2011 Isuzu NPR ECO-Max Truck

The most recent member of the N-Series family gives the features drivers be expecting from an Isuzu truck. With its new 3.0-liter turbocharged diesel engine, the 12,000-lb. GVWR NPR ECO-MAX gets up to 20% better fuel economy than its predecessor.

ISUZU NPR ECOMax Truck

Isuzu 4JJ1-TC 3.0-liter diesel engine standard on the 2011 NPR ECO-MAX is the newest engine in the Isuzu family; the 4JJ1-TC. Its high-pressure common-rail fuel injection system wrings the most energy out of every drop of fuel, and its inter-cooled, variable-geometry turbocharger provides excellent response over the engine’s entire RPM range. Together, these features help the 4JJ1-TC produce 150 horsepower and 282 lbs.-ft. of torque.

Regardless of its spirited performance, this engine is a miser. In fact, the NPR ECO-MAX achieves up to twenty percent superior fuel economy than the previous 12,000-lb. GVWR NPR. Read the rest of this entry »