cool pic of VX catching mad air

[nfpgasmask]

jeep

chevy

Mitsu

Another jeep, madder air

If you look at the URL for the above links, and want to look at more pics from this Japanese site, just change the number around for the jpg up or down 1 to see some of the other pics. I cannot find out how to browse this site normally...

Bart

[JHarris1385]

tbigity = God i wish they didnt turn into GM now they dont even have the Axiom......

[Joe_Black]

GM never bought Isuzu. Isuzu entered into an agreement that provided GM with the worlds best diesel engines after they spun off their own Detroit Diesel division to Mercedes. Duramax? That's right, Isuzu is the heartbeat of today's Chevrolet!

Unfortunately, Isuzu's rising popularity in the 80's led GM to hamstring their American operations by dictating how dealerships they could have and the size of their advertising budget. GM attempted to garner some control with a 51% stock purchase, but Japanese law didn't give them the control they sought and Isuzu corporate made the GM representative essentially sit in the corner during board meetings.

Several years ago Isuzu began a stock buy-back plan to wrest any and all interest from GM. I posted some interesting news on this a while back. They got all but 12% back, then with the recent financial troubles at GM they snapped up all the remaining stock. Some may note or point out that Fuji Heavy (Subaru) and Mitsubishi got some of it, I think about 8%, but these were from divisions that are actively partnered with Isuzu on various projects.

So Isuzu is now 100% GM free, although they still do business with them. The "talk" has been that Isuzu will return to the US and set up new dealerships and market their domestic models, especially diesels, with an eye to be competitive and aggressive. So let's all keep our collective fingers crossed!