, if you did
not feel comfortable, Isuzu provides manual mode without a paddle shifter on
the gear lever. We several times often use the manual mode, because power this
engine feels punchy at 2,000 to 3,000 rpm. Oh yes, this car has a rpm red line
in the figure 4,200, something like the Pajero Sport Dakar in numbers 4,000
rpm.
Tries this car on a straight road, the engine still feels
light to accelerate to 120 kilometers per hour, passing from 120, it was the
engine is starting to feel a little heavy, the traffic conditions are not so
lonely highway in the city, we could reach speeds of 140 kilometers per hour.
At high speeds, the car has a good damping cabin on tire noise and wind noise.
This car has an empty weight of 1,980 kg, slightly
heavier than the Pajero Sport and 150 kilos lighter than the Toyota Fortuner
latest, with a power that is not much different from the Fortuner, it was the
performance of this car is still 11-12 with the latest Fortuner. But when
compared with the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport Dakar, the engine clearly different
class.
Fuel consumption is also quite economical, we use back
and forth from the Blok M to Kelapa Gading every day for 4 consecutive days,
from the position almost full, indicator of fuel the car is still showing over
half a bit, but we wear it on congestion and had several attempts acceleration.
Perhaps this is the most economical diesel cars we've ever tried.
Ride Quality
The car's suspension is relatively soft. Body roll is also very pronounced as
ladder frame SUV in general. Isuzu use gas shock arbsorber more advanced than
the shock absorber fluid, so that the rough road surface feels smooth in this
car. Fortunately, Isuzu MU-X provides Electronic
Stability Control that this car is not easily knocked over or slip when making
sudden maneuvers at high speeds.
With a very soft suspension, the car is dependable
fatherly take off-road terrain, even when the car is invited to jump, the
suspension is able to absorb shocks well compared with the cars we've ever
tried. Walking on uneven road surfaces are also not a serious problem, because
this car has a ground clearance of 230 millimeters is very high.
The steering wheel feels quite heavy and solid feel, but
at higher speeds, the feel of the steering wheel is straight disappear
instantly even though he was using a hydraulic power steering models. As the ladder
frame SUV, of course we have to understand if the car driving away from the
dynamic word, let alone the highest ground clearance in its class. But we think
the car body roll and handling is still acceptable for everyday use and long
distance.
Driving a car is for us bother easy, we're glad this car
has a driving position is high enough so that the front hood of this car will
be seen and compared with competitors, Isuzu MU-X has glass are large and easy
to see which way the course, A pillar is its still tasted great typical modern
cars today, but we think it is not a problem. It makes a little difficult to
bring this car is on a large body and the radius of rotation that feels less
superior, he has a turning radius of 5.8 meters, or the same as the latest
Toyota Fortuner.
Braking of the car has pedals that felt soft, so if you
want to put the brakes gently so other passengers feel uncomfortable, the car
is reliable. Isuzu also not stingy, they provide four disc brakes on the Isuzu
MU-X latest on all wheels.
Sitting in the second row, this car still feels good, it
feels a little stiff in his chair, but can sustain our bodies well. In the
second bench we also easily feel the comfort of the car suspension that can be
relied upon for long trips. The difficulty that you will face when sitting on
the bench seat in the second there when entered, because as we said before,
this car is really high.
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Conclusion
Peeking price tag of MU-X is cheaper than the competitors
(especially when coupled big discount), it could say this car is a good option
if you are reluctant to spend almost 500 million for a 7 seater ladder frame
SUV. With the price of an 440-million, or might we say the car was 400 million
just after the discount, we get a dashing SUV with features.
Call it the electric driver seat, climate control air
conditioning, leather seats, ESC, TCS, keyless entry with push start stop
engines, AC Digital, exciter speaker, four disc brakes, there is even a feature
not shared by competitors present in the car, ie cruise control and gas shock
absorbers. With a price tag of less expensive compared to competitors, this car
feels very okay if used as an option.
This car also has shortcomings in built quality and fit
and finish of interior, design is also not amazing. Maybe a facelift
next Isuzu can embed dashboards have Chevrolet Trailblazer facelift and new
engines of 1,900 cc vss Blue
power
lighter, smaller but more powerful with 150 Ps and 350 Nm of torque in order to
better compete with rivals, but with a price tag of several different 100
millions with competitors, it feels Isuzu MU-X have no complaints.
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- What we like
- - Feature quite complete
- Comfort suspension
- Active safety + 4 disc brakes
- Price + Discounts - We don't
- - Too high, difficult to enter
- Fit and finish interior
- Body roll
