Isuzu unveils two medium duty gas-powered trucks

The Class 3 NPR and Class 4 NPR-HD will be available with a 6.6L V8 gasoline engine.

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March 4, 2020

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Shaun Skinner, president of Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, and president of Isuzu Commercial Truck of Canada stands in front of the Isuzu NPR-HD truck, during a press conference at the Work Truck Show 2020.

Isuzu unveild two medium duty gasoline-powered trucks, the NPR and NPR-HD with a 6.6L V8 gas engine, during the Work Truck Show 2020 in Indianapolis this week.

“Some of the major challenges that we’ll face in this decade will result from emissions regulations, both CO2 and NOX,” said Shaun Skinner, president of Isuzu Commercial Truck of America, and president of Isuzu Commercial Truck of Canada. “These regulations will challenge our entire industry, but despite these challenges, we see tremendous upside in the next five years.”

Skinner went on to emphasize that the Isuzu NPR and NPR-HD are designed to preemptively handle future vehicle emissions regulations, and are a fit for the increase in the urban delivery and last market delivery vocations.

A look under the hood of the Isuzu NPR medium duty truck, at the Work Truck Show 2020.

Later this year, the Class 3 NPR and the Class 4 NPR-HD will offer 6.6L V8 gasoline engines. “This engine provides the optimum combination of increased fuel efficiency, improved acceleration, and outstanding durability, all while meeting the next set of restrictive emission requirements,” Skinner said.

Highlights of the 6.6L V8 gasoline engine include direct fuel injection to provide fuel control, variable valve timing, 350 horsepower with a peak 425 lb-ft of torque at 3,800 rpm, and a design life of 200,000 miles. The vehicles will also feature a 38.6-gallon stainless steel fuel tank.

Production of the NPR and NPR-HD with the 6.6L V8 gasoline engine will begin in July of this year, said Skinner.

Isuzu also revealed that later this year, Isuzu will introduce a new 6L V8 gasoline engine in the Isuzu NQR and NRR, the company’s first gasoline engine offered in a Class 5 low cab forward truck. In the case of the NRR, it's the first 19,500 GVWR Class 5 low cab forward truck with a gasoline engine, said Skinner.

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