This Forward shares its cab with Isuzu's smaller Elf truck — the two are nearly twins, down to everything but the side fenders.
Median 136 hp across 19 similar cars
Lead trim: Forward D6BA-TCN inline-six (260 PS) · up to 296 hp
Isuzu Forward sixth generation2023–present
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Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Isuzu Forward sixth generation yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactThis Forward shares its cab with Isuzu's smaller Elf truck — the two are nearly twins, down to everything but the side fenders.
The sixth generation Forward was launched in March 2023 and went on sale in August 2023, with powertrain updates to meet upcoming fuel efficiency regulations, sharing the Elf's cab (with different side fenders) and adopting Isuzu's first common architecture strategy, I-MACS (Isuzu Modular Architecture and Component Standard), which standardises the engine, transmission, fuel tank, axles and safety features. It has a new 7-inch display like the Elf, a smaller steering wheel and fully reclining seats, and four safety packages: BASIC, STANDARD (adaptive headlights, speed sign recognition, driver monitoring), ADVANCE (adaptive cruise control, emergency stop system, electronic parking brake) and PREMIUM (lane-keep assist, enhanced EDSS, blind spot monitoring). The 4HK1 now uses DPD with urea SCR, and the heavier inline-six options are the all-new Cummins co-developed D6BA-TCN and D6BA-TCC producing 260 and 300 PS with a 9-speed manual or the Smoother-Fx automated manual. The lighter-duty Forward Juston (1986–, Elf cab, under 8 tons GVW) is not filed separately.
Collectors Spotted in the Isuzu Forward Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Isuzu Forward yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward D6BA-TCC inline-six (300 PS) | 2023–present | — | 296 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
| Forward D6BA-TCN inline-six (260 PS) | 2023–present | — | 256 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the Forward D6BA-TCC inline-six (300 PS) 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
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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