Double Cab Bakkie – A Motor Vehicle With Innumerable Features
The double cab bakkie, a derivative of the business oriented two door bakkie, is a much loved motor vehicle in South Africa offering accommodation for a family. What further more plays a role in the vehicle’s popularity is the fact that it is also accessible in a 4×4 setup, adding to its overall flexibility as a fun family car.
The double cab bakkie is constructed and distributed by at least five manufacturers in South Africa in a very cut-throat sector and is heavily adapted to accommodating local circumstances like extreme heat and dusty conditions. The double cab bakkie can, therefore, be harnessed for a work vehicle, a household car or indeed as a flexible leisure vehicle. Contributing to the attraction is the prestige value of such vehicle, in particular the high-class types that have all the amazing features of any modern car. As far as comfort is concerned the modern double cab bakkie is just about as comfortable as a typical vehicle but more at ease and steady on dirt roads. The only problem with such a car is the elevated fuel usage and CO2 emissions compared to conventional cars.
The style of the double door cab also is very appealing these days and nobody is likely to refer to your car as a “lorry”. The double cab bakkie can also be seriously accessorised to further be adapted to leisure use in particular. With such accessories as Navigation equipment, a cover and even a roof top tent as well as freezer/ refrigerator the double cab bakkie becomes a highly mobile caravan for the small family. The benefit of course is that in a 4 x4 edition, you can nearly go anywhere.
From a economic point of view the double cab bakkie also makes a lot of sense in case you are after a highly versatile vehicle. These vehicles cost about the same as a medium car, with added advantage of a load area which you can use for work purposes and can be covered with a canopy for leisure or safety purposes. If you were to add a roof top tent you are ahead of the game over a conventional motor vehicle where you would need to add a caravan or stay in a hotel to accommodate a family – at a greatly increased cost over time.
Any open-air loving household will cherish their double cab bakkie as South Africa is thoroughly blessed with so many places to visit in such a vehicle, ranging from National Game Reserves where a 4×4 double cab bakkie would be most useful (Kruger, Kgalagardi, etc) National Parks (The Drakensberg area) and others. For a game watching enthusiast or game/nature digital photographer such a car would be more than merely useful in its application and capability to go “anywhere”.
It is a great experience to tackle the Roof of Africa along with your family in the comfort and safety of a 4×4 double cab bakkie or being able to venture further into Lesotho exploring that beautiful tremendous mountain and water rich country. Blessed with wonderfully helpful and peaceful individuals, it’s no wonder Prince Harry is so fond of Lesotho – maybe he journeyed in a double cab bakkie.
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