How this shortlist is built
Choose a double cab when the second row earns its keep often enough to justify the shorter load area and reduced completed payload.
Models are included as practical starting points, not winners for every buyer. Current New Zealand availability and published work specifications take priority over overseas hype.
- ✓Count regular occupants and child-seat needs.
- ✓Measure tub space after crew-cab compromise.
- ✓Recalculate payload with people and accessories.
Use one finished-vehicle specification
Compare the vehicle, body or fit-out, on-road costs, delivery, servicing and funding together. Recalculate payload after people, accessories and permanently carried equipment.
Ask for a decision-ready response
A useful supplier response identifies the exact grade, current stock or order status, itemised fit-out, written limits and a realistic delivery date. Alternatives should explain how they better satisfy the same brief.