Isuzu

Today, the market is filled with compact crossovers like the Kia Soul and the Mazda CX-3. But there was a time when there really wasn’t such a thing. Perhaps the first such production vehicle was the seldom seen, but now beloved Isuzu VehiCROSS.

It has been a long time since Isuzu sold anything other than commercial style trucks here in the U.S. It has been about as many years since Mazda sold a truck here as well. With the medium-size pickup truck market heating up, the two Japanese automakers have teamed up to create a new truck.