Sadly there's only a trace of Trooper's once two-toned paint option, but power gets a needed gain. Would you have bought this generation Trooper or a Jeep Grand Cherokee?
When i was little, my mom worked as HR for Isuzu in Lafayette. I wanted an 02 Trooper so bad at the time. I'll never forget how my mom told me years later that when the plant was shutting down they offered her all the spare parts like whole entire seats and fog lights etc. to a bunch of their Isuzu stuff but didnt really have a need for them. I was mildly upset she didnt take any, lol
about a week ago I bought a 94 trooper, and last night I got stuck in mud trying to back up & ended up having to drive through a field to turn around and try to drive up the pretty steep muddy drop, and it pulled right up it like it was nothing then when I got to the top I realized I forgot to shift into 4x4 lmao
Starting base price: $18,800 in 1992 = $34,570 in 2020 LS Model starting price: $24,250 in 1992 = $44,590 in 2020 As tested: $25,900 in 1992 = $47,625 in 2020 I'd say that is pretty much in line for what a mid-size SUV costs today. Plus the Trooper was a solid vehicle.
I always go look that up on an inflation calculator. The only vehicles I notice or pay attention to seem to to have not gone up much in price. Luxury pickups though. Wow. No thanks
There is no such thing as a mid size SUV today. They are all Crossovers, and are unable to handle any offroad terrain at all. Thus the reason youll see so many older trucks still roaming the streets.
Including the 4th generation f-body twins. Except those two cars were the only cars beside the Corvette still built with manually removable sunroofs so make of that what you will
I’ve never been to Australia so I’ve never seen a Holden badged car. But I know that in terms of history Holden is to Australia as Vauxhall is to the UK and Opel to the rest of Europe, obviously all being part of GM for decades, so to lose an iconic brand like that really sucks. Many people have fond memories of Holden growing up, no doubt the good the bad and the ugly. Vauxhall and Opel are still around and kicking, perhaps the controversial sale to PSA a few years ago has saved them (for now). Holden was not so fortunate.
Having already abandoned manufacturing in Australia, GM is doing your country a favour by removing their substandard products from your market. Get a Prado if you need a 4X4.
This is the best SUV I ever drove. I drove this exact Trooper thru High School and College. We had this Trooper, a Montero SR and 96 Lexus LS 450. You can’t beat 90s SUVS era.
Pickups, SUVs, and commercial trucks... and not only in Europe and Asia, but also Australia/NZ, continental Africa, Central and South America, and the Caribbean They're far from a dead company
In Latin America, they sell pickups and an SUV (the MUX-X) only in Paraguay for Marketing reasons. They built-up a great reputation in there during the 80's and 90's.
@@zerocool5395 ok, Soldier Meaning Real Off Road Capable, Fender Fears, Boxy, Tough like a Soldier, Rear Mounted Spare Tire With Cover like a Backpack like a Soldier,
@DC Williams What are you talking about? YOU lack knowledge... I literally work on cars and there is not much turbo Kia engines in my country so I never heard of them being problematic. Kias are very reliable, at least here.
@Joshua Jacob I agree on Mitsubishi being not very good(for a Japanese product), but I must admit, I bought a Nissan Hardbody truck in 1994 and it never failed, never had an issue and I put like 100,000 in 3 years and only did oil changes and air filters, it ran like a Swiss watch. I think every Japanese car from 1975 onward had issues if they were equipped with an automatic transmission. Most Japanese engines were never engineered to drive a power sapping automatic transmission until perhaps the late eighties and by then all Japanese products were FWD(except for trucks & sportscars). Most Americans don't heed to the maintenance intervals, so subsequently automatic transmissions, especially FWD(since they directly drive the front axles) are under more duress and need more frequent changing.
Like... really? They might as well have called the Monterey a Unicorn because I've never EVER seen an Opel Monterey in Europe, nor did I know of its existence! I only see the 5-door Opel Frontera (Isuzu Rodeo) here in Greece, it was quite popular and many of them are still around! There are even some of them in Chinese guise (Jiangling Landwind), but they were so badly made they may be in the junkyards by the time I'm typing my comment! ;-P
Acura re-badged and fancied up one of these and called it an slx. We owned one for a while and I loved it. High seating position and mine had a good 4 wheel drive system. Motor was very good and smooth. Biggest gripes was that Back door and gas mileage. Consumer Reports killed sales when they found it might overturn and Acura brought out the MDX the next year. It was a little tipsy, but we were careful and really missed it after we sold it.
The SLX was available only 1996-1999 and U.S. only, though some Canadian grey imports have been reported. The SLX was priced somewhat above the Trooper and was really a stopgap until the first in-house engineered Acura SUV(MDX) was ready.
@@kevinwong6588 I hate when you people copy paste info, without concrete context. The SLX was sold from *1995* to 1999, not just 3 years. A full 4 year run.
Consumer Reports did that in 1996, not "a year before the MDX came out". The SLX was a stopgap Honda requested for Acura in 1993 and it went on sale around November 1995. The MDX had been in development by 1995 anyway, but in being a heavy duty unibody architecture, intended to accommodate more than what the Honda offered, it took a bit longer and since Honda needed to finish the CR-V first, time was needed to apply that formula to a much larger than Accord sized luxury vehicle. The SLX was discontinued in 1999, because Isuzu disclosed in early 1998 that the Trooper was getting more changes for 2000 (late 1999) and Honda didn't want to include the SLX in those late 1999 updates, having just finished the production design of the '01 MDX, on track for late 2000 arrival. Instead of running through 2000, Acura discontinued the SLX after 1999, while the Trooper got its last refresh for 2000. Consumer Reports didn't help sales in the late 90s, but the cancellation had nothing to do with that. SLX would've been sold through 2000, if it was updated like the Trooper for MY 2000. Just wasn't worth the investment, if sold for only 9 months to 1 year.
Had one of these as a loaner in Costa Rica for a few days, with a turbo diesel and a 5 speed. We got rain and mud those few days. These things really are beasts, surprised the shit out of me. Looking for one in the states now
I have owned one of these for the last 5 years and LOVE it! What a great car. I do agree with the annoying out of view instruments and stiff seats, they could have definitely done better. Besides that thought I only have good things to say about it.
My parents had a '94 Trooper S, which I learned to drive with. I remember when we got a VHS tape from Isuzu in the mail, after Isuzu got some really bad press from the Consumers Union when they almost rolled it over during testing.
I've got a 1994 S model with the SOHC 3.2, and absolutely love it. I noticed at the 4:16 mark you could hear the infamous lifter tick. Mine has it, too, like so many others, but I daily drive it and it still does excellent. It's phenomenal offroad and cruises comfortably down the highway, too. Love my Trooper.
This was a brief time when Isuzu, Subaru and Mazda were all introducing luxurious vehicles like the Millennia, the SVX, VehiCross and this Trooper, a great and beautifully made vehicle. We rented one in Colorado.
Yep, dead accurate. Back in 1986-88, Isuzu was basing this on the MB 300-Series (aka W124 E-Class) made into affordable SUV form. They lost the Joe Isuzu bargain hunter marketing, to prepare for this shift some 18 months down the line in early 1992. By 1995, the Trooper and Rodeo were extremely expensive, reaching $33k and $40k fully trimmed. That's $64k and $80k. It was a risky move pricing a vehicle above $30K in the '90s, because of the 10% luxury tax. Even when that got reduced after 1993, it still applied regardless until the 2000s.
I remember riding in a Acura Slx back in the day back to the Acura dealership when my grandma had her legend it was pretty nice ! Pretty much same car with Acura badges.
At one point in the late 90s my mother had a Land Rover Discovery and my father had an Isuzu Trooper, both with the most off-road trim available. We lived in Miami...
I still see these things occasionally. I guess the engines on these things always had noisy lifters. I could hear them tapping away in the background on this video.
I remember seeing many Troopers and Rodeos on the roads back in the 90s and early 2000s. There's still a few Troopers around, but hardly see any Rodeos anymore.
Gedaman I hope they dont return. "New GM" couldnt manage a tune in a bucket. Isuzu's last entries were a rebadged chevy colorado, and a rebadged gmc envoy. They didnt even try, nor did they care. They still dont, and it shows.
I've never been a fan of SUVs but these always looked handsome to me, and still look great almost 30 years later. I'd totally try to find an Acura version just to be different. :)
That tester is $46K in today's dollars. I don't think you could get away with cloth seats at that price point today in a SUV. Maybe we just expect leather seats in everything now days though.
electric radiator fan. this makes this thing get up and goooooo. most of the delay from the moment you put on the gas. only about 100$ to install, and is easy to do.
420k on my 98 XJ Cherokee and sold this exact trooper model with 288k miles still purring like a cat. Still have Cherokee in my garage, I can't stomach even glancing at these Fiats with Jeep badges. The XJ this Trooper others, real SUVs and if your under 35 years old you have no idea what an SUV is. Body on frame, low horsepower high torque and you know your gas station guy by name.
In 1992 I would have gotten this over the Grand Cherokee. But by '99 the Cherokee was really good (only to become bad in the 2000s and then become good again today).
Hav a 92 ls trooper in silver...no rust issues at all..bout for 1200 wth 198thou miles on it...n still runnin like a top..still in origanal condition .
In Thailand, Trooper has electric leather seats and better steering wheel. Trooper in this VDO bring the steering wheel,tachometer and gear shift lever from Isuzu TFR truck.(Isuzu TFR was sold in Thailand) There are many good SUVs in the 90th era. People in Thailand want to buy Jeep Cherokee,Jeep Grand Cherokee,Isuzu Trooper and Mitsubishi Pajero. In 2020, These SUVs can run well but Isuzu Trooper is the most solid built. So sad that there are not Trooper anymore and Isuzu can't go well in other markets outside Thailand. Isuzu can't go well in Japan also.
One of the most rebadged cars ever. Here is the list. Acura SLX Chevrolet Trooper Isuzu Bighorn Holden Jackaroo Holden Monterey Honda Horizon HSV Jackaroo Opel Monterey Subaru Bighorn Vauxhall Monterey Sanjiu 3-Nine Isuzu
My Dad bought one of these used in the late 90s. It had a 5-spd manual. He called it a gutless wonder. I never got to drive it, but I remember when riding in it noticing how short the first gear was. It was stump pulling short. Made for really annoying around-town driving (I know because he complained...a lot). He also didn't like the clattering noise the engine made and ditched it after a year or so. It was a very solid feeling vehicle though. Just don't make sudden turns.
I like this SUV the 90s were boxy with their vehicles. The Trooper seemed like a tough reliable truck sure are rare now they looked beautiful for a Isuzu looking at the body seems could had been a styling off expensive brand.
There are 2 in billings montana...i own 1 ls 92 trooper...other is 92 rs model...both are silver and original cond wth no rust issues.. Meet up for coffee on weekends or we take off to trails n watch gawkers seeing somthing in 90s can still do it
Remember, a version of the 1996 Trooper was almost given to Oldsmobile. That should have happened. Personally, the Land Rover Discovery should have been used for the Acura SLX. It would have been interesting indeed.
Darryl Henry Dont forget their only engineering brand, Oldsmobile, and their excitement brand Pontiac. Both killed so that they could move operations overseas.
Great balance of maybe no so much sport, but off-road capacity and utility combined with passenger car comforts. Now most of the SUVs are basically high cars (and some of which are inexplicably called “coupes” despite having no greenhouse that remotely resembles a coupe, and also four doors), which is ok to have SOME of those, but the market has gone SUV crazy, and car-based SUV at that to the point that many car brands are now making more SUVs than actual sedans, convertibles, wagons, coupes, passenger cars, etc...