Isuzu showed a 6x6 version of this Forward generation at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2013.
Median 108 hp across 32 similar cars
Lead trim: FTR (North America) 5.2 4HK1-TC turbo (215 hp) · up to 260 hp
Isuzu Forward fifth generation2007–2023
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FactIsuzu showed a 6x6 version of this Forward generation at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2013.
The fifth generation Forward was launched in May 2007 with all models on Isuzu 4H/6H engines; a new 6x6 variant was exhibited at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show in 2013, and in Thailand the 2022 model year saw LED projector headlights, interior updates and the FRR 210 Max Torque. In North America it was introduced in 2017 for the 2018 model year: the class-6 FTR launched with the 5.2L 4HK1-TC developing 215 hp and 520 lb-ft with an Allison 2000 series six-speed automatic, on wheelbases from 152 to 248 inches for 14- to 30-foot bodies, with a Chevrolet LCF 6500 XD variant ("Low Cab Forward"); the FTR won "Medium Duty Truck of the Year" for 2018. In 2022 the class-7 FVR was added (Chevrolet LCF 7500 XD) and both the FTR and FVR moved to the Cummins B6.7 with 260 hp and 660 lb-ft (FTR with the Allison 2550 RDS with parking pawl, FVR with the Allison 2500 RDS without).
Collectors Spotted in the Isuzu Forward Lineage
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Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTR (North America) 5.2 4HK1-TC turbo (215 hp) | 2017–2022 | 5.2 L Inline-4 | 215 hp | 520 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
| FTR / FVR (North America) Cummins B6.7 (260 hp) | 2022–2023 | — | 260 hp | 660 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the FTR (North America) 5.2 4HK1-TC turbo (215 hp) trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
This Forward shares its cab with Isuzu's smaller Elf truck — the two are nearly twins, down to everything but the side fenders.
Isuzu showed a 6x6 version of this Forward generation at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2013.
For Chile and Peru, this Forward arrived as CKD kits and was hand-assembled in Huechuraba — just two trucks a day, built by a team of 13 workers.
An ordinary Japanese delivery truck got an unlikely cameo: a 1992-94 Isuzu Forward shows up on screen in Studio Ghibli's Pom Poko.
This Forward’s 6BB1 diesel packed the smallest displacement per cylinder of any direct-injection diesel engine in the world at the time, then went on to power Isuzu trucks for decades.
The diesel Isuzu bolted into the Forward truck in 1972 packed the smallest displacement per cylinder of any direct-injection diesel in the world at the time — and it went on powering Isuzu trucks for decades.
Isuzu widened the Forward's appeal mid-run: in August 1967 it added two lighter 3.5-tonne models, the TY31 and TY41, alongside the original heavier trucks.
Rivals
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