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Originally posted by Ron Mummert
Paddles - Do you know if the Isuzu Piazza etc. is the Isuzu Impulse in the USA? I always liked the car's design, & with the Lotus suspension & turbo , it was on my short list of play toys, before & found true Niverna, of course.
Ron.
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Yes, they are one and the same. Mine is an Irmscher version which was a JDM model only. Irmscher is a German Tuning company linked with GM and Isuzu had them 'tune' their JDM models to increase sales (before the link up with Lotus), so my car has standard Recaro seats, aero parts and 'German Tuned' suspension, etc.
For those who don't know what an Isuzu 117 Coupe looks like, here is a link:
http://homepage1.nifty.com/marumasa/car/top.htm
Interestingly, because of the complex body design, panels on the early models from 1968 to 1971 were handmade and each car was hand assembled (kind of like the SVX!) at the rate of only 50 per month.
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