Braking is extremely important for bakkies, but it isn’t ever tested properly. We lined up 6 of SA’s top double-cab 4×4 bakkies to see which one brakes the best in this 0-100 kph and back to 0 shootout.
We lined up 6 of South Africa’s most popular bakkies (pick-ups) and headed far into the interior of the country, where we found a salt plan flatter than a snooker table.
It was the perfect place to stage a 6 bakkie drag race, and if you haven’t watched that video, you absolutely have to.
In this video, we used the opportunity afforded by miles and miles of nothing to do some more scientific testing of the vehicles. 0-100-0km/h testing is a great way of judging a vehicles acceleration and braking force combined. We repeated the process in all 6 bakkies, with Ashley Oldfield behind the wheel and GPS for accuracy and to counteract any speedo error in the different bakkies. Our video guy Ciro De Siena rode shotgun in each car to do the timing.
The result is the video you’ve landed on, and we hope you enjoy it!
Other videos in this series:
6 Bakkie Drag Race! Hilux vs Ranger vs Amarok vs P-Series vs BT-50 vs Navara (all 4×4)
