Correction. At the time the VX was on the drawing boards, Isuzu was a major "car" manufacturer. In fact, the Isuzu Belgian office was soley focused on "car design work. Also, Simon Cox the VX's lead designer had just come from Lotus "cars". If Mack Truck had designed the VX I'd agree with you, but the VX was designed as a car first and later dropped on a two door Trooper frame. Notice the VX prototype had wheels pushed to the corners just cars today like the Ford Edge, and now the Ferrari FF. This may be hard to swallow but the VX is more car than truck and that's why it was called a Vehi....Cross, or cross between a car and a SUV.