Article: Acura SLX is Isuzu Trooper beneath layers of luxury in new sport/utility.(Auto Weekend)

Article: U.S. REJECTS SAFETY PROBE OF ISUZU TROOPER, ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  July 26, 1997 ;     579 words ... ... consumer group's call for an investigation of some Isuzu Trooper and Acura SLX models, saying such a probe was unlikely to find ... sales in the same period a year before, she said. Acura SLX sales fell to 296 from January through May this ...

Article: NADA Blasts Consumers Union Safety Tests of Isuzu ...
PR Newswire;  August 22, 1996 ;     670 words ... ... s "not acceptable" safety rating for the Isuzu Trooper and Acura SLX. NADA told Consumers Union that these models ... retract the "not acceptable" rating for the Isuzu Trooper and Acura SLX and publicly apologize to their producers and ...

Article: American Suzuki Motor Corp. responds to Consumers Union report on ...
Business Wire;  August 20, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... In Consumers Union's report Tuesday on the Isuzu Trooper and Acura SLX, Consumers Union again republished its false ... Consumers Union used the same test maneuver on the Isuzu Trooper and Acura SLX, they have knowingly used a discredited and ...

Article: Steering with two hands and two wheels.(Consumer Reports urged a ...
U.S. News & World Report;  September 2, 1996 ;     668 words ...What does it take to tip over a two-ton, $35,000 Isuzu Trooper? Answer: a small child darting into the road. So concluded ... 1996 Trooper sport-utility vehicle and its twin, the 1996 Acura SLX, and called for a recall after the trucks nearly rolled over ...

Article: Honda playing catch-up in the `sport-ute' revolution As a ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 23, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... And there's also the new Acura SLX. Acura is the luxury division ... worth of difference between the Acura SLX and the Isuzu Trooper, especially in their top ... slippery. Specifications Model: Acura SLX. Engine: 3.2-liter V ...

Article: Stop and go traffice // Grand Prix, Acura SLX both ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 21, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... plush, full-size sport; utes, the Acura SLX has a lot to offer for less money than ... assistance center at (800) 533-5673. Acura SLX: This $36,300 sport; ute is a posh version of the Isuzu Trooper. But the Acura has a different grille ...

Article: A real Trooper // Isuzu sport/ute is as good as an Acura ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  July 15, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Wonder how good the Isuzu Trooper sport/utility is? Just ... also is sold as the upscale Acura SLX from Honda's luxury car ... The $33,900-$38,000 Acura SLX has cosmetic differences such ... a Trooper SE instead of an Acura SLX? After all, you don't ...