RubHer Yellow Ducky
01-31-2008, 04:43 AM
Isuzu to exit U.S. light vehicle market
(http://e.ccialerts.com/a/hBHoPJyAG-rD9AqcpPBBnuut0Ob/and16)
Kathy Jackson
LOS ANGELES -- Isuzu has made it official: It is leaving the light-vehicle market in the United States.
In a conference call today with the board of the U.S. Isuzu Dealer Advisory Council, Isuzu said it will stop selling new vehicles here on Jan. 31, 2009.
" It's very sad," said council Chairman John Galeani, who owns City Isuzu in Jacksonville, Fla. " I've been with them for 20 years, but they are committed to making it as painless as possible for the dealer body."
In a press release this afternoon, Isuzu Motors America said it is leaving because General Motors may discontinue the Ascender SUV and its small-pickup platform.
Isuzu has 201 dealers and sells only two models -- the five-seat Ascender, based on the Chevrolet TrailBlazer; and the i-series pickup, derived from GM's ...
(http://e.ccialerts.com/a/hBHoPJyAG-rD9AqcpPBBnuut0Ob/and16)
Kathy Jackson
LOS ANGELES -- Isuzu has made it official: It is leaving the light-vehicle market in the United States.
In a conference call today with the board of the U.S. Isuzu Dealer Advisory Council, Isuzu said it will stop selling new vehicles here on Jan. 31, 2009.
" It's very sad," said council Chairman John Galeani, who owns City Isuzu in Jacksonville, Fla. " I've been with them for 20 years, but they are committed to making it as painless as possible for the dealer body."
In a press release this afternoon, Isuzu Motors America said it is leaving because General Motors may discontinue the Ascender SUV and its small-pickup platform.
Isuzu has 201 dealers and sells only two models -- the five-seat Ascender, based on the Chevrolet TrailBlazer; and the i-series pickup, derived from GM's ...