Tag: Isuzu
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Isuzu Bellel Three-Fer: 60s Japanese Diesel Sedan Goodness
The Isuzu Bellel (which, the interwebs state, references fifty bells – the meaning of Isuzu) was Isuzu’s first in-house design, but was inspired by the Hillman/Sunbeam Imp Minx, which Isuzu previously built under license. These are rear-wheel drive sedans and were originally offered with diesel or gasoline engines. Today’s feature includes not one, not two,…
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Sibling to Previous Orphaned Hot Hatch Post: i-Mark Turbo Sedan
We recently featured a rare Isuzu I-Mark hatchback, complete with turbocharged four cylinder engine and Lotus-tuned suspension. If you liked the idea, but wanted four doors, today’s feature is all you. This car gives you i-Mark RS Turbo performance in a small sedan package. Versus the hatchback, that’s less practical for lovers of cargo space,…
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Orphaned Brand Hot Hatch
The Volkswagen GTI started the hot hatch craze in the early 80s, and just about every OEM (except Ford in the US market?) played the game at some point. Maybe Ford is making up for that today with its ST and RS products. Anywho, Isuzu was a hot hatch player back in the day (you…
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Chevy Rectum – err, Spectrum – In the Porn Capital of the World!
This Giugiaro-designed hatchback is an Isuzu Gemini (I-Mark in the US market) rebadged as a Chevy. Isuzu sold some cool, turbocharged variants of this car, but Chevy did not get them. While this example is badged as a “Sport”, it is just an automatic-equipped, naturally aspirated version. Still, it’s an excuse to go to Chatsworth, even…
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They All Look Alike to Me
A racist comment? Not at all, when applied to boxy SUVs. Apparently, others think they all look the same, as this isn’t the first time we’ve found a Japanese SUV posing as a Mercedes. Almost two years ago, we featured the Gelandejetero, a wanna-be Mercedes-Benz Gelandewagen made out of a Dodge Raider, which was really…
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Super Trooper?
Troopers are rarely seen these days, but they’ve always been cool and quite capable off road. This two-door with manual trans steps things up a notch! This looks like a great vehicle and I’m not sure that 200K+ miles is much for an Isuzu truck. Click for Craigslist ad South Bay, CA $2,400 Sporty two-door!…
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A Hooptie I-Mark Turbo? Yes, really.
It’s not like Isuzu I-Marks come along every day in 2014, not to mention turbos. It’s too bad that this is the one that came along, but how could I not post it? Based on the ad text, the seller did not have anything to do with the modifications. Given the car is in Lompoc,…
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Parts car for an RS Turbo?
We recently posted an Isuzu Impulse RS Turbo, pointing out how rare these cars are. In fact, any second generation (JT22) Impulse is a rare bird, which means parts are not easy to find. Perhaps you bought, or are thinking about buying, the RS we posted before and you want a parts car. Well, we…
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Rarity + AWD + Turbo. What’s not to love?
We’ve featured a couple of first generation Impulses here, but this is the first time we’ve shown a second gen car. The second gen donated many bits to the Geo Storm, but only the Impulse came in AWD, Turbo form. This car needs some cosmetic attention and the seller claims it has an intermittent starting…
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Amigoes like hell?
Here we have something we never expected to see. No, it’s not something original and rare. It’s an Isuzu Amigo with a Corvette LT-1 small block Chevy V8 installed. …did anyone ask WHY? Not too surprisingly, this is located in your humble host’s home state, which means I understand it more than most. The Amigo…