ISUZU HISTORY: 1997 TO 1999
The NQR 450 Turbo
The vehicle’s specifications revealed a truck with 6.6-tonne capacity rear axle, 300 mm ring gear, 17.5-inch wheels and Michelin XZE1 tubeless tyres. This, and the NQR 450’s long 4,175 mm wheelbase, equipped it for high level performance in urban, long-van body applications, as well as specific, relatively short-haul intra-state distribution operations requiring a tray or low-van body. The NQR 450 had the same 8,500 kg GVM as the highly-regarded Isuzu SBR 422 of the mid-eighties but was a genuine 4.5 tonne payload capacity truck when bodied, with more power and torque. In 1999, the launch of new engines had a positive impact on a couple of popular models, with the SiTEC 230 Turbo appearing in the FVR 950 and the SiTEC 200 in both the FRR 550 and the FSR 700.From the vault: a 1998 edition of Truckpower magazine featuring the NQR 450
In this year- 1998 was the year Microsoft officially became the biggest company in the world.
- In the overseas market, 1998 was the year General Motors and Isuzu collaborated to form the Ohio-based ‘DMAX’—a joint venture to produce diesel engines for trucks.
- In 1999, an electronic ‘TICS’ Timing and Injection rate Control System-equipped engine was introduced on Isuzu’s SiTEC 230 Turbo engine—a new design to challenge conventional fuel-injection systems.
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