South Africa is bakkie country. The most popular pick-ups often rival passenger cars on the local best-seller lists, and they’re endemic on our roads: from multi-lane highways to rutted farm tracks.

General Motors SA has announced the KB72 bakkie, an added-value version of the popular KB250 LE Double Cab, to commemorate Isuzu’s record-breaking 72-hour challenge. At the heart of that challenge was ...