10 Facts About Isuzu Trooper

Isuzu Trooper is a full-size SUV that was produced by the Japanese automaker Isuzu between 1981 and 2007.

Isuzu Trooper began as a rather basic and somewhat underpowered on- and off-road vehicle, offered only with four-cylinder motor, four-speed manual transmission, and part-time four-wheel drive.

The Isuzu Trooper was sold in Australia and New Zealand as the Holden Jackaroo, named after an Australian slang term for a young man working on a sheep or cattle station.

In 1991 for the 1992 model year, Isuzu completely redesigned the Trooper to keep pace with changes in the SUV marketplace, making it larger, more powerful, and more luxurious.

Under this partnership the Isuzu Trooper was thus sold in Japan as the Honda Horizon, in Europe as the Opel Monterey, in the United Kingdom as the Vauxhall Monterey, in Australia as the Holden Jackaroo, and in the United States as the Acura SLX .

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The Isuzu Trooper received a mid-life facelift in 1998 with new grille, bumper, headlamps, and front fenders.

The 2000 to 2002 Isuzu Trooper included a feature called "Grade Logic" which allowed the transmission to automatically downshift on steep grades in order to slow the vehicle down.

However, Isuzu Trooper suggested that the magazine's claims had hurt sales of the vehicle.

Defamation suit went to a jury, which found that eight of the 17 statements in the report questioned by Isuzu Trooper were false, with one displaying "reckless disregard" for the truth on the part of Consumer Reports magazine, but that Isuzu Trooper was not damaged by that statement.

Isuzu Trooper calculated the total cost of the Consumer Reports claims at $244 million.