2021 Mazda BT-50 Thunder Specifications and Price

2021 Mazda BT-50 Thunder Specifications and Price 

The 2021 Mazda BT-50 Thunder has been reported for Australia as an intense leader for the Japanese spic and span's age double taxi ute. The new model will put the new Mazda BT-50 of every a head-on fight with the Isuzu D-Max X-Terrain with which it shares its underpinnings. Albeit the Mazda and Isuzu bodies are novel, the two vehicles are twins under the skin and are made on a similar Isuzu creation line in Thailand. 

In view of the current leader BT-50 GT double taxi 4x4, the Australian-selective Thunder adds a variety of rough terrain and way of life centered parts planned by Mazda's designing group in Australia, with valuing at dispatch to begin from $65,990 drive-away with a six-speed manual, or $68,900 drive-away with a six-speed programmed. 

It's proposed costs will return to RRPs of $65,990 before on-street costs (manual) and $68,990 before on-street costs (auto) after an undefined timeframe. The two figures address increments of $9000 versus individual variations of the standard GT – nonetheless, Mazda claims $13,000 worth of extra gear has been added. 

2021 Mazda BT-50 Thunder Specifications and Price 

Changes incorporate a solitary band steel bull-bar, a Lightforce LED light-bar, dark 18-inch compounds, wheel-curve flares and matte dark avoids. A 'top notch' sports bar, an electrically-worked roller tonneau cover and a tub liner are additionally essential for the bundle, and the model is recognized by Thunder decals on the back bumpers. 

Those augmentations consolidate to make Mazda's opponent to other leader double taxi utes, for example, the Australian-created Toyota HiLux Rugged X and Nissan Navara N-Trek Warrior. 

Notwithstanding, dissimilar to the Toyota and Nissan which have bespoke parts added at creation offices in Melbourne before the vehicles are conveyed to display areas, the Thunder's additional items are introduced by vendors – like the more extensive BT-50 territory's 100-in number embellishment inventory, from which a considerable lot of the Thunder's parts can be optioned separately on a standard BT-50 model. 

2021 Mazda BT-50 Thunder Specifications and Price 

Standard hardware, motor force, and suspension are unaltered from the GT on which the reach beating Thunder is based. A rundown of the key considerations can be found at the lower part of this story. For a full breakdown of estimating and standard highlights across the whole Mazda BT-50 line-up, click here to peruse our story on the double taxi reach, and here to find out about the single-and Freestyle taxi range. 

The standard BT-50's Isuzu-sourced 3.0-liter four-chamber super diesel motor is held in the Thunder, sending 140kW and 450Nm through a decision of six-speed manual or six-speed programmed transmissions. A locking differential is fitted as standard on the back pivot, just like a switchable high-and low-range four-wheel-drive framework and slope drop control to increment rough terrain abilities. 

Joined asserted efficiency evaluations for the BT-50 Thunder sit at 7.7L/100km for the manual, or 8.0L/100km for the auto. Notwithstanding the fitment of the adornment parts, Mazda claims a similar 3100kg gross vehicle mass figure as the GT, with payload evaluated at 897kg for the manual and 887kg for the auto. 

2021 Mazda BT-50 Thunder Specifications and Price 

The standard BT-50's outside shading range extends to the reach clincher – for no extra expense – containing Ice White, True Black Mica, Ingot Silver Metallic, Concrete Gray Mica, Gun Blue Mica, Rock Gray Mica and Red Volcano Mica. All models offer a five-year/limitless kilometer guarantee and five years of emergency aides.

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