Isuzu, dumping product, posts highest sales since 2000 1 year ago on Autoblog

Aggressive dealer cash incentives ranging from $4,000 to $8,000 on vehicles has helped Isuzu record its first quarterly sales increase in nearly eight years. The news of 2,007 new units out the door follows the not-so-shocking report earlier this year that Isuzu is abandoning the U.S. market -- ...

CONFIRMED: Isuzu abandoning U.S. market 1 year ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/CONFIRMED_Isuzu_abandoning_U_S_market'; Isuzu has officially announced that it's leaving the U.S. market and discontinuing sales of its i-Series pickup and Ascender SUV. Both vehicles are produced via a joint venture with General Motors, the i-Series being ...

Isuzu plans Alabama truck plant 2 years ago on Autoblog

When the fruity people at Del Monte closed their Pinson Valley distribution center in Alabama, they were left with 300k square-feet worth of warehouse space and a lot of unsold canned pears. Being in the market for a manufacturing center, Isuzu decided to pick up the facility with the intention of ...

Toyota to sell diesel hybrid by 2010 thanks to Isuzu 3 years ago on Autoblog

AutoblogGreen has reason to be happy, having found evidence that Toyota's recent purchase of a 5.9% stake in Isuzu will bear fruit in 2010 when the Japanese juggernaut marries its Synergy hybrid drive system with a diesel engine. Presumably such a hook up was made possible, or at least hastened, by ...

Video: Automobile Mag (mercifully) shreds an Isuzu Trooper 3 years ago on Autoblog

Automobile Magazine took a previously loved Isuzu Trooper to a car shredder and, just for us machine freaks, shot video of its aged, slab-sided body disappearing forever into the 6,000 horsepower jaws of automotive death. It's amazing how quickly the device of destruction chews from the Trooper's ...

Toyota buys 5.9% of Isuzu 3 years ago on Autoblog

Toyota announced today that it will spend $373 million on a deal with Isuzu that will transfer 5.9% of the truck- and diesel-maker to the giant Japanese automaker. Toyota's goal in purchasing a stake in Isuzu is to bolster its diesel portfolio, which apparently lags behind other major automakers ...

Mitsubish becomes top shareholder of Isuzu 3 years ago on Autoblog

Isuzu Motors announced today that Mitsubishi Corp. has become its top shareholder after increasing its share of the automaker from 3.5 percent to 15.65 percent. Mitsubishi Corp, the huge conglomerate that also owns 13 percent of Mitsubishi Motors Corp, first scooped up a share in Isuzu when General ...

Isuzu VehiCOPS! 3 years ago on Autoblog

Photo: Chris Belanger We love seeing interesting police cars, and by "interesting," we mean a car that does not have an available factory police package. With that in mind, you can imagine the smile that crossed our faces when we opened an email from reader/tipster Chris Belanger. Chris saw ...

Isuzu rolls out new D-Max pickup 3 years ago on Autoblog

Isuzu hardly has a leg left to stand on in North America, but elsewhere in the world its trucks are being bought by the hundreds of thousands. The D-Max shares its underpinnings and much of its sheetmetal with the brand's i-280 and i-350 pickups, as well as our own Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon. ...

General Motors and Isuzu to build pickups together 3 years ago on Autoblog

General Motors and Isuzu Motors Ltd. will get together for another joint venture to start developing new pickups together for emerging markets.  The JV, called LCV Platform Engineering Corp., has worked together successfully before on pickup development and production, and despite GM having ...

General Motors recalling 400,000 mid-size pickups over brake light malfunction 3 years ago on Autoblog

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced that General Motors is recalling over 400,000 pickup trucks due to malfunctioning brake lights. While the automaker is unaware of any accidents resulting from the problem, trucks also outfitted with cruise control lose that ...

GM cuts loose Isuzu 3 years ago on Autoblog

Reports are that GM has sold its 7.8% stake in Isuzu Motors to a group of investment partners and strategic shareholders in the Japanese manufacturer of passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and diesel engines. The deal will put about $300M in GM's pocket, and will still allow business ...

GM looking to sell off Isuzu truck interest to Mitsubishi 3 years ago on Autoblog

Word 'round the 2006 General Motors Divest-Fest campfire is that the automaker's stake in Isuzu is likely to be the next to go. GM is reportedly plying its stake in Japanese truck manufacturer Isuzu Motors Ltd. to Mitsubishi Corp. and Itochu Corp. A spokesman from Mitsu indicates that the proposal ...






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