Isuzu Motors Ltd. and Sojitz Corp. said they have opened a new plant in central Russia to manufacture Isuzu’s Elf truck.
The plant, located in Elabuga of Tatarstan, was established jointly by Isuzu, Sojitz and Russian automaker OAO Severstal Avto.
It will start operating in August, initially set to build 10,000 units a year.
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Isuzu Motors Ltd., Japan’s biggest maker of light-duty trucks, will assemble vehicles in Russia with Severstal-Avto beginning in August as the country’s demand for commercial vehicles rises.
The venture will have an annual capacity of 25,000 units, Tokyo-based Isuzu said Monday in a statement. Japanese trading company Sojitz Corp. is also a partner in the venture, […]

The company that developed one of the first mid-sized sport utility vehicles and brought you an ad campaign with a fibbing salesman says it will stop selling new passenger vehicles in North America.
Isuzu Motors Ltd. said Wednesday it will end distribution of its sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks starting Jan. 31, 2009.
The Japanese company […]

In the very early ’80s, yours truly was dispatched to Vegas (back when the town still seemed to have a Rat Packer or two floating around) for a very razz-ma-tazz roll-out of Isuzu commercial trucks in the U.S.
Now the thing is I can’t recall whether the work trucks or the cars, pickups and SUVs (sold […]

It’s no secret that Isuzu Truck (UK) will shortly be adding heavier models to its UK truck line-up. In fact at last year’s CV Show it provided a sneak preview of a prototype 12-tonne Japanese spec Isuzu ‘F’-Series on its stand. Now it tells Biglorryblog that “Our aspirations have come to reality and at this […]