I think it was at least a little convincing because it WAS a little bit true. Although Isuzu is in no way involved in Toyota's FT-EV or is likely to bring the Amigo or THIS back to market, the information about Isuzu working with Toyota is all over the intraweb...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isuzu
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/21/t...anks-to-isuzu/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/...21688820070823
Nice try at shooting holes in this story. Better work on your aim a bit though...