I have always thought it looks from the front like a Pokemon... Regardless, now, I find everything else looks like a box.
I never get negative cat calls. I don't care what people might be thinking, because it's eye-cathing. The closest things to insults are mistaken identities: RAV4, or that Hyundai tincanthing. The weirdest thing is when people can't see the H U G E Isuzu badge on the back... which I personally like. Those who debadge really don't need to. Most people are blind it seems!
Girls may ask "what does it do?". Why girls ask that question I am not sure, but statistically it's 100%. Weird.
I enjoy the "what the..." look when cornering on freeway clover leaf's, at say 40-50mph, past BMW's, Porsche's, Transcamerothings...
I was pulled over in southern Utah for 94 in a 75 (I had to avoid a Semi which had lost it's breaks on a hill... everything was sorted out when the officer saw what had happened)... and as he approached the VX he just stopped, took a step back, and asked... "what the hell is this anyway?"
My whole insurance broker office staff came out to look at it the first time I insured it with them...
I often have my CB on when traveling, and it's interesting to hear truckers say something to eachother like, "that's an uhugly lookin' cawr..." when I pass them. It shox them when the find I have "my ears on" and can explain it's no RAV4! Then hit the power and blaze away...