New Isuzu Piazza?

Post by **Piazza_man** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 5:51 pm

Could this be coming soon? Could Isuzu be resurrecting the dead?
Check it out. Anyone seen this before?

Post by **Ghost** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:45 pm

http://www.theophiluschin.com/?p=3201?
That is a Skoda concept, http://www.netcarshow.com/skoda/2011-design_concept/
I doubt they will ever make a performance RWD car again though, but who knows, never is a LONG time..
But if VW did buy a stake they would have Giorgetto Giugiaro's resources to use since VW bought out his company.

Post by **Piazza_man** » Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:18 pm

Interesting idea. Thanks ghost. Although I'd have to say the concept is not as special and unique as the original Guigiaro Piazza design. Looks a little too generic to me, and certainly not as interesting as the designs I had in mind.

Skrilla · Post by **Skrilla** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:04 am

Id love to see a Guigaro sketch of a new Impulse concept

IZU069 · Post by **IZU069** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:25 pm

The word was Isuzu would resurrect 2 oldies.
One was tipped to be the Bellett GT Type-R for sure, but the other was debatable.

Some though the 4200R, but that never made production. Same for the MX-1600.

I'd argue the Florian continued (as Aska through to SAAB).

Hence maybe the 117 or the Piazza.

I like the thought of a Piazza re-release as it is a real fingers-up to GM. Plus it might draw attention to how advanced Isuzu was at that stage (looking more at the 1980 digi-dash twincam with its revolutionary door catches and other things we now take for granted).

Post by **Piazza_man** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 6:47 pm

Tell them to hurry up.

IZU069 · Post by **IZU069** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:57 am

LOL. That was going back to the late 1990s, maybe early 20s.
I think their puppet President is no longer, but I'm not sure how much subsequent events have changed things (eg, the Toyota exchange; what were they thinking?!!).