Isuzu i-370 Truck Review
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The Isuzu I 370 was the last of the Isuzu line in the United States. The I Series was introduced for the final encore and the Isuzu I 370 was the last one in that line. With the failure of the series manufacturing and sales in the US ceased. The effort was definitely valiant but many issues came up along the way that just didn’t pull the company out of the red in US sales.
The series was introduced in 2006. The Isuzu I 370 was brought to the audience for the last two years of US production and sales. The mechanical differences between the 370 and trucks like the Dakota, Tacoma, and Frontier were almost non-existent. As a package you were getting one of the premier trucks in a scaled down version. Despite marketing efforts the series just wasn’t able to attract the same sort of media or critical attention and therefore was never really in the public eye long enough to draw in the necessary consumers.
The Isuzu I 370 was offered with a four speed automatic transmission, a 3.7 liter engine that spit out 242 horsepower. Unlike the rest of the series the 370 was only offered as a crew cab. The cab was extended with tiny seats in the rear that offered little to no real passenger room. Even children were usually too large to fit into the seats. If they were small enough to ride in them then they were most likely too young to be riding without a car seat. This was one of the dismal design failures that helped Isuzu close its US doors.
Cargo room of the Isuzu I 370 was about 6 feet. The bed met the extended cab where two small but useful reverse opening doors could allow for easy access to cargo or even additional space if cargo needed to come into the cab from the truck bed. These doors were fairly well designed and unless you wanted to open them after the cargo was loaded they were fully functional and quite practical.
If you wanted a four wheel drive option the Isuzu I 370 was available in either rear wheel or four wheel drive. For the series this was unique. The remaining crew cabs in the series were only available in rear wheel drive.
On the road the Isuzu I 370 actually handled well. It was quicker to respond and more agile than most of the models that predated it. While the handling was favorable the lack of real power was noticeable. It lacked the power and the get up and go of the rivals of the time. It also lacked real towing capacity. Since these were (and still are) considered necessities of the pick up truck industry the practical uses for the 370 were highly diminished.
The Isuzu I 370 was of moderate value and doesn’t come highly recommended as a used vehicle of today. For the same cost of a used 370 you can get a much more practical Toyota or Nissan. Unfortunately, Isuzu wasn’t able to produce the turn around series that it was striving for and the lack of quality is still apparent in the used models of today.
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