This has the same exact cab release as the Chevy/Isuzu low cab forwards. They look easy to work on, however something that may be easy to do on a Chevy express van with the same engine, could be hard on the LCF’s due to the cab being in the way. Upkeep on these trucks however mainly comes at the cost of the catalytic converters which are WAYYY too easy to steal. Worked as a truck tech at a Chevy dealer and we had a fleet of the LCF’s you’d do at least 1 set of cats a day from how often they get stolen
These trucks are common as in Australia the last place I worked had like 5 of these but there not sold under Nissan there sold under the Isuzu badge but basically the same truck
Use to work for a drilling company in AUS. I drove one of these. We use to call it the Jalopy. Too slow to keep up with the rest of the fleet, but very dependable.
it's also quite common in Malaysia as well under the Isuzu badge with tons of bed option... hell it's soo common... we even use it to transport prisoners...
@@Ethiokarate1 It's the other way around now. Automatics are more reliable and effective than manuals these days, which makes the old American obsession with autos, and the new American obsession with manuals even funnier.
The most popular work truck on the road in Phoenix Arizona is the Isuzu NPR and it's affiliates. I drive one as a sweeper every night. I've seen them with dump settings (other than my hopper dumper), flat beds, truck beds, van/container set, and crew transport.
my coworker forgot to check a truck that came into our shop one time for anything like that. there was a 2L of sprite behind the passenger seat. yea we had to replace the windshield
If the cupholder is the same as my Chevy w4500 which looks to be the same interior, you won't have to worry. Cupholder is too small to even hold a 20oz pop, so the Big Gulp will already either be in your hand or on the floor
I am from Portugal, and here it's the most common work truck. there are various brands and sizes, the most common are Toyota Dyna, Nissan cabstar and Isuzu. and the particularity is that in Portugal bed it's made of wood.
@@stephenhumma4772i wouldnt say we're behind, we just had different value for our trucks. Idk what its like anywhere else, but your truck is a status symbol in US. Thats why yhe f series sells and the ranger has a cult following. One is perceived as more a status symbol in addition to its function as a truck. Im not say thats "right" just "different strokes for different folks". The mini trucks have been growing on me tho. But even then, its SEEMS that it's still far too niche to have a true need for them.
@@joeshmoe5160 The main difference is that trucks in the rest of the world are used for their intended purpose. In the US they are used as regular cars. From a European perspective it's like daily driving a tractor, a ride on mower or forklift. Perhaps they will catch on in the US, who knows. Its completely crazy that people drive commercial and agricultural vehicles as daily cars in the US.
@joeshmoe5160 The reason we don't get trucks like these are our policies, tax codes and import laws. OEMs are forced to produce trucks in the U.S. or pay a massive tariff and the tax code makes them bigger/heavier for emissions and write off purposes as well as planned obsolescence making the new vehicles impossible to work on without the dealer.
@@grizohactually they don't brainiac. In fact few car thieves have ever driven a stick shift. I saw a clown try to steal a stick shift once and it was hilarious. The other guy drove off and left him. He ended up bailing out and running on foot. He was caught quickly thanks to me and several others giving police the description and direction the clown ran. He was, as it turned out a very uneducated person who felt entitled to steal and thought he would be released after booking. Nope, he was held and ended up going to prison where he belonged.
@@johnstark4723that’s like saying that modern thieves don’t have access to hardware and software that can’t override immobilisers on the ecm unit . It’s 2024 everyone has access to a smartphone. Anyone can watch a 5 minute video to learn how to drive a manual. Kids are creating multimillion dollar businesses but can’t spend 5 minutes to learn how to pull and push levers and pedals 🤦♂️
@@carkawalakhatulistiwa in the US they have lots and lots of different types of trucks and cabovers were very common in the United States until the early 1980s. We even have trucks very similar to this that are often used by landscapers or cabovers designed for City environments that have large cargo boxes on the back. They're really not that uncommon. They're just not nearly as common as the standard design style trucks, which again we still have many varieties of.
Thanks for sharing 👍 this with people who work to hard not trying various options that are obvious to some mechanically inclined people yet we always help others learn how to improve lives any way possible 😀
American cabovers haven't been made in 30+ years now... it angers me. Alot of guys want them back, but the American auto industry doesn't care about its consumers.
Fun fact: You can find these chungus trucks in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, or any Southeast Asian country. In some cases, they strip off the cab and use the chassis to Place a bus cabin turning it into a full-on bus
When , When , When will we be able to get these trucks ? All Americans can buy is over priced, overly complicated, decked out show pieces that put us in deeper debt! A real shame! There was a time when Americans were Down to earth problem solvers and would have appreciated the simplicity and functionality of this kind of product!!!
These are just isuzu npr trucks. They have been around for around 30 yrs or so in the US. Some were diesel, but most all gas rigs had GM power trains. This is nothing new and certainly not revolutionary. This guy wouldn't know a truck if his boyfriend ran over him with it.
There are Isuzu NPR. Or if you feels not "USDM" enough there's GMC W4500 You guys are too drown on long nose truck euphoria for decades when pro already use better truck
They got too popular. Tiny affordable trucks that are EXTREMELY useful and reliable meant they’re a threat to American auto manufacturers. so American auto lobbyists protested against these trucks in the name of “safety”, despite motorcycles being still allowed on the roads, so they’ve been banned, because they don’t want competition, and to upsell the average person on a 70K truck in the name of safety.
What’s also a nice feature is that being a cab-over design means you get incredible visibility because no bonnet, and it can maneuver narrow turns easily. The sheer space to work on the engine with the cab up is absolutely marvelous, especially compared with most modern vehicles, which have an oil filtre just behind the steering linkage blocked by the suspension, because the packaging is shrink-wrapped around the drivetrain. As a non-American, I must say, America could do with some of these. Japanese engineering is really something.
Pretty much all come commercials are diesel in NZ and Australia. Don’t really want a petrol commercial the drink fuel and don’t have the same torque or towing capability
And the bus driver steer that sh*t one handed while the other hand hang loose outside the window, he got a smal wet towel around his neck couse he haven't been sleep more than 3 hours nor take a bath. He need that to stay awake, S.E.A transportation at it's finest 💪😁
it is sold under Isuzu here in the Philippines, its the old design and probably the most popular Isuzu truck here, the most common ones are the container-like cabs or the no-cab ones. i love this truck so muchhh!
I live in The Philippines now most of every year and this is the preferred truck, especially if you are over 6' tall. Try getting into or out of a tricycle here...
@@ld2048I mean, you could get an Isuzu/insert-GM-company Low Cab Forward truck, which is essentially the same as this but somewhat common in the States.
These are the chosen work horses here in the Philippines. They're (relatively) cheap, insanely reliable, and is super easy to find parts for in the event that it somehow breaks down
three things before you tilt a cab. 1. Remove any drinks from inside 2. Inspect the front pivots to make sure they are in good condition and 3 before you put your head under the cab prop it up with an piece of 4x4 just to make sure you do not get crushed
Nissan actually has this rebadged and sold as a Nissan Condor. But yeah, this is an Isuzu N-Series or Elf on some markets. Everything from the engine, chassis, and cab is Isuzu.
Here, trucks like this can be seen every day.. Used to transport anything, palm oil, scrap rubber, sand, soil, you name it, everything can be transported by a truck like this.. Apart from single cab hilux, trucks like this are widely sold and used.. There are even those who are over 40 years old, but are still strong enough to do any job.. Both are the heart of the daily life of the people here..
They're fairly common here in Australia. One benefit of our local car industry dying is that it's not that hard to import used JDM cars and truck's, we also have weaker emissions standards on older vehicles than the US and EU so we have a wider option of compliant vehicles to choose from. Hino (Toyota), Isuzu, Mitsubishi, suzuki and others also sell plenty of similar spec truck's brand new locally as well. They're great. Relatively cheap to buy and maintain and more practical than most large pickups.
I wish you could tell people where these were You can buy these. Instead of just showing the cool part of the truck, we gotta get these !! These are awesome.
you either import them or pay a bit less (probably) for a Chevy, Isuzu, or Hino (though Hino apparently isnt very trusted) COE, peterbilt makes them too but they are a bit larger
Tbf Alpha, an ev company, plans on making more work oriented trucks such as the Oryx. So ev is stepping up where the Detroit 3 failed (at least theyre planning to)
@@TopiasSalakkajust in Asia and Europe I've never seen any modern COE semis on the states doing delivery services Stleast one, from bruce Wilson, he's owned a scania, for a "hobby" trucks
So nobody has seen a cabover Isuzu box on the in America? That's just a cheap knock off of trucks that's you see everyday!!! FYI that's not a semi dumbass!!!
@TopiasSalakka not in the states. At least not the 80K # semi's. Most of them are conventionals. Smaller delivery truck have a bunch of cab overs. But look at all the OTR trucks next time you're on the Super Slab
Ehhh cabover work trucks like these are everywhere in Europe and Asia from all kinds of manufacturers. If that's so then our streets are filled with the supercar of work trucks lol
That kinda funny because thats a rebranded Isuzu tbh 🤣 There is the Nissan atlas/cabstar which is Nissan's actual equivalent to this I prefer that But this Isuzu truck is really really good They're still being produced today in fact Just the facelifted model
They re pretty common on latam, normally they come without bed from the factory, giving the opportunity to put whatever type of bed you want, Dump, delivery, closed bed, or towing platform. They re pretty powerful (not fast) with a small 4 cilynder diesel engine 3 or 4l Naturally aspirated, but i tested and they can carry 12 ton weight and you can start on 2nd gear.
Isuzu's diesel engine: not fast, power numbers are not impressive, engine idle shaking the whole cabin, impressive fuel consumption (depending on the payload), simple mechanical engineering, and gets the job done.
In the Philippines it is pretty common and yes they're every mechanics dream since it was very easy access, easy to repair and maintained, and parts are sold pretty much everywhere.
@@thebarbaryan4357 well actually ive seen older versions and the nissan atlas was common back in the 1990s. But i guess isuzu elf and Mitsubishi canter are the two light cargo trucks that are common nowadays. I see only a few of nissan atlas
Now I have watched this three times. Unless I've got this wrong correct me if I am but he lifted the cab with only his one hand holding the handle. So that seemed pretty impressive how well the weight distribution for the cab is.
i used to drive a 1995 nissan UD 1800, it’s basically the bigger american version of this, big 4cyl turbo diesel built by nissan, 6 speed manual but no dog leg first gear, it was a fun little rig, delivered a lot of construction materials in it, went through 2 transmissions and 4 clutches and one motor rebuild in its 1.1 million mile life
This style truck was common in the UK for 50 years. It does everything & is easy to look after. Everything is made in the far East now. All GB companies sold everything & the jobs went too. Nissan make excellent vehicles, along with all Japanese manufacturers.
I saw one of these about a week ago! It wasn't in as good a condition, but after looking at the pic I took of it, it was definitely on of these. So cool!
I don't know why Nissan trucks aren't common here in Germany (Nissan cars are common though), but we have large numbers of Mitsubishi Canter trucks in a very wide variety of variants. The general layout is the same. They are good but also have their limitations. The cab is smaller and less comfortable compared to European designs. The small cabin makes a very narrow variant possible that fits in the tightest spots.
I see some used as rolloff dumpster trucks. Replace that flatbed with a sized rolloff hook and base, you can pickupp and dump rolloff cans for construction sites
In Colombia it is a bit strange and confusing, they are distributed by Chevrolet with the label “with Isuzu technology” and then there are Chinese brands like Foton or JAC that assemble and distribute themselves.
People in europe see these all day every day. I still find it funny how Americans are amazed by something we see every day and something that truly is mondane.
Man, makes me kinda wish these sorta things were around here. Not sure what their safety systems are like, but there’s not really any decently priced trucks (or any kind of vehicles these days 😭) with that mix of functionality and lower cost.
In New Zealand many in use, branded as Isuzu Elf. Drove them often. But before the bed lifts you normally have to turn on the PTO as well. And many trucks have a cab that lifts like that. Done it weekly for checking oil and stuff
In the Philippines, the most common truck on the roads are these, which are also sometimes rebranded as Mitsubishi Canter or Isuzu Elf. These trucks are very resilient and reliable. Almost every construction company use these trucks, or their bigger counterparts to haul their loads. A very iconic truck for the construction and logistics of the Philippines.
I drove a canter in my 20's and the truck is a beast on the road. Long trips are fun especially after unloading, the truck is so fast and flies up those long winding climbs in Leyte.
I used to drive similar trucks, either from Nissan or Renault everyday, when i worked as a "garbage man" in my city. The company i worked for had like dozens of these trucks.
Oh my god that engine being completely exposed for maintenance is a DREAM
It makes things easier for sure.
As soon as I saw that I was SOLD!
Ikr😂😂
Cab-over trucks have literally been a thing for decades lol
This has the same exact cab release as the Chevy/Isuzu low cab forwards. They look easy to work on, however something that may be easy to do on a Chevy express van with the same engine, could be hard on the LCF’s due to the cab being in the way. Upkeep on these trucks however mainly comes at the cost of the catalytic converters which are WAYYY too easy to steal. Worked as a truck tech at a Chevy dealer and we had a fleet of the LCF’s you’d do at least 1 set of cats a day from how often they get stolen
These trucks are common as in Australia the last place I worked had like 5 of these but there not sold under Nissan there sold under the Isuzu badge but basically the same truck
Use to work for a drilling company in AUS. I drove one of these. We use to call it the Jalopy. Too slow to keep up with the rest of the fleet, but very dependable.
In Indonesia we got truck like this called Isuzu Elf / NMR
@@m.azkaryoga8909here in the Philippines too we have the Isuzu elf
it's also quite common in Malaysia as well under the Isuzu badge with tons of bed option... hell it's soo common... we even use it to transport prisoners...
Nissan sells its trucks under the UD Branding here in Aus mate.
I always love that you Americans point out a manual gearbox😂😂😂
I'm in America and it makes me laugh too....cheers
@@kevinlane7555 Here in India, having an automatic is considered a luxury 💀
Manuel saves you many trips to the mechanic, look at the ranger from late 90s to around 2010
@@Ethiokarate1 It's the other way around now. Automatics are more reliable and effective than manuals these days, which makes the old American obsession with autos, and the new American obsession with manuals even funnier.
Um well, yes, actually no. Manual can go for a 800 000 to a million km with no service, no automatic can do that.
It's nice to Americans finding out these avarage Japanese work trucks find amazing 😊
We need more of them here!
The cafe standards need to be revised
I want one
We literally have these trucks and i see them for years
The isuzu npr and mitsubishi fuso are the popular ones out here
The most popular work truck on the road in Phoenix Arizona is the Isuzu NPR and it's affiliates. I drive one as a sweeper every night. I've seen them with dump settings (other than my hopper dumper), flat beds, truck beds, van/container set, and crew transport.
This right here. This is the working man's truck. Not some F150 you see from the boss' son who is cosplaying as a construction worker
"Cosplaying as a construction worker" 😂😂
My favourite nickname for them is "emotional support vehicle"
The F150 must have changed A LOT. They use to be farm trucks.
I think the term you are trying to say is "Contractor Manager" ☝️🤓
@@swedneckI'm remembering that one 😂
This little truck is so much more appealing to me compared to anything they offer in the USA right now
Dont forget your big Gulp in the cupholder before you lift the cab.
my coworker forgot to check a truck that came into our shop one time for anything like that. there was a 2L of sprite behind the passenger seat. yea we had to replace the windshield
😂 all those interlocks to release the cab, the first one should be in the bottom of the cup holder.
If the cupholder is the same as my Chevy w4500 which looks to be the same interior, you won't have to worry. Cupholder is too small to even hold a 20oz pop, so the Big Gulp will already either be in your hand or on the floor
European sleeper cabs often have this problem when tilted and everything the driver left in the cab comes through the windscreen
big gulp?? psh, pansy! it's all about that super big gulp of course! and 4 trips to the bathroom in 2 hours lol
I am from Portugal, and here it's the most common work truck. there are various brands and sizes, the most common are Toyota Dyna, Nissan cabstar and Isuzu. and the particularity is that in Portugal bed it's made of wood.
Correct same in Africa. North america is missing a lot of great vehicle's
Yes the US is behind in most trucks we didn't have 4-door pickups for decades
@@stephenhumma4772i wouldnt say we're behind, we just had different value for our trucks. Idk what its like anywhere else, but your truck is a status symbol in US. Thats why yhe f series sells and the ranger has a cult following. One is perceived as more a status symbol in addition to its function as a truck. Im not say thats "right" just "different strokes for different folks". The mini trucks have been growing on me tho. But even then, its SEEMS that it's still far too niche to have a true need for them.
@@joeshmoe5160 The main difference is that trucks in the rest of the world are used for their intended purpose. In the US they are used as regular cars. From a European perspective it's like daily driving a tractor, a ride on mower or forklift. Perhaps they will catch on in the US, who knows. Its completely crazy that people drive commercial and agricultural vehicles as daily cars in the US.
@joeshmoe5160 The reason we don't get trucks like these are our policies, tax codes and import laws. OEMs are forced to produce trucks in the U.S. or pay a massive tariff and the tax code makes them bigger/heavier for emissions and write off purposes as well as planned obsolescence making the new vehicles impossible to work on without the dealer.
Bro just lifted the cab with ONE HAND so casually😂😂😂
May have spring assist given how practical the rest of it is.
it is torsion bar assist. they are very very easy to lift. even child can do it.
but dont forget to lock the carb when you bring it down because it will flip open when you hit the brake
@@ゲリンand they do
@aliceakosota797 thaths deep
That manual transmission is the most effective anti-theft device in America
This is a dumb meme at this point 99% of people capable of stealing a car know enough to drive manual.
@@grizohactually they don't brainiac. In fact few car thieves have ever driven a stick shift. I saw a clown try to steal a stick shift once and it was hilarious. The other guy drove off and left him. He ended up bailing out and running on foot. He was caught quickly thanks to me and several others giving police the description and direction the clown ran. He was, as it turned out a very uneducated person who felt entitled to steal and thought he would be released after booking. Nope, he was held and ended up going to prison where he belonged.
@@johnstark4723that’s like saying that modern thieves don’t have access to hardware and software that can’t override immobilisers on the ecm unit . It’s 2024 everyone has access to a smartphone. Anyone can watch a 5 minute video to learn how to drive a manual. Kids are creating multimillion dollar businesses but can’t spend 5 minutes to learn how to pull and push levers and pedals 🤦♂️
@@nooneisrightallthetime-zv7hs
I exist. Ergo, your name is both wrong, _and stupid._
Lmaooo
It's hilarious that you find the tilting cab so revolutionary. Around the world, trucks have been built like this since i can remember.
Because in usa they only have f150
@@carkawalakhatulistiwa in the US they have lots and lots of different types of trucks and cabovers were very common in the United States until the early 1980s. We even have trucks very similar to this that are often used by landscapers or cabovers designed for City environments that have large cargo boxes on the back. They're really not that uncommon. They're just not nearly as common as the standard design style trucks, which again we still have many varieties of.
USA removed regulation on the length of trucks so they don’t need to use cabover designs
Its only unusual because we usually put the engine infront of the cab so the whole cab doesnt have to lift off and only the bood lifts up this way
Yeah, basically any European truck has it
There's a chungus among us.
😂
If you ever find the cab too heavy to lift, opening one or both doors shifts the center of gravity forward and makes it easier to tilt the cab.
Destroys hinges don't do it
Thanks for sharing 👍 this with people who work to hard not trying various options that are obvious to some mechanically inclined people yet we always help others learn how to improve lives any way possible 😀
@@timcarr4155 If you open the doors with the cab already tilted, that will cause damage, but opening the doors prior to lifting will not.
@@huntsbychainsaw5986 I disagree
Why would you? It has struts
"American discovers the wonders of cabovers"
2024, Colourised
With sound
As usual, always late 30 years Vs Japan
American cabovers haven't been made in 30+ years now... it angers me. Alot of guys want them back, but the American auto industry doesn't care about its consumers.
The cabover was invented in the US. In 1907.
Cabovers aren’t new.
mans really exited about a normal truck.
Because it’s easier to work on, more capable than anything American brands make, and probably costs less than half of a f150.
Hell yeah. Gotta appreciate good engineering. "Normal truck" as if that's reason to not appreciate :p
Fun fact: You can find these chungus trucks in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, or any Southeast Asian country. In some cases, they strip off the cab and use the chassis to Place a bus cabin turning it into a full-on bus
ya sangat betul,kalo di indonesia di jadikan medium bus.jadinya kebesaran body,kekecilan sasis😅
You can find these, Hiace and SuperGL vans, and other JDM vehicles in Sri Lanka too! It's so interesting seeing the appeal for these in the US!
Also, in Africa and the Caribbean.
@@ributwahyudi5655 yea especially in the form of public buses like mini Transjarkarta buses
@@spicyweasel yea I heard they have the most wacky and cool-looking modifications there, especially in Sri Lanka
When , When , When will we be able to get these trucks ? All Americans can buy is over priced, overly complicated, decked out show pieces that put us in deeper debt! A real shame! There was a time when Americans were Down to earth problem solvers and would have appreciated the simplicity and functionality of this kind of product!!!
These are just isuzu npr trucks. They have been around for around 30 yrs or so in the US. Some were diesel, but most all gas rigs had GM power trains. This is nothing new and certainly not revolutionary. This guy wouldn't know a truck if his boyfriend ran over him with it.
The Toyota Stout is coming to market in America for 23K
There are Isuzu NPR. Or if you feels not "USDM" enough there's GMC W4500
You guys are too drown on long nose truck euphoria for decades when pro already use better truck
They got too popular. Tiny affordable trucks that are EXTREMELY useful and reliable meant they’re a threat to American auto manufacturers. so American auto lobbyists protested against these trucks in the name of “safety”, despite motorcycles being still allowed on the roads, so they’ve been banned, because they don’t want competition, and to upsell the average person on a 70K truck in the name of safety.
@@_molls
They can still be brought here if they're 25 years old or older.
A cabover with a manual transmission is honestly the coolest thing you would ever see here in the United States. Wish they were much more common.
Incase your wondering, yes its an Isuzu nqr.
NPR
@@oliveranghaolongnyps6087 what's the difference. Cause I've seen the same model with the same headlights and it has an nqr badge on it.
@@Raphael16045 Eh my country has NPR no NQR but it’s prob just the badge
@@oliveranghaolongnyps6087 ok
Nqr is 6 stud the middle letter gets bigger the heavier its rated
That is the most coolest truck I've seen from Nissan ❤
scania even better, japanese things just junk and slowest
It's actually a rebadged Isuzu.
@@Zenx0_ How are they junk when they last hundreds of thousands of miles and are reliable as hell? 🤣
@@lowkeydiegoduran4724 bros stuck on 1980s, wake up bro we on future. that sheet rn have no value 🥱🥱
I've seen so many of these damn things here in the Philippines that it's a cool little truck, and I feel bad for the rest of you, in the states
What’s also a nice feature is that being a cab-over design means you get incredible visibility because no bonnet, and it can maneuver narrow turns easily. The sheer space to work on the engine with the cab up is absolutely marvelous, especially compared with most modern vehicles, which have an oil filtre just behind the steering linkage blocked by the suspension, because the packaging is shrink-wrapped around the drivetrain.
As a non-American, I must say, America could do with some of these. Japanese engineering is really something.
Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia and Brunei had these 😂
Extremely popular in The Philippines as well.
All around asia
Popular in Africa as well, Nissan Cabstar, Isuzu NPR, Mitsubushi Fuso,Toyota Hino
Not had, has. This truck is practically the life blood of Southeast Asian economy
"Not many people get to see this truck like this"
Meanwhile in Asia: these trucks are everywhere 😂
Yeah we have to pay insane import fees to get a reasonable sized work truck in the states.
@@AHersheyHere Bro we have these too. Check out the Isuzu NPR its basically the same.
Even in all regions of Africa 😂😂
@@AHersheyHereseriously you should consider going outside once in a while
the 1st gear in line with the reverse is actually genius tbh
Okay, the cab lifting is cooler than the bed for sure, but I think the coolest part is the friggin diesel engine!!
It’s a beast
Is it diesel? We have an Isuzu, and it has a 6L in it. Sounds amazing
It's common on many non-US trucks to have the cab do this
@@skelliousyes! They planned it for rapid repairs
Pretty much all come commercials are diesel in NZ and Australia. Don’t really want a petrol commercial the drink fuel and don’t have the same torque or towing capability
Didn't expect the collab with Truck-kun
😆
Truck-kun is an Isuzu tho
@@nasilemak868I mean this chassis is shared between nissan and isuzu. I mean you can just swap the brand badge and you cant tell the difference
Underrated comment😂
It's really amazing how spotless that front bumper is, considering all it's been through.
North americans are amazed to see thie kind of trucks. This trucks are very common in asia. Isuzu elf/forward, mitsubishi canter/fuso.
No just basement dwellers
Just the basement dwellers. Trucks like this have been sold here for 40+ years
In Indonesia it sold under name Isuzu Elf. The bus version used to be the king of the light bus before the era of Hiace.
Ah yes, the diesel smell still engraved in my brain
Afaik the light bus version is made by coachbuilder
And the bus driver steer that sh*t one handed while the other hand hang loose outside the window, he got a smal wet towel around his neck couse he haven't been sleep more than 3 hours nor take a bath. He need that to stay awake, S.E.A transportation at it's finest 💪😁
"Isuzu elf bus"I can smell the stella fragrance already
it is sold under Isuzu here in the Philippines, its the old design and probably the most popular Isuzu truck here, the most common ones are the container-like cabs or the no-cab ones. i love this truck so muchhh!
I live in The Philippines now most of every year and this is the preferred truck, especially if you are over 6' tall.
Try getting into or out of a tricycle here...
I live in The Philippines and I am buying one of these soon. Mine will be a battery electric from China for the 5km round trip I do each day.
They're being outlawed in some states as theyre not safe on American roads.
It may not have a dump bed but one good example here is the Isuzu Elf, the Canter from Mitsubishi also a good one
@@nuevision8try buy Sobida motors, g tecnica or sebastian motors. They are all rebuilt isuzu trucks.
These are super common in Australia much more versatile than American “trucks” they’re definitely the workhorse of tradies
I love how practical the design is. And a lift up cab to get to the engine with so much glorious room is amazing.
This guy is a perfect example of someone who has never been around commercial vehicles
It's a kei truck with commercial features that wasn't sold in America, it is unique and cool you douche
😂😂😂. Was coming to say this.
these would be great for small businesses, if importing them wasnt an expensive pain in the ass
these things can carry 10 thousand kg or near about 22k lb in it's bed lol
@@ld2048I mean, you could get an Isuzu/insert-GM-company Low Cab Forward truck, which is essentially the same as this but somewhat common in the States.
You can see that truck everywhere in Asia especially Japan, Indonesia, Filipino, Singapore, malaysia
So I have seen! Seems to be a popular model overseas!
It’s at Southeast Imports in Chattanooga TN if anyone’s wondering for $15,500
Thank you!
Oh so these are from the '90s?
@@hansachter5657 Old enough to import without EPA or DOT issues.
To bad they ain't street legal
@@joshallen128but they are... Just because your state is full of bootlickers and big 3 lobbyists doesn't mean the rest of us aren't free.
These are the chosen work horses here in the Philippines. They're (relatively) cheap, insanely reliable, and is super easy to find parts for in the event that it somehow breaks down
three things before you tilt a cab. 1. Remove any drinks from inside 2. Inspect the front pivots to make sure they are in good condition and 3 before you put your head under the cab prop it up with an piece of 4x4 just to make sure you do not get crushed
In America it's a Isuzu NPR. I used to work on them in the 2000s
Nice!
Yep, used to drive an NPR with a 350/5.7L engine, smooth and quiet...
Nissan actually has this rebadged and sold as a Nissan Condor. But yeah, this is an Isuzu N-Series or Elf on some markets. Everything from the engine, chassis, and cab is Isuzu.
Here, trucks like this can be seen every day.. Used to transport anything, palm oil, scrap rubber, sand, soil, you name it, everything can be transported by a truck like this..
Apart from single cab hilux, trucks like this are widely sold and used..
There are even those who are over 40 years old, but are still strong enough to do any job..
Both are the heart of the daily life of the people here..
Nothing is more JDM than that clipboard behind the middle seat
They're fairly common here in Australia. One benefit of our local car industry dying is that it's not that hard to import used JDM cars and truck's, we also have weaker emissions standards on older vehicles than the US and EU so we have a wider option of compliant vehicles to choose from.
Hino (Toyota), Isuzu, Mitsubishi, suzuki and others also sell plenty of similar spec truck's brand new locally as well.
They're great. Relatively cheap to buy and maintain and more practical than most large pickups.
I wish you could tell people where these were You can buy these.
Instead of just showing the cool part of the truck, we gotta get these !! These are awesome.
English?
I can read it . I want one to
You gotta import it
you either import them or pay a bit less (probably) for a Chevy, Isuzu, or Hino (though Hino apparently isnt very trusted) COE, peterbilt makes them too but they are a bit larger
Isuzu npr / gmc 4500 is a similar truck that was sold in the us.
I saw these truck on a regular basis in Vietnam, thank you for showing what those handle does
I would absolutely buy one of these! This is the most amazing truck I've ever seen!
No you wouldn't
You had me at fold down clipboard.
You could also substitute that with an additional seat I think
That's also a good price for Breakfast all day .
I'm more impressed that breakfast all day is 899.
@@f45411 Too? Only you. No one said it was all you can eat. I think the misreading thing might be a wider problem.
Underrated 😂
I was looking for this comment!
Beautiful engineers. The Japanese are beautiful through simplicity. Hopefully more get on the market here in the US before this EV takeover 😢
so it can kill the American market. .
Actually the rest of the world use this truk for work not f-350😂. So if you have a boat you tow it using this truck not an F150. 😀
Tbf Alpha, an ev company, plans on making more work oriented trucks such as the Oryx. So ev is stepping up where the Detroit 3 failed (at least theyre planning to)
@@RKNYC WE DONT WANT BATTERY RC CARS, WE WANT SUCK BANG BLOW COMBUSTION ENGINES
Already have, it called Isuzu NPR, or GMC W4500
You guys are too drown in those long nose truck supremacist
I love your enthusiasm for cool trucks like this 😊
Those tilt cabs and dump beds make it easy to access the engine and chassis.
It’s perfect for maintenance!
Yup.... Like every truck on the road back in the day was a cab over, and the cab tilted to access the engine.
What do you mean was? They still are mostly cabovers 🐡
@@TopiasSalakkajust in Asia and Europe
I've never seen any modern COE semis on the states doing delivery services
Stleast one, from bruce Wilson, he's owned a scania, for a "hobby" trucks
@@yoslauda4714 Yea i know Bruce Wilson, his content is great.
But COE is superior in many ways, which is why it's prevalent everywhere else.
So nobody has seen a cabover Isuzu box on the in America? That's just a cheap knock off of trucks that's you see everyday!!! FYI that's not a semi dumbass!!!
@TopiasSalakka not in the states. At least not the 80K # semi's. Most of them are conventionals. Smaller delivery truck have a bunch of cab overs. But look at all the OTR trucks next time you're on the Super Slab
The cab lifting to reveal the engine is a feature every cabover in europe has
I'm just over here slobbering at the idea of being able to sit on the tire while I'm leaned over messing with the engine. Seems nice to work on.
Keep it in your pants fuck
In the uk it’s called a Nissan cabstar with a tipping body and a tilt cab
But this is based on the Isuzu NKR cab and chassis ,not sure if the engine is from Nissan in Japan ...
It is based on the Isuzu chassis
It’s based on wheels and a prop shaft
That's not a cabstar/atlas
That's a rebranded Isuzu
But close enough
CabStar is smaller I rmb (
Opens up like a Koenigsegg. The supercar of work trucks💪🏽
Ehhh cabover work trucks like these are everywhere in Europe and Asia from all kinds of manufacturers. If that's so then our streets are filled with the supercar of work trucks lol
This truck is a marvel of engineering! So many innovative design features that make this truck a really good buy.
Absolutely!
They've been building trucks like these around the world for decades now
All these ideas have been around for decades.
@@stevegrim And US automakers have figured out how to eliminate them from this market.
In South Africa, we got them in all brands, in different forms, and are not rebadged ....from Hino, Hyundai, Tata, UD, FAW, Mahindra, Chery & Kia.
Here in the States, Blue Belle ice cream, runs both Hino, and UD trucks.
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Had a 2 ton Issuzu 30 yrs ago. 2 wheel drive, could turn on a dime and give you back 9 cents change. 4 cylinder turbo diesel. 5 speed manual.
Thats the ONLY nissan i would buy!!!! Seriously the only one
I’d love an R34 GT-R personally, but that’s just me 😂
That kinda funny because thats a rebranded Isuzu tbh 🤣
There is the Nissan atlas/cabstar which is Nissan's actual equivalent to this
I prefer that
But this Isuzu truck is really really good
They're still being produced today in fact
Just the facelifted model
They re pretty common on latam, normally they come without bed from the factory, giving the opportunity to put whatever type of bed you want, Dump, delivery, closed bed, or towing platform. They re pretty powerful (not fast) with a small 4 cilynder diesel engine 3 or 4l Naturally aspirated, but i tested and they can carry 12 ton weight and you can start on 2nd gear.
Isuzu's diesel engine: not fast, power numbers are not impressive, engine idle shaking the whole cabin, impressive fuel consumption (depending on the payload), simple mechanical engineering, and gets the job done.
I see them everyday. Carrying loads in sizes they were not intended to.
That's why we Americans like a full sized pickup. I'm not shitting on this little truck. Id love to have one
Looks like a solid work truck.
Oh it for sure is!
In the Philippines it is pretty common and yes they're every mechanics dream since it was very easy access, easy to repair and maintained, and parts are sold pretty much everywhere.
Where are these trucks available to buy?!
All I know is that this particular importer is in Tennessee
Australia, Japan, Canada? maybe. But definitely Australia and Japan.
imported or from Chevrolet/Isuzu/Hino
Literally everywhere else.
Why bother, not legal on US roads. Only useable on farms and off road
in indonesian this one name isuzu elf
Same in the Philippines
actually .. its called Nissan Atlas in Philippines and Indonesia.
Isuzu Elf is different, but they looks same. :)
@@thebarbaryan4357 but as a Filipino ive never seen an isuzu elf rebadged as a nissan atlas. Elf is more common in my country.
@@thebarbaryan4357 well actually ive seen older versions and the nissan atlas was common back in the 1990s. But i guess isuzu elf and Mitsubishi canter are the two light cargo trucks that are common nowadays. I see only a few of nissan atlas
We recently purchased a Nissan Condor. Absolutely fantastic truck!
Now I have watched this three times. Unless I've got this wrong correct me if I am but he lifted the cab with only his one hand holding the handle. So that seemed pretty impressive how well the weight distribution for the cab is.
It’s even better with the seats tilted forward!
i used to drive a 1995 nissan UD 1800, it’s basically the bigger american version of this, big 4cyl turbo diesel built by nissan, 6 speed manual but no dog leg first gear, it was a fun little rig, delivered a lot of construction materials in it, went through 2 transmissions and 4 clutches and one motor rebuild in its 1.1 million mile life
My eye brows kept raising higher and higher as this video and the truck itself literally unfolded
This style truck was common in the UK for 50 years. It does everything & is easy to look after. Everything is made in the far East now. All GB companies sold everything & the jobs went too. Nissan make excellent vehicles, along with all Japanese manufacturers.
Very capable indeed, here I'm the Philippines there are a lot of variations of this truck
I saw one of these about a week ago! It wasn't in as good a condition, but after looking at the pic I took of it, it was definitely on of these. So cool!
Mans really astonished by a casual work truck that everyone uses in Asia
Dudes acting like he’s just discovered ancient secrets lol
Love how no one talked about him picking the cab up with one arm
"Absolute chungus of a truck"
I'm sold
These trucks are converted to box trucks, flatbed, dump sides and even little cement mixer... pretty bad ass
All european trucks have the cab lift system for the engine, but they have a "hood" in the fron for filling your fluids
My dad had 2 of the long bed Daihatsu, 3 short bed ones and a fuso, those trucks were work beasts.
Best part is no computer panel telling the driver how to drive.
Still more practical than a cyber truck.
I don't know why Nissan trucks aren't common here in Germany (Nissan cars are common though), but we have large numbers of Mitsubishi Canter trucks in a very wide variety of variants. The general layout is the same.
They are good but also have their limitations. The cab is smaller and less comfortable compared to European designs. The small cabin makes a very narrow variant possible that fits in the tightest spots.
I see some used as rolloff dumpster trucks. Replace that flatbed with a sized rolloff hook and base, you can pickupp and dump rolloff cans for construction sites
Freaking beautiful, like the color, the innovation of the truck absolutely creative thank you Asia for sharing creativity
Gents, it makes my heart happy that this stuff (rightly so) impresses you so much. Don't ever let them change you.
In Colombia it is a bit strange and confusing, they are distributed by Chevrolet with the label “with Isuzu technology” and then there are Chinese brands like Foton or JAC that assemble and distribute themselves.
The vehicles appearing in the video are very common in East Russia. It’s cozy to watch.
I used to drive a Mitsubishi Fuso that had a similar cab. I loved how easy it was to work on
People in europe see these all day every day. I still find it funny how Americans are amazed by something we see every day and something that truly is mondane.
Man, makes me kinda wish these sorta things were around here. Not sure what their safety systems are like, but there’s not really any decently priced trucks (or any kind of vehicles these days 😭) with that mix of functionality and lower cost.
We have this truck for 12 years and it was the best work truck you ever own
In New Zealand many in use, branded as Isuzu Elf. Drove them often. But before the bed lifts you normally have to turn on the PTO as well. And many trucks have a cab that lifts like that. Done it weekly for checking oil and stuff
In the Philippines, the most common truck on the roads are these, which are also sometimes rebranded as Mitsubishi Canter or Isuzu Elf. These trucks are very resilient and reliable. Almost every construction company use these trucks, or their bigger counterparts to haul their loads. A very iconic truck for the construction and logistics of the Philippines.
We have a lot of these in Kenya as well. You mostly get sold the cabin and chassis so that you can customise the back to your needs.
I drove a canter in my 20's and the truck is a beast on the road. Long trips are fun especially after unloading, the truck is so fast and flies up those long winding climbs in Leyte.
My dad has this truck and I can remember it since I can remember. He mostly uses it to carry Water Tanks to refill people's houses or farm water tanks
Omg, I never thought about a gear shift being on the left hand side.
That's hard bruh! 👌🏾
i work as a HGV mechanic in the UK and literally every truck ive ever worked on has a way of lifting or jacking up the cab for maintenance
We got a ton of those here in France. They got replaced by the nissan cabstar/Renault Maxcity and they're basically the same thing but more modern.
Seeing these more and more makes me want one even more
Want no more 😀 search Isuzu npr
I used to drive similar trucks, either from Nissan or Renault everyday, when i worked as a "garbage man" in my city. The company i worked for had like dozens of these trucks.