yeah, it's b/c Isuzu is partly owned by GM so GM lets Isuzu use it's designs. They're being built in the same plant. Also Isuzu had a very small role in developing the chassis for the colorado/canyon twins.

 

I hate the Isuzu rip offs. I guess it's not really a rip off but I still hate the Isuzu product line. Last cool vehicle they had that was their own was the Vehicross.

 

i cant believe that. i know gm owns izuzu, but give it a little different design. triplets is too much!!

 

I'd like to have Isuzu's 7yr/75,000mi warranty.

 

well its just another marketing tool
it will help gm in the long run im sure we will se them in here soon looking for answers on there rides

 

How does this help GM in the long run?

 

How does this help GM in the long run?

Money. Especially overseas, and double especially if Isuzu puts a diesel in it.

 

How does this help GM in the long run?

Money. Especially overseas, and double especially if Isuzu puts a diesel in it.

ditto :!:

 

The Isuzu versions should have had the longer extended cab windows and the bumper-integrated fender flares like the ones from Thailand.

 

GM's share of Isuzu's capital is a whopping 12%. Selling Isuzu badged Chevy's is not going to add significantly to GM's bottom line.

http://www.isuzu.co.jp/world/investor/fact/gm.html

 

You can the little discussion we had going here:
http://coloradofans.com/viewtopic.php?t=5061

 

http://autos.msn.com/as/minishow/articl ... c=minishow

Here is a link to a good read about this.

Doesn't bother me at all.

 

How does this help GM in the long run?

My sentiments exactly. More duplication, er triplication. They wrestle with brand elimination, yet continue add to the problem. I'm sure this "new" truck upsets the Chevy and GMC dealers quite a bit.

Fitz

 

I don't know about you. But I'd take a 12% raise over a 0% raise any day.

 

I don't know about you. But I'd take a 12% raise over a 0% raise any day.

Anybody would, but that's not even close to being relevant to the GM Isuzu relationship.

 

Why not? If Isuzu does 12million a year in sales, that's over a million a year for GM that they didn't have to do anything for. Right?

 

Why not? If Isuzu does 12million a year in sales, that's over a million a year for GM that they didn't have to do anything for. Right?

Except build and design them.

 

The issue is not what GM profits from the sale of the Isuzu pickup but rather what they lose or "leave on the table", so to say, for every Isuzu that is sold instead of a Colorado or Canyon.

They don't make the same amount of money when they sell a truck to Isuzu USA as they do when they sell it to your local Chevy dealer. Isuzu USA buys it from GM, markets it, advertises it, etc... and then sells it to their dealers. If Isuzu USA is lucky and actually profits from the truck GM only has a 12% stake.

 

there not going to sell. how many have seen isuzu hombre's on the road? i think i've seen one. now how many s10, sonoma's do you see on the road? it's a waste of time.

 

Well, I'm pretty sure Isuzu is paying GM what it's worth to build those trucks. I mean, only difference is the grill. Just like the Canyon. And all the expense of advertising and marketing it rests on Isuzu, not GM. Since they're turning out the trucks anyway, I still think they're making a decent profit on it. Why would they care if they sell or not. Isuzu is paying them to build them, selling or not.

 

Postulate all you want. Fact is, Isuzu has to sell them if GM is going to be paid. If and when Isuzu actually makes a profit, GM will earn 12% of that profit.
I'll say it again, "selling Isuzu badged Chevy's is not going to add significantly to GM's bottom line."

 

Where's the link to your proof that Isuzu has to make a profit before GM gets paid?

 

I'd like to have Isuzu's 7yr/75,000mi warranty.

I wonder why GM did not do that? 3/36 is pretty poor these days.

 

I'd like to have Isuzu's 7yr/75,000mi warranty.

I wonder why GM did not do that? 3/36 is pretty poor these days.

how can izuzu offer that much more on the same truck?

 

it's the only way they can sell the trucks