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Isuzu was working on an all new SUV to compliment their only current offering, the Ascender but in a press release
today from the NADA convention, said SUV has been dropped due to cost constraints. Isuzu will bring the North
American market a version of the Colorado/Canyon twins (now triplets) called the i-280 and i-350, obviously because one
uses the 2.8 liter 4-banger and the other the 3.5 liter I-5 engine, both as seen in the Chevy/GMC. So Isuzu becomes the
official truck manufacturer where you could get a Chevy Trailblazer and Colorado (complete with “rare” Isuzu badges)
with a better 7-year/75,000 mile powertrain warranty than Chevy could offer. Makes me wonder while Isuzu Motors America
is still kicking.