Ironhide is an ISUZU?!

[kodiak]

Ironhide is an ISUZU?! Cool!!!!!:p
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Ironhide-movievehicle.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10939)

[don moore]

The History of Isuzu

For now, Isuzu SUVs and trucks are all that you'll see at your local Isuzu dealer; it's been quite a few years since there's been an Isuzu car. The company's specialized lineup is more a function of circumstance than choice. In recent years, Isuzu has seen its share of hard times; a lack of funding for both new product investment and marketing has forced the company to rely heavily on its partnership with GM. Both of the models in its line are derived from existing GM products.
Isuzu, which means "50 bells," is the name of a river that flows through a province dotted with ancient Shinto shrines in Japan. The company's roots date back to 1916, when Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipbuilding and Engineering Company first decided to broaden its business to include automobile manufacturing. The company forged a technical union with the U.K.-based Wolseley Motor Company in 1918. Its debut licensed offering, the A9 car, soon followed, as did its first truck, the CP. By 1949, the company's name had been changed to the more succinct Isuzu.
In the postwar years, production of Isuzu trucks boomed. The company's vehicles played a significant role in Japan's reconstruction effort, and were used to ferry clothes, food and other essentials. In 1953, Isuzu rolled out the Hillman Minx passenger car, the product of a technical union with Rootes, a U.K. outfit.
The 1960s saw the launch of passenger cars like the Florian, the Bellett and the 117 Coupe, as well as trucks like the WASP. In 1971, Isuzu entered into a partnership with General Motors. The Gemini, released a couple of years later, was the first Isuzu vehicle to be produced from the pairing.
By the 1980s, Isuzu had landed on American shores. The Pup was the first Isuzu sold in the U.S. market. The Trooper, an SUV available in two- or four-door form, was introduced in 1983 and quickly became popular in that new market segment. The company entered into a joint venture with Subaru in 1987, a union that spawned the Isuzu Rodeo and the Isuzu Pickup. Less popular than the trucks were the cars, such as the dated I-Mark sedan and the handsome, Italian-designed Impulse sport coupe.
The company's sales were relatively strong in the 1990s, thanks in part to the increasing success of the Trooper, which by that time had grown in size and luxury. The Trooper was one of the models responsible for the massive popularity of the SUV vehicle category during that decade. In 1999, GM upped its stake in Isuzu to assume the role of majority shareholder.
The new millennium brought bad news, however. Previous bestsellers like the Rodeo and the Trooper were outclassed by newer, fresher competition, and sales plummeted. The Rodeo and the Axiom (a crossover SUV) were dropped from the lineup in 2004. Currently, Isuzu's lineup comprises just two vehicles - a truck and an SUV, both of which are based on GM products.

[So-CalVX]

Ironhide is a GMC
ISUZU has a colorado truck and a trailblazer SUV only.... now find a dealership

[Ldub]

Ironhide is a GMC
ISUZU has a colorado truck and a trailblazer SUV only.... now find a dealership

It's all about heart...if it's a diesel, it's Isuzu at heart.:thumbup:

[kodiak]

No its a Isuzu H-Series. Its all Isuzu.:p
Except for the bed of cores.

http://www.isuzucv.com/hseries/

[kodiak]

That’s a GMC Topkick.
http://wikicars.org/en/Isuzu_H-Series
http://www.trucktrend.com/roadtests/ultimate/163_0708_transformers_2007_gmc_c4500_4x4_crew_cab_ topkick/index.html

[snowtrooper1966]

That's funny..
When my sister first saw my VX, she said it looked like a transformer, amd was expecting it to change into a Dragon @ any minute.
James

[kodiak]

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Ironhide-Isuzu800.jpg (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=10946) That’s better!:p

[So-CalVX]

totally forgot about the fuel to body ratio. Engine kills body everytime. My bad. I forgot ironhide was diesel.

On the transformer subject... Everyone said my Proton would have been a great candidate for the part of Bumblebee in the movie. I would get the comment alot.

And on the diesel subject... Does anyone know why they put a gas motor in our precious VX's? I would be proud to have an all Isuzu VX.

And now a question for everyone more knowledgeable on the concept than I.
In a pic on anita's pics page I believe I saw a manual transmission... C'MON I want a stick

Wow... Goodmorning y'all

[CoastieCosta567]

you do have ana all isuzu VX, just cuz it's gas it don't mean it's not isuzu, iszuzu makes those engines, the things that are not isuzu is the tranny witch is GM and sensors and connectors things like that is GM, but most cars out there are made like that. But for body, engine inside of the VX, frame, all Isuzu. Plus knowing they where imported from Japen to here, i say, there are pretty darn close to an Isuzu as you can get with the VX. Not that many Japanise Cars out there have japanise lettering in them as our VX's, cuz most japanise cars if not all of them are made/assembled here in the states.


totally forgot about the fuel to body ratio. Engine kills body everytime. My bad. I forgot ironhide was diesel.

On the transformer subject... Everyone said my Proton would have been a great candidate for the part of Bumblebee in the movie. I would get the comment alot.

And on the diesel subject... Does anyone know why they put a gas motor in our precious VX's? I would be proud to have an all Isuzu VX.

And now a question for everyone more knowledgeable on the concept than I.
In a pic on anita's pics page I believe I saw a manual transmission... C'MON I want a stick

Wow... Goodmorning y'all

[kodiak]

OK! They are taking orders for the Ironhide edition Topkick. I've always wanted to make anather house payment.:rolleyes:
http://www.monroetruck.com/index.asp