"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada)
08/14/2019 at 16:53 • Filed to: help
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"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada)
08/14/2019 at 16:53 • Filed to: help | 6
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Have you been lamenting the loss of Isuzu’s most SUV launched in 2001 and discontinued in 2004? Well it’s good news!
The Isuzu Axiom is still alive! Kinda. Not actually. Enter the Great Wall Hover, known in export markets as the Datsun Haval H3. It actually isn’t related to the Axiom at all, instead it’s mostly based on the Isuzu Magic Utility Wizard, known by a much more mundane name in North America, the Rodeo.
The exterior may look Axiom like, but the interior is 99.5% mid-late 2000s Toyota Tacoma. I mean, it’s not exactly a bad thing, but Toyota aren’t really known for inspiring interiors, especially not in the mid-late 2000s.
And it got a facelift a few years ago, although the old one is still available in a lot of the world. The Haval counterpart moves exactly two numbers upmarket, as it’s now known as the Haval H5. Because we all know the bigger the number, the better the car.
In addition to the new exterior, the H5 also gets a new steering wheel. That’s basically it really. Just a new steering wheel. It is a nice looking steering wheel.
Overall, the Haval is definitely a car. I’m not sure why I wrote this post. Do any of you actually care about Isuzu-based Chinese cars? Or Isuzu? What’s the point of it all?
That last picture isn’t even of a Great Wall, or any real car for that matter. It’s a Kigan AWD from Watch_Dogs. You probably didn’t even notice until I pointed it out.
Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
> not for canada - australian in disguise
08/14/2019 at 17:12 |
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I must admit my first thought upon seeing the interior update picture was “that’s a nice steering wheel”
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> not for canada - australian in disguise
08/14/2019 at 17:16 |
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
08/14/2019 at 17:17 |
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I noticed the manual shifter first. Manual SUVs are not a common sight in our neck of the woods.
TysMagic
> Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
08/14/2019 at 17:19 |
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that really is a nice steering wheel
pip bip - choose Corrour
> not for canada - australian in disguise
08/14/2019 at 17:19 |
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Aka Great Wall x200/x240
punkgoose17
> not for canada - australian in disguise
08/14/2019 at 18:05 |
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I care about Isuzu and the Axiom. This news made me feel a little better on a day when my depression has been terrible.
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punkgoose17
> not for canada - australian in disguise
08/14/2019 at 18:05 |
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I care about Isuzu and the Axiom. This news made me feel a little better on a day when my depression has been terrible.
fhrblig
> not for canada - australian in disguise
08/14/2019 at 19:24 |
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I thought I heard that Great Wall actually licensed the Axiom design. If it's true, it's amazing because Great Wall steals everything else.
Shift24
> not for canada - australian in disguise
08/14/2019 at 22:28 |
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I love the Axiom but man I don’t know if I would ever touch one.
Isuzu made some cool SUVs right around the turn of the century.