Forgotten Cars: The Isuzu Piazza/Impulse Was An Ace Turbo Hatchback

Patrick George 12/30/12 4:00pm 12/30/12 4:00pm g 16,123 L 105

Welcome to Forgotten Cars, where we highlight fascinating cars and engines that are obscure, unrecognized and lost to the passage of time.

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Nice Price Or Crack Pipe

graverobber 1/05/10 7:00am 1/05/10 7:00am g 16,129 L 114

Be Impulsive for $4,500!

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe

graverobber 1/05/10 7:00am 1/05/10 7:00am g 16,129 L 114

Despite Joe Isuzu's hyperbole, people used to avoid buying Isuzus as though they were chock full of grandma porn. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe gives you another chance to buy one, but is this Impulse just a regular Joe?

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Choose Your Eternity

Murilee Martin 2/01/08 5:00pm 2/01/08 5:00pm g 3,593 L 50

PCH, Isuzu PUNishment Edition: Turbo Impulse or Bagged P'up?

Choose Your Eternity

Murilee Martin 2/01/08 5:00pm 2/01/08 5:00pm g 3,593 L 50

I thought about maybe sticking with French Car Hell for another day (by the way, the pair of Citröen SMs manhandled the Simca 1000 like Burt Reynolds slapping around his Maserati-owning girlfriend in yesterday's poll), but the descent into Isuzu Pun Hell in yesterday's racing I-Mark post can mean only one thing:…

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Retro

Matt Hardigree 1/31/08 1:30pm 1/31/08 1:30pm g 3,041 L 39

Eulogy For An Isuzu Impulse

Retro

Matt Hardigree 1/31/08 1:30pm 1/31/08 1:30pm g 3,041 L 39

Though most of the talk of the first generation Isuzu Impulse on Jalopnik had to do with a Project Car Hell comparison, with the news of Isuzu abandoning the North American market I thought I'd take a moment to remember one of the few North American Isuzus that were actually likable. I also have a personal connection…

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classic ad watch

Murilee Martin 9/26/07 3:30pm 9/26/07 3:30pm g 747 L 20

Poor Impulse Control: Isuzu Piazza!

classic ad watch

Murilee Martin 9/26/07 3:30pm 9/26/07 3:30pm g 747 L 20

After seeing all the Impulse love in yesterday's Project Car Hell, we felt it only fair to share this inspiring Japan-market ad for the '90 Impulse, aka Piazza. Sure, the '90 was front-wheel-drive, but it still had Handling By Lotus and Guitar By Wanker.

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Choose Your Eternity

Murilee Martin 9/25/07 5:30pm 9/25/07 5:30pm g 3,841 L 68

PCH, Island Nation Edition: Honda Rover or Lotus Isuzu?

Choose Your Eternity

Murilee Martin 9/25/07 5:30pm 9/25/07 5:30pm g 3,841 L 68

So yesterday we pitted a couple of classic Motown wagons against each other in the Choose Your Eternity poll, and the result was so close to a tie as to make no difference (with the Dodge photo-finishing past the Ford). Today we're going to look at a couple of cooperative efforts between the island of the Rising Sun…

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