Hi! I am pretty sure that GM owns Isuzu or a large part of it. My Opel (a GM car) has diesel engine built by Isuzu - in Japan or Austria, hard to tell. Now Isuzu makes diesels for European GM cars in Poland, too. All the best! Raimo Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 9:13 PM Subject: Re: If Pentax were like an automobile company ...
> Uh, Bill, I hate to burst your bubble, but Isuzu isn't an American car, > and it isn't a GM car. GM doesn't build transmissions. They buy them > from suppliers, same as Isuzu. It might be the same trans that GM uses, > but it's not their part. > > William Robb wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Keith Whaley" > > Subject: Re: If Pentax were like an automobile company ... > > > > > I still want to hear about that tranny! <g> > > > > Well, the GM built tranny in my Isuzu went south after less than 100,000 km > > (thats 62,500 miles for the metrically impaired). > > Cost two and a half grand to fix. > > I was mighty impressed. > > Apparently, it's the same unit they put into one of the Cadillacs. > > When the well fills up again, I am going to buy another made in Japan > > Nissan. > > The Nissan Axxess was the best car I have ever owned. > > > > William Robb >
