ISUZU Rodeo Single Cab 2002-2011 Photos, engines & full specs

In the same time when Isuzu was selling the rebadged 5-door Opel Frontera in the U.S. as the Isuzu Rodeo, the same name was used to sell the D-Max pick-up truck. The vehicle was a joint effort together with GM. Basically, the frame was also used by GM for the Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck, but Isuzu took a different approach for its pickup body. Manufacturing was in Thailand and, later on, in Turkey, at their joint-factory in Bursa with AIOS Turkish company.

Even if there was only one engine under the hood, a 2.5-liter turbodiesel, there were different bodyworks available, one of them being a single cab with a longer loading bed. It had two doors and, unlike the crew-cab, had two seats. The single-cab was available only as an RWD model, while the others could be ordered with a 4x4 transmission. The single-cab version was intended as a true working horse, with limited comfort but able to carry over 1-ton payloads. While the four-door versions received a 3.0 turbodiesel, the base 4x2 single-cab version held to the 2.5-liter unit. It was updated, though, according to the newest anti-pollution regulation norms in the EU.

The single-cab was available either as a chassis-cab, to receive specific bodies, or with a bed for loading different materials and a rear tailgate. Its production ended in 2011 when a new generation of the D-Max was launched. The Rodeo name was used for Isuzu Pickup only on some specific markets.