I've heard talk about other-people designing the VX recently here and I don't know where it's coming from but I think it's time to set the record straight. Nobody becomes famous for designing interiours, especially ones as ugly as the VXconcept's and he's ALWAYS been famous for the VX more than anything. He used to get the credit on this and the old VX board almost exclusively and he has personally told me that he did the concept and how angry it made him that they ruined it by putting it on a normal truck platform. If his anger stemmed from Isuzu scrapping his brilliant interiour in favour of the Rodeo interiour he would have said so. I do remember that he was so unhappy with the changes GM made to his original design for the Cien showcar that he gave all the credit for its design to the head of GM design and maybe that's what happened with the VX too, and his teammates gladly took it!

http://www.difflock.com/diffmag/issu...zu/index.shtml
Despite its Oriental overtones, the Isuzu VX2 sports coupe project was led by Englishman, Simon Cox who was also responsible for the earlier Vehi-CROSS - equally radical and now on sale in Japan.

http://www.caranddriver.com/buying_g..._imaj_car_news
Indeed, the Imaj was designed and built in Birmingham, England, where native son Simon Cox --late of Isuzu, where he is credited with the Rodeo and VehiCROSS

http://www.caranddriver.com/buying_g...maj_auto_shows
The head stylist was Simon Cox, the British designer who penned the VEHICross.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isuzu_VehiCROSS
http://www.wildtoys.com/Vehicross/history.asp
Led by Satomi Murayama, chief designer/manager at Isuzu's European office in Brussels, the design team was comprised of an international group: Simon Cox (Assistant Chief Designer best known for designing the Lotus Elan's interior), Joji Yanaka, Andrew Hill and Nick Robinson. The task was to build a "lightweight but tough, fun but environmentally friendly" SUV.

http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f68/...94/index4.html
a little homework reveals that Simon Cox - a Lotus designer - was the designer of the VX.

http://www.is-it-a-lemon.com/dream-car/isuzu.htm
Group B rally cars, rally-raiders and the Citroen 2CV were all cited as influences by the designer of Isuzu's 1993 VehiCross, Simon Cox.

http://isuzu-review.blogspot.com/200...ss-review.html
Concept Isuzu VehiCross first appearance before the public at the Tokyo Motor Show in autumn 1993. Unintended Isuzu vanguard faces a car pastors can be explained by the fact that it has created English designer Simon Cox.

http://www.motortrend.com/auto_news/...oss/index.html
The VehiCROSS was designed by Simon Cox, Isuzu's chief stylist in Britain and the same man who penned the visually similar Deseo concept SUV that graced Isuzu's stand at the 1995 Tokyo Motor Show.

http://motortrend.automotive.com/343...oss/index.html
The design, penned by Simon Cox under the direction of Satomi Murayama, survived the transition to production without being tamed.

http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z...Vehicross.aspx
The chief designer/manager for Isuzu's European office in Brussels, Satomi Murayama led a design team comprised of an international group: Simon Cox, Joji Yanaka, Nick Robinson and Andrew Hill.