Isuzu VehiCROSS

1999 Isuzu Vehicross
Original Price: $28,900
Average Auction Sale: $13,500
Median Auction Sale: $13,500
Original Price: $28,900
Average Auction Sale: $13,500
Median Auction Sale: $13,500
Introduced at the 1993 Tokyo Auto Show, the Isuzu VehiCROSS was produced in an attempt to reshape the then-developing SUV market. With the objective to create a 'Lightweight, compact, ecologically clean and functional' vehicle, the Isuzu VehiCROSS was a vehicle unique in the automotive world. The halo car for the SUV specialist company, Isuzu, the VehiCROSS was produced from 1997 through 1999 in the Japanese market.
The chief designer/manager for Isuzu's European office in Brussels, Satomi Murayama led a design team comprised of an international group: Simon Cox, Joji Yanaka, Nick Robinson, and Andrew Hill. Produced from 1991 through 2001, the Isuzu VehiCROSS shared many similarities with the Rodeo and Trooper, even its 3.2 L and 3.5L V6. A sporty 2-door crossover vehicle, the VehiCROSS is a small vehicle with aggressive external styling that includes 'teeth' in the grille, black plastic cladding the entire lower half of the vehicle and a black hood-insert. In 1999 the VehiCROSS was equipped with 16' polished wheels before being replaced with 18' chrome wheels.
Extremely popular for its cross-terrain performance, the VehiCROSS is the first and only vehicle that combines a computer-controlled all-wheel-drive system for on-road driving and a locked-differential low-gear four-wheel-drive system for off-road maneuvering.
The Isuzu VehiCROSS had a high level of traction on wet and icy roads due to its computer-controlled 'Torque On Demand' system tat carried 12 independent sensors that detected wheel spin and redirected power to the wheels with the most traction. For its height, the VehiCROSS had a high level of performance.
Only 4,309 total vehicles were ever produced during its production period, and only 4,153 were in the US in three years of sales.By Jessica Donaldson