Comments on: Isuzu to leave U.S. market

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:43:13 +0000

I don’t like it.

By: injunraiv

injunraiv — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:29:17 +0000

Wierd, there was just an article in Automotive news outlining their plans to expand their dealerships in certain markets. They were selling cheap. I took this to mean there was something on the horizon and had it on my agenda to look into acquiring a franchise.

Then we get this story… Sheesh!

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000

This is no big deal. Since Isuzu is cozy with Toy Ota now they might as well pull out of the North American market entirely, as the only way they’re going is down. Swapping GM for Toy Ota will be their biggest mistake ever.

By: lucklaster

lucklaster — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:03:58 +0000

hey ezoozoo – don’t let the door hit you in the ass.

By: corvette

corvette — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:09:36 +0000

well sucks for them but you do what you got to do.

By: Get Real

Get Real — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:59:43 +0000

Joe Isuzu is finally and permanently……unemployed.

By: MY Si

MY Si — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:51:47 +0000

aw im gonna miss Isuzu. i loved the VehiCROSS

By: Jazz

Jazz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:47:02 +0000

First I’ve ever heard of a domestic auto co raping the profits a foreign one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isuzu

By: LJ

LJ — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:46:07 +0000

I had heard they were going to try to build new, better cars, and start selling cars again, but that was 7-8 years ago?
Well, Diahatsu was here for what, 3-5 years? Their cars were better.

By: LJ

LJ — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:42:40 +0000

In August of 1987, we needed a vehicle ASAP. We ended up with a “Chevy”(rebadged Isuzu I-Mark) Spectrum.
It was ok for 14 months/14,000 miles… then we had issues such as needing a new Master Cylinder(in 21 years of new car buying, this was the only model of car where a master cylinder blew out).
Brake pads? 70% Hwy driving, and needed pads at 17,000 miles(again, never happened with any other car we had) ..just a big pain.
30-31MPG with automatic.
We dumped it(due to issues) in June of 90 for a Sentra xe.
Took a big hit on trade-in(loss).

We did look @ the Storm. For the time, it was fast and fun… 120HP( a lot for 1990)…hatchback, no less, cheap, but Chevy dealership usually jerked us around with the Spectrum on repairs(went back 2-3 times to get things done 1/2 way right)…so we went to Nissan.

They quit making cars, iirc, 1993( reason why Chevy quit selling Storm’s..they had no more to sell…which, I heard, did quite well,at one time, selling nearly as well as the Cavalier?).

I did see that weird VehiCross..someone bought one…some lady had it in town about 2-3 years(about 05 was last time I saw it on the road).

By: sharpie

sharpie — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:33:22 +0000

And to Isuzu, rebadge=death, especially when you HAD a line up before. That is simply unacceptable. So naturally, you go the way of Oldsmobile and Plymouth. Next brand being killed is Mercury.

By: sharpie

sharpie — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:31:09 +0000

global_lightning, wait till the return of the Suzuki Swift. It is ranked very high in other parts of the world such as Australia. Also, I test drove the SX4 a couple months ago. Besides being too underpower to have AWD, the build quality and design is ahead of the domestic offerings.

By: hateful83

hateful83 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:28:07 +0000

They especially don’t have a place when all they’re selling (to the general public) is rebadged GM’s. As far as their commerical vehicles, I don’t know. You sure see alot of them on the roads. They also were largely the developers of the GM Duramax diesel, which is said to be quite good. What the hell happened to the Rodeos and Axioms of the world. And of course the Vehicross, that was a crazy ass suv.

By: Veda

Veda — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:06:45 +0000

Isuzu has been special to me simply because I used one of their diesel minivans to tow a Civic at 1AM during a major flood about 2 years ago. The water was already above the headlights so it was dark as hell but the damn thing just kept going even if the dashboard was going on and off. The other cars behind me didn’t dare to cross the water. Isuzus are strictly designed for field operation and other tough usage. They don’t have a place in a nice comfy place like US.

By: meekin111

meekin111 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:53:25 +0000

They are big in all of asia and the pacific.

By: RicardoHead

RicardoHead — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:22:27 +0000

The Axiom looked good. Maybe some dealers have some new 2004 models still on the lot I can pick up for $7 at a deathbed sale.

By: TOZO

TOZO — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:14:10 +0000

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! You suck! You suck! Get the hell out of the US, you crummy-ass Japanese-GM mix-up into crap excuse for an SUV & pickup car company! Your reight of slow-selling POS passenger vehicle sales are over!

By: jayjc08

jayjc08 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:16:01 +0000

Global Lightning- Suzuki sales are on the rise.

By: global_lightning

global_lightning — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:27:36 +0000

I could never get over the Ass-Ender name.
Mistsu and Nissan aren’t going anywhere; of the Japanese they build the most exciting cars. Suzuki may leave next since their cars are POS and strictly compete on price; they undercut the Domestics and still don’t sell. Too bad because their motorcycles kick ass.

By: gbb

gbb — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:20:54 +0000

Dont let the door hit you in the a$$ when you leave…….oh and one more thing, take Kia/Hundai with you.

By: SwerveEarly

SwerveEarly — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:18:44 +0000

Its a wonder they lasted this long in the US market. They had a few decent models like impulse (w/handling by Lotus) and Vehicross which was way ahead of its time and is amazing on a dirt road. Also they were way early on the SUV trend.

By: inline6

inline6 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:14:28 +0000

Suzuki is continue to post record year over year sales. I don’t think they’re going anywhere.

By: stick2clutch

stick2clutch — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:46:24 +0000

good!

By: HoosierHero

HoosierHero — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:41:39 +0000

Thank God. Who the hell owns an Isuzu?!?! They were GM clones, and poor ones at that. About 10 years overdue IMO. Though the Vehicross was kinda interesting…

http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z503/Isuzu_Vehicross/default.aspx

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:29:49 +0000

Good Idea golf4me, unfortunately ISUZU probably wasn’t making a huge profit after just selling a re-badged Envoy and a Colorado/Canyon. While I do see a large amount of their medium duty commercial trucks, that are also GMC’s there really isn’t anything that they produce for any other use. Which is a shame because I kinda liked that one SUV they had a few years back, the design was really cool.

By: golf4me

golf4me — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:25:21 +0000

Ouch, too bad they decided not to sell a true small truck with a diesel engine (of which they have several good ones) in the US. Could have really helped them, AND the could have sold it to GM to replace the crappy Colorado platform.