7-Way Bakkie Drag Race (2023)

Cars.co.za recently executed yet another mega bakkie drag race, this time featuring a number of new (and older) double-cab bakkies on offer in South Africa. Which one of these bakkies will cross the finish line first? Watch the video!

In case you haven’t noticed, we like drag racing all sorts of cars at Cars.co.za and our latest drag race pits no less than 7 double-cab bakkies against each other to find out what bakkie is the fastest on a runway outside of Cape Town.

For this drag race, we brought a number of new (and older) bakkies together and as you might expect, the results from this test might surprise you! This video proves that higher power and torque don’t guarantee victory on the drag strip!

The double-cab bakkies on test here include the new Ford Ranger 2.0 BiTurbo XLT 4×4, Volkswagen Amarok 2.0BiTDI Style 4Motion, Toyota Hilux 2.8GD-6 Legend RS 4×4, Mitsubishi Triton 2.4DI-D 4×4 Xtreme, Isuzu D-Max 3.0TD LSE 4×4, Nissan Navara 2.5DDTi Pro-4X 4×4 and the recently introduced GWM P-Series 2.0 LTD 4×4.

Here are the vital figures that will help you predict the outcome of the big bakkie drag race.

Place your bets!

Model	Power	Torque	Transmission	Kerb Weight
Ford Ranger 2.0 BiTurbo XLT 4×4	154 kW	500 Nm	10-speed automatic	2 284 kg
Volkswagen Amarok 2.0BiTDI Style 4Motion	154 kW	500 Nm	10-speed automatic	2 132 kg
Toyota Hilux 2.8GD-6 Legend RS 4×4	150 kW	500 Nm	6-speed automatic	2 029 kg
Mitsubishi Triton 2.4DI-D 4×4 Xtreme	133 kW	430 Nm	6-speed automatic	1 950 kg
Isuzu D-Max 3.0TD LSE 4×4	140 kW	450 Nm	6-speed automatic	2 045 kg
Nissan Navara 2.5DDTi Pro-4X 4×4	140 kW	450 Nm	7-speed automatic	2 023 kg
GWM P-Series 2.0 LTD 4×4	120 kW	400 Nm	8-speed automatic	2 100 kg