Few vehicles can claim as much credit for popularizing the sport utility vehicle in North America as the Isuzu Trooper. The Japanese automaker began manufacturing the Trooper in 1981, and it ...

But there’s one boxy off-roader that is conspicuously left out of that craze: the Isuzu Trooper. Isuzu built the Trooper from 1981 to 2002. If anything, it was boxier than those aforementioned ...

To reduce intake-air temperatures, air is inhaled from inside the left fender ... From the Archive: 1984 Isuzu Trooper II Tested From the Archive: 1994 Luxury Sport-Ute Showdown Tested: 2000 ...

These could be easily operated with gloved hands, which was appreciated by those who were driving the 1998 Isuzu Trooper on difficult terrains. Inside, customers found a spacious cabin thanks to ...

Climbing inside an off-road vehicle was never easy, especially for those who were used with sedans and unibody cars. However, the body-on-frame Isuzu Trooper required some muscles to climb aboard ...

The Trooper has been sort of like the Japanese Land Rover – boxy, beefy and capable of slogging through all sorts of nasty terrain. Isuzu has made some effort to soften the Trooper’s ...

The choice is pretty clear, though. The NPR cab-over truck has a six-liter LS V8 from GM inside. Take that out and put it in a Trooper, Isuzu. Trust me. So come on, everyone. Fire up the angle ...

Along with the Mitsubishi Shogun, the Isuzu Trooper is almost the definition of an off-road workhorse. Although it normally runs in rear-wheel drive, you engage four-wheel drive via a button on ...

It's very stylish inside and out. I'm very happy with it. It's very reliable. It's very unfortunate that in 1995 Consumer Report made false accusations that the 1995 & 1996 Isuzu Trooper were ...

Inside, the German tuner added a leather-wrapped steering wheel and Recaro bucket seats, and mounted an inclinometer to the dash. Admittedly, this obscure off-roader could use a bump in power (the ...