Vehicle
Isuzu Axiom
The body-on-frame SUV that replaced the Trooper in North America, and underneath the styling it is a Rodeo — the same frame, the same 6VE1 V6 and the same Torque-On-Demand transfer case, so Rodeo information applies almost everywhere. The one place it does not is the suspension: the Axiom uses Intelligent Suspension Control, an electronically adjustable damper system unique to it in Isuzu's range, and a ride complaint here has a control module and sensors behind it where the Rodeo has neither.
Generations
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First generation 2001–2004
A Rodeo frame and drivetrain under new bodywork, plus an electronically adjustable damper system nothing else in the range has.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- Isuzu Rodeo
- Engines
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- 3.5 V6 — 6VE1 · petrol · 172 kW (230 hp) · to 2003
- 3.5 V6 direct injection — 6VE1-DI · petrol · 186 kW (250 hp) · direct injection, 2004
- Transmissions
- 4-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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