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That "K5" concept is back

GM sold a bunch of cars out of their Heritage Collection not too long ago, looks legit to me.
 
Achy up the triad from me has something like that. It doesn't look like a concept car it looks like an aftermarket modification. This one looks like an oversized Isuzu rodeo.

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Unfortunately it is a GM concept car, the soft top I had not seen but I remember it when it came out as a concept, it still even has the same color.
I believe the reason it looks like a rodeo is because GM and isuzu do a lot of work together and possible Isuzu did the work, or Isuzu took the concept and made Isuzo Rodeo out of it but GM decided to drop it.
RollinKaos said:
Achy up the triad from me has something like that. It doesn't look like a concept car it looks like an aftermarket modification. This one looks like an oversized Isuzu rodeo.

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looks like a 2 dr Honda Ridgeline...:whistle:

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Didn't GM own a chunk of Isuzu? It probably is a collaboration between them. That soft top is sad though.
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RollinKaos said:
Didn't GM own a chunk of Isuzu? It probably is a collaboration between them. That soft top is sad though.
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Yep, they sure did. I got very drunk one night with some GM and Isuzu execs back in college when we were visiting Orlando. :haha:
 
I could have swore I either heard or read somewhere, that the Duramax is actually an Isuzu designed engine, also several yearsback they had those Isuzu pick ups that were almost identical to the S-10 trucks too.
 
4xcrazy said:
I could have swore I either heard or read somewhere, that the Duramax is actually an Isuzu designed engine, also several yearsback they had those Isuzu pick ups that were almost identical to the S-10 trucks too.
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The Isuzu Hombre, which IIRC was Isuzu-designed but GM manufactured. Isuzu did a lot of badge sharing; I think the Amigo/Rodeo Sport and the Vehicross, the one that looked like a big tennis shoe, were the only ones that were sold only under that name. (In the US -- don't get me started about overseas.)

The Trooper was also sold as an Acura, IIRC; the Honda Passport was a rebadged Rodeo, and then at the end they were selling the Ascender which was the Trailblazer, itself some derivative of the S-10 line.

And yes, Isuzu was part-owned by GM, so there were multiple levels of partnership and co-development occurring. Isuzu left the consumer vehicle market ca. 2006 to do strictly commercial trucks. Donno if they're still around even.

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This thing keeps popping up on the radar. It is NOT a GM sponsored concept. A dealership built it on their own dime, most likely to present it to GM as an idea to bring back the K5 in a more modern (at the time) approach. GM didn't go for it. I remember reading about it when it was new, most likely in a GM dealership newsletter. I was working at a Caddy dealer at the time.
 
4xcrazy said:
I could have swore I either heard or read somewhere, that the Duramax is actually an Isuzu designed engine, also several yearsback they had those Isuzu pick ups that were almost identical to the S-10 trucks too.
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The d max is an Isuzu / GM creation, a lot of the components of the engine ( heads for sure) are cast overseas then shipped here to be assembled.
 
Looks like the offspring of a Rodeo and Tahoe. It probably doesn't even have a solid front axle.
 
Its about as ugly as a Pontiac Aztec and I think the Aztec was voted ugliest car ever? :dunno:

Also everyone needs to just stop bitching about solid front axles. We will NEVER see on under a GM truck ever again. Just like how we will never see a manual transmission in a GM truck. (BTW most manufacturers are leaning that way of IFS and auto trannies) Its a sign of the times...
 
Chevy305 said:
(BTW most manufacturers are leaning that way of IFS and auto trannies) Its a sign of the times...
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People are too lazy, stupid and uncoordinated to use a clutch anymore, and want a truck that rides like a car, :doah: bunch of pampered spoiled women :D ..........:popcorn:
 
Exactly, all the 1500s are like that. Just wait until the next redesigned 3/4 and 1 ton trucks from Ford and Dodge and I would put money on them being all auto and IFS
 
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