Go Drive & Camp May 2019

86 |May2019go! Drive&Camp

TOW TEST

Before reachingforyour wallet

Whatdoes thebooksay?

FuelDiesel

Engine 29 99 ℓ

Cylinders4inline

Power130kW@36 00 rpm

Torque380Nm@1800-

2800 rpm

Transmission6-speed

automatic

DrivetrainRearorfourwith

high andlowrange plusrear

axle difflock.

Tare weight 21 00 kg

GVM 31 00 kg

GCM 60 00 kg

Carryin gcapacity 1000 kg

Standardwading depth

600 mm

Towingcapacity forbraked

towingIsuzu allows2,9t, but

on ourroadsthe limit is 2,1t.

Standard dimensions

52 94 mm (l); 18 60 mm (w);

17 90 mm (h)

Wheel base 30 95 mm

Track width 15 70 mm (front

andrear)

Standard ground clearance

220 mm

Fuel tank 80 ℓ+60ℓ

Price(new)R615 500

Price(second hand)Wesaw

a2018 model with 4000 kmon

the clockat autotrader.co.za

forR529900.

Fast facts

ThehitchStandardand,

as on thetest vehicle,part

of theDesert Armour steel

bumper. It’s removable soyou

canremove it byhand.

SuspensionCoil springs

withshock absorbersin

thecentre in front, andleaf

springsat theback.Withthe

heavydutysuspension,thetail

dropped only 25 mmwith the

Bush Lapa’s off-roadcaravans’

noseweight.

Weight? 2840 kg with an

almost full tank offuel and

the driver in the car.Itis7 40 kg

heavier than thetareweight(2

100 kg).If youadd 100kgtothe

caravan’s noseweightonthe

hitch,youcanonly load 260 kg.

It givesyou space formoreor

less three more people in the

car. Thecombinationmasswas

42 40 kg.

InteriorOntheback seat,

an adult hastwofingers in

frontoftheknees andabove

thehead.

SpeedThespeedometer

shows5km/h faster than

the GPS’s 95km/h.

Fuel consumption

Accordingto the

computer 15.6ℓ/100km(6.4

km/ℓ)and our calculations

Whatwe towed

MakeBush Lapa

ModelBaobab

Year model 2017

Tare weight 10 90 kg

Loadedweightont he axle

at time oftesting 14 00 kg

GVM 18 00 kg

go!Drive &Campborr owed the

BushLapaBaobab fromBush

LapaRentalsinPaarl .Contact

Adél Brink at adel@bushlapa.

comifyou want to checkout the

Baobab. bushlapa.com

100 m

150 m

212 m

50 m

40 m

(^0) 84 km
Elevation
Distance
14 km 28 km 42 km 56 km 70 km
TOWPROFILE
Stiklandweighbridge
Paarl
Klapmuts