
Originally Posted by
Pghachey
…The Honda & Acura bigshots must think Isuzu has something to offer.
It wasn’t so much about what Isuzu had to offer as what Honda DIDN’T…
Honda wanted to gain a foothold into the (then) ever-expanding SUV market, in the worst way - however, at the time they had nothing in the pipeline – or even on the drawing board for that matter. --- So they shopped around and struck a deal with Isuzu - a marriage of convenience if you will…
Isuzu profited by a nice increase in overall production numbers, and Honda was able to start cashing-in almost instantly on the skyrocketing SUV sales phenomenon, by offering the Honda Passport (a re-badged Isuzu Rodeo), and the Acura SLX (a re-badged Isuzu Trooper).

Originally Posted by
Pghachey
…Isuzu doesn't use anything made by Honda, or do they?
Not anymore, but at one point they did…
Part of the deal with Honda included a little bit of reciprocity, wherein Honda supplied their Odyssey mini-vans to Isuzu (who had no mini-van in their line-up), and Isuzu re-badged them and sold them as the Isuzu Oasis… although, they never sold very many of them – rather like the (Trailblazer/Envoy-derived) Ascender’s limp sales figures now.

Originally Posted by
Pghachey
Doesn't the Acura use an Isuzu engine?
On that one, I honestly don’t know.
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