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Isuzu Cutting Ties With GM?
In the good old “SUV” days, GM forged ties with many companies. But since the bubble burst and GM went to the bankruptcy court, those ties are being severed. Fiat, gone. NUMMI, gone. Suzuki, gone....
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Curbside Classic: 1983 Isuzu Trooper II
The Trooper II deserves some serious respect and love. It was among the very first, perhaps the very first of the “compact” SUVs that took the US market by storm in the eighties. It was eminently...
View ArticleVolkswagen And Isuzu Are At It Again
When the first rumors of a possible tie-up between Volkswagen and Isuzu were floating around, they were vigorously denied by Isuzu, and meekly (“currently not on the agenda”) denied by Volkswagen....
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New or Used: The Homebrew Uberwagon
Geðrven writes: Greetings! Here on TTAC, one finds recurring references to that elusive “sub-$20k AWD manual diesel wagon”. Clearly, this brief blurb of specs isn’t my dream alone; sounds like a lot...
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And the Real Winner Is…
If you want to contend for 24 Hours of LeMons racing’s top prize, the Index of Effluency, choosing a terrible Malaise Era subcompact gives you a big edge. Choosing a General Motors product also helps....
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First The Tsunami, Now The Floods. Japanese Companies Get No Breaks
Japanese carmakers are driven out of the country by a rising yen and an urge to diversify their production after the catastrophic March 11 tsunami. A favorite destination is Thailand. Due to free...
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Piston Slap: Bad ECU, Cowboy? This Ain’t my First Rodeo!
TTAC Commentator Tree Trunk writes: Hello Sajeev, I comment on TTAC as Tree Trunk from the frozen tundra in interior Alaska and am looking for advice on how to deal with an out of control repair of an...
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Possibly the Greatest Badge Engineering Feat In History: Isuzu Statesman...
Last week, I had never heard of the Isuzu Statesman Deville. Then, my fellow LeMons Supreme Court Justice suggested that I do a quick internet search for the name of this fine...
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Junkyard Find: 1990 Geo Storm GSi
When you think about cheap factory hot rods of the early 1990s, do you think of the Geo Storm GSi? Probably not— the Isuzu-built Storm has been nearly forgotten by now— but the GSi had some pretty...
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Junkyard Find: 1996 Honda Passport
Some examples of badge engineering are ridiculous yet wonderful, others made a lot of sense for both companies… and some just make you clutch your head in dismay. The Honda Passport is the...
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GM and Isuzu In Bed Again?
Uh oh. Here we go again. GM apparently wants a 10 percent stake in Isuzu to build commercial vehicles. The deal would focus on Asia and Central/South America, while also necessitating an end to the...
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GM And Isuzu Want To Rekindle Old Tie-Up
Here some background on the GM/Isuzu tie-up. Japanese wire services such as The Nikkei [sub] and Jiji report that GM approached Isuzu and “informally proposed acquiring a stake” in the Japanese truck...
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Because No Toy Car Collection Is Complete Without a Geo Storm GSi!
Giving gifts to 24 Hours of LeMons judges in order to ensure smooth turning of the gears of justice has been a tradition for several many years now. While jugs of quality booze remain the most common...
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Geo Storm EV Mule, The Chevrolet Volt’s Baby Daddy?
While on the Infiniti JX launch event, I met a gentleman who now works with Nissan. He had a number of interesting stories about his tenure at GM, and what it was like to work on the EV1 program, as...
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Number One In Pickup Sales Per Capita? It’s Not Who You Think
Well America may be the overall volume leader for pickup truck sales, the per-capita title belongs to Thailand, and they prefer a different flavor of truck as well. Research for the Chrysler unibody...
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Say “As-Salamu Alaykum” To Yusuf al-Isuzu
Isuzu is joining the “let’s flee Japan and the rising yen” bandwagon, and their latest venture involves assembling export-bound trucks in Saudi Arabia. Just-Auto outlines Isuzu’s strategy, which has...
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Even Isuzu Wants Out Of Opel
Opel, the sick man of Europe, just can’t catch a break. Even Isuzu wants out of its current arrangements with the ailing German automaker. Just-Auto and the Nikkei are reporting that Isuzu will halt...
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Junkyard Find: 1989 Geo Spectrum
The Mitsubishi Sigma I found a couple weeks ago was one rare Junkyard Find, having been sold in the United States for just two model years. Today, though, we’ve got something even more obscure: an...
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Junkyard Find: 1987 Isuzu I-Mark
North Americans bought the post-Chevette Isuzu Gemini under several marques. There was the Spectrum, sold as a Chevrolet, a Geo, and a confusing Chevrolet/Geo. In Canada, you could get a Gemini badged...
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Junkyard Find: 1984 Isuzu P’up
All right, we saw one of the rarest examples of Detroito-Japanese badge-engineering of the 1980s in Sunday’s Junkyard Find— a Chrysler/Mitsubishi truck— and today we’re going to look at GM/Isuzu truck...
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