Isuzu has posted more i-Series picks, and i'm actually starting to like the design alot. Not as good as its Isuzu D-MAX cousin, but still nice. It looks great in yellow and still has an Isuzu built 4x4 system.

Looks just like all the GMC canyon models we have all over town here.I believe that falls under a rebranded isuzu.

Yup.....pretty much.
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I had read in a 4x4 mag that these are co-designed by Isuzu and GM to replace the S-10/Hombre pickups. I was also under the impression that they were rebadged Isuzus not GMs <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />


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Thats basically it. Just try and get an owner of one of the new Canyon/Colorado pickups to believe that they are actually driving an Isuzu.....its hard to do. I just bring out my Peterson's 4wd&off road, where it specifically says that they really are just Isuzu's in GM clothing......
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They are pure GM...The sticker in the door jamb proves it...oh yeah seeing as how they are transported with allied further proves it...Ahhh once GM gets their hands in something they just can't stop..ie SAAB....

I kinda like the fact that they have GM blood and it definitly looks cooler with the Isuzu badges. The ones at the top are nice, I'd def buy one.

Isuzu designed most aspects of this truck. GM only had to do with the packaging and powertrains for North American versions. And i'm not quite sure of how many GM has sold, but Isuzu sells around 200,000 of these worldwide each year, and still demand is outpacing supply. Isuzu is trying hard to build more and more. But GM builds these for the US market, but its an Isuzu in its soul and has many actual Isuzu built parts, including the transmission and the 4x4 system. And with trade talks underway with Thailand, we may actually get the real D-MAX soon if free trade is established and pickup tax is eliminated. D-MAX will soon be sold in Mexico, so I can't wait to start seeing those in the US.

GM has had way more involvement with these trucks than just powertrain and 4x4 system. This truck is GM look at it, the whole interior for one is GM, the sheetmetal is GM, the engine is GM, and the line the truck is manufactured on is GM. Here this is a quote from On The Net, General Motors Corp, SHREVEPORT, La. -- "Less than a week after General Motors Corp. announced plans to cut its workforce by 25,000, officials at the plant here announced plans to begin production of up to 10,000 new trucks: Isuzu twins of GM trucks already built there. The plant will build 5,000 to 10,000 midsize Isuzu i-280 and i-350 trucks, based on the Chevy Colorado and the GMC Canyon, in the coming year, GM spokeswoman Donna McLallen said last week. [*]"The parts that would be unique to Isuzu would be cosmetic: the grill, the badging," said Chip Letzgus, spokesman for Isuzu Motors America The plant used to build the Isuzu Hombre, based on the former Chevy S-10 pickup. GM has had decades of partnership with Isuzu. The first Isuzu vehicle built and sold in the United States was the Chevrolet Light Utility Vehicle in 1972. It stayed part of the Chevrolet lineup for 10 years. After years of sharing compact pickups, Isuzu and GM began to develop in 1997 a new midsize truck, with Isuzu building for Thailand and GM for North America. The result: the Isuzu D-Max, and the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon. Like I said way more involvement....

Thats exactly what GM would want you to think, but the truth is:

(BTW this is from a press release and has been reported directly from Isuzu on its news bureau website)

Each company had its own area of responsibility. Isuzu -- as the lead engineer in the partnership -- had primary responsibility for packaging, interior design, powertrain strategy, establishing quality and cost targets, technical specifications, structure, and layout of the new truck.

And Isuzu shared responsibility with GM for styling, common component design, prototype production, and productivity studies.

Isuzu would build the truck for Thailand, and GM would build a version for North America here in the U.S.

Powertrains for the Asia/export pickup were engineered by Isuzu, and for the North American version by GM.

In May 2002, the Isuzu D-Max was introduced in Thailand -- and immediately became a national sensation there. Production was doubled from the original plan within two months of introduction. In fact, the D-Max sold over 100,000 units in Thailand alone during its first year on the market -- good for a commanding 40 percent share of the Thai pickup truck market.

In August 2003, General Motors introduced two North American versions of this truck -- the Chevy Colorado and the GMC Canyon -- both produced at GM's factory in Shreveport.

The i-280 and i-350 Pickups are Isuzu variants of the North American version of the jointly developed truck, and will be produced in Shreveport. But as Maloney pointed out, "Make no mistake: this truck has Isuzu in its soul."
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http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2005/03/24/020229.html

i-Series/Colorado/Canyon interior-

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Even the steering wheel is the same. The only major difference I see is the shape of the a/c vent is a little different. Oh and the GM versions get steering wheel mounted shifters. I think center mounted is better personally. Oh, and the D-MAX (which is sold in many 3rd world nations) has a cigarette lighter and power outlets under the dash, can't find them on GM clone. Also, the D-MAX has 4 cupholders in the front row, I can't find any on the GM version but i'm sure its only 2.

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i-Series/Colorado/Canyon


OMG GM changed the shape of the AC vent, the rear lights, and added that cheap looking plastic cladding they slap on everything they make these days! Genius! Thats so going to meet the needs of the US market!!! And a bottom of the pickup class 175 and 220 hp engine. Wow, GM sure got it right with this one. Not.

It must be known that GM pulled a fast one on America with this truck ans their "American revolution". Japanese truck designs, Korean mini-sedans, Australian GTOs.

Yea GM builds them, but if they built chopsticks, would those chopsticks not be chinese anymore?? This truck is Isuzu. Not the crappy engine though.