Category Archives: isuzu
JNC Book Club: In Search of the Holden Piazza
In case you’ve missed the epic debate in the JNC Forums regarding the Isuzu Piazza (called the Impulse in the US market), here’s your chance to read all about what could be either one of the greatest (or one of … Continue reading
Bonus Vid: JDM Nostalgic Drag Racing
Is the traditional low and wide JDM look too boring for you? How ’bout some JDM funny cars built for the zero-yon (0-400m, about a 1/4 mile) with massive slicks and tubbed bodies? Here’s some footage from an Option video … Continue reading
10 "Cheap Fun Rising Sun" Cars from Hemmings
Hemmings once again turns their gaze to J-tin, this time choosing 10 cars that provide “Cheap Fun under the Rising Sun” (subscription required). The bravest pick is a tie between the Isuzu Impulse (shown above) and the Nissan NX2000, which … Continue reading
Japan Grand Prix, The Early Days
Continuing on the motorsports theme, our next stop is at the Japan Grand Prix. This one comes by way of banpei and appears to be a DVD about the race. Unfortunately embedding was disabled so you’ll have to click on … Continue reading
EVENTS: Time Machine Festival
We hope this event coverage is worth the wait. We gave you a sneak peek of the Time Machine Festival before, now here’s the real deal.
Isuzu Trucks Can Do Wheelies (Results May Vary)
Back in the day, Isuzu wasn’t shy about doing outlandishly extreme commercials for its sometimes mundane products. This reaches a zenith with these commercials for the mid 80s Forward truck. More after the jump.
Sayonara, Isuzu
Well, it’s February. That means Isuzu’s passenger car division has quietly exited, stage left, from the US auto market as we reported would happen year ago. The end of an era! Our brief time with Isuzu began in the 70s … Continue reading
Another Japanese Classic Car Show, in Brisbane
We yanks just had our Japanese Classic Car Show, but so did the Aussies, a week prior! Thanks to down under JNCers B1500boy and Saru for the photos. Check out the unique assortment of weird J-tin that we never recieved … Continue reading
Crazy Ken Band’s Isuzu Bellett 1600GT
W-W-W-Welcome baaack to WJNC, bringin’ you the best nostalgic tunes and old school jams! Hope you’re enjoying your Fridaaaay! Put on your dancing shoes and crank up the volume, because coming up next we have back-to-back tracks from the Crazy … Continue reading
Catching Up with Nostalgic Car Events
Things have been pretty frantic here at JNC headquarters, so we’ve missed posting on an event or two. Most notably, from the Better Late Than Never Bureau, the Z Car Club Inland Valley’s Datsun & Nissan Car Show. Check out … Continue reading
Video: Japan's Greatest Cars, Mitsubishi Edition
From our water chestnut bureau courtesy of RedSunday, here’s a couple of great vids featuring Mitsubishis. First, a walkthrough of some of the triple diamond mafia’s greatest hits. Though we couldn’t understand anything except that the GTO MR has “dummy” … Continue reading
1981 Isuzu I-Mark Diesel on Ebay
We don’t often have a lot of Isuzu news here, but the least-loved Japanese marque had some nice designs before completely falling out of the passenger car market altogether. The I-Mark was one of the first cars in the US … Continue reading
Isuzu: Crazy TV Commercials
We’ve done a few articles on Isuzu before (here and here) and it’s quite clear that the old Japanese marque’s car-making division started to run into financial rocks in the early 90s. And now we hear that after soldiering on … Continue reading
Isuzu Piazza: Media Ownage
The other day we did a feature on the Isuzu 117 Coupe and we concluded the article with a short mention of its replacement, the Piazza. That got us to thinking about the Piazza and now that we have … Continue reading
Isuzu 117 Coupe: JDM Italian Supermodel
One of the more fondly remembered classic cars in Japan today is the Isuzu 117 Coupe. An FR design, it debuted in Japan as an Italian-designed, DOHC sports coupe with an exotic pricetag to match. A JDM car with an … Continue reading
Toss Some Shrimp on the Bellet
What a way to close out the week. If your Sabbath includes some nice outdoor grilling, check this out. Our forum member Brett, who goes by the handle 1600GT, has created the coolest, if not the only, Isuzu Bellet-based barbecue … Continue reading