What is Isuzu Rodeo?
[[File:01-03 Isuzu Rodeo.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|2001-2003 Isuzu Rodeo}}]] The '''Isuzu Rodeo''' was a [[Mid-size car|mid-size]] [[Sport utility vehicle|SUV]] sold from 1991-2004.<ref name=A.c>{{cite web |url=http://www.automotive.com/isuzu/rodeo/t3-13-3/ |title=Isuzu Rodeo |publisher=Automotive.com/TEN |access-date=17 December 2015 |archive-date=1 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101024853/http://www.automotive.com/isuzu/rodeo/t3-13-3/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 1991-1997, the 2.6-liter 4-cylinder 120 horsepower engine was standard on the [[2WD]] Rodeo S.<ref name=CGA>{{cite web |url=http://consumerguide.com/used/1991-97-isuzu-rodeo/ |title=1991-97 Isuzu Rodeo |publisher=Consumer Guide Automotive |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> The Rodeo had an optional [[V6 engine]] and [[four-wheel drive]].<ref name=CGA/> The first [[series]] Rodeos had a number of [[safety]] [[subject|issues]]. It had very poor [[crash test]] [[wikt:score|score]]s.<ref name=A.c/> Front [[airbag]]s were installed for the first time in 1995. The second [[series|generation]] Rodeo came out in 1998. A new V6 engine gave it much more power.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nadaguides.com/Cars/isuzu/rodeo/Model-History |title=Isuzu Rodeo Model History |publisher=National Appraisal Guides, Inc (NADA) |access-date=17 December 2015 |archive-date=13 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113133642/http://www.nadaguides.com/Cars/Isuzu/Rodeo/Model-History |url-status=dead }}</ref> While the exterior [[design]] did not change very much, it became known as one of the best SUVs available at the time. But it could not keep up with the other SUVs in the market.<ref name=A.c/> Isuzu would later replace the Rodeo with the Ascender, a badge-engineered [[GMC Envoy]] in 2005<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.cars-directory.net/history/isuzu/|title = The History of Isuzu|date = 19 August 2016|website = Car Directory|access-date = 19 August 2016}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{commons}} [[Category