Isuzu puts pen to paper in terms of vehicle reliability with America’s longest powertrain warranty: 10-years or 120,000 miles. For vehicle owners who want to bestow heritage, Isuzu permits warranty transfer to original owner or lessee’s immediate family (spouse, son, or daughter). Warranty aside, Isuzu offers a stellar camp of sport utility vehicle. Let’s look at the workhorse veteran Trooper, a tough tank that employs a 215 horsepower, 3.5-liter V6 engine. Four-wheel drive/automatic transmission-equipped Troopers provide Torque-On-Demand, which means the Trooper can handle off-road drills. (For shoppers who don’t need or want the go-anywhere muscles, Trooper is also sold as a two-wheel drive model.)

For 2001, entry-level S adds adjustable captain’s chairs to the standard fare list. Other standard features include power windows/doors, and cruise control. The LS version carries such standard equipment as privacy side and rear door glass, 6-disc in-dash CD changer, rear passenger foot rests, power folding side mirrors with defogger, and fog lamps. Trooper Limited sports such appointments as power moonroof and leather seats. A new limited Anniversary Edition polar white pearl-painted Trooper features chrome side step, woodgrain trim, upgraded sound system, and special badging. On the mileage side, Trooper with 4WD and four-speed automatic transmission gets 15 city/19 highway miles per gallon. MSRP is $34,813.
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