Isuzu to End Sales in North America

AP ^ | 1/30/08 | DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER

[Rb ver. 2.0]

I love my 1988 2.6L Trooper II!

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Zoo is pulling the plug.

[Army Air Corps]

Joe Isuzu was hillarious!

[elizabetty]

[kalee]

I traded my Isuzu Rodeo for a Mitsubishi Spyder last year.
I love the convertible but I miss the Rodeo, it was a great vehicle.

My cousin will be sad too. She has driven Troopers for years.

[Charles Martel]

Dang. I was hoping that they’d bring back their diesel pickup.

[exit82]

Isuzu Isbyebye.

[RckyRaCoCo]

“that’s OK, I can’t say Cheveray”

[BallyBill]

WhoopDeeDoo for my Subaru.

Has nothing to do with this, but thinking of Joe Izuzu makes me think of that.

[Redcloak]

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ve had 3 Isuzus over the past 22 years. They put the Energizer Bunny to shame. My ‘96 Trooper has over 154,000 miles on it and shows no signs of stopping. It’s a real, honest-to-goodness truck; not some overgrown passenger car trying to look like an SUV.

[ASOC]

Mt wife drives a Rodeo, with only 114K miles, it is just getting broke in.... She loves it.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

I got into two major accidents with my Rodeo, other drivers fault. The Zoo did very well, and I miss having it. It had great room and gas mileage. Probably my fave.

[Mr. Jeeves]

"Joe Isuzu" was an extraordinary ad campaign - because everyone remembers it perfectly twenty years after it ran.

My favorite was the one where he was taunting the Beefeater in London: "...fit for a King! Or a Queen, if that's all you've got."

[RichInOC]

"We're shutting it down...you have myyyyy word on it."

[Revolting cat!]

Oh, boy, I was so glad to get rid of my Isuzu Trooper, which reminded me so much of the Soviet built luxury cars that KGB drove you in to their first class accomodations in Lyublanka!

[Vigilantcitizen]

Those late 80’s diesels were some sure nuff tanks.

[dirtboy]

I love the convertible but I miss the Rodeo, it was a great vehicle.

I had a 95 Rodeo that I took to 220K miles.

It wasn't a great truck in many ways. The spare tire holder in the back was a completely absurd design. The back seat did not fold flat. A lot of little things wore out over time.

But it was a tank. It ran long and ran well.

[DeLaine]

Used to have a TrooperII, loved it.

[MediaMole]

Isuzu I-Mark — worst car ever. 0-60ish in about 20 seconds. Only merge onto the freeway on downhill ramps — uphill ramps would cause the car to start rolling backwards under full “throttle.”

[Brimack34]

I would have bet no one could have found this picture or remember. Great job.