GTP Cool Wall: 1997–2001 Isuzu VehiCROSS

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1997–2001 Isuzu VehiCROSS

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1997-2001 Isuzu VehiCROSS nominated by @Wiegert
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Engines: 3.2L V6 (JDM), 3.5L V6 (USDM)
Power: 215 hp
Torque: 230 lb-ft.
Weight: 1794 kg
Transmission: 4-speed automatic
Drivetrain: Front engine, all wheel drive/Front engine, rear wheel drive
Body Styles: 3-door SUV​
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Unlike Citroën C4 Cactus which could be much better with different front-end, this is ugly all around the car.
 
Just because I think it's cool does not necessarily mean it's cool.

Uncool.

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Concept car looks on the road. I've never run across one driven by a knob. Isuzu also made sure it could handle itself offroad to a reasonable degree. The polished wheels are ugly, but otherwise, this is one of the greatest road-going examples of the term "cult classic".

Can't vote it less than Cool.
 
Looks like it was styled by a partially blind man so it doesn't out-ugly the Aztek. Still Seriously Uncool.
 
This actually was a fun car from TXR3. Had fun with the 100% unrealistic swap options you could do in there.

Cool.
 
They're alright. Meh.
 
It's an Izusu so it probably handles great off road. But this thing just looks terrible. Those headlights. The rear.

I think the guy who designed it was still designing the rear when he looked at the front, had some sort of stroke and with his dying breath finished designing the rear. And failed. Uncool.
 
It looks like a slightly larger car that has had the air let out of it.

The proportions look way off; the glass area is too small, the plastic bits are too large, and it looks too short for its height. I'm rarely a fan of small SUVs, especially ones which are trying to be stylish (see chrome wheels etc), and this one seems to epitomise all of the things I dislike about them. Seriously uncool.
 
Not quite an Aztek, but very close.
Seriously uncool.
 
I'm going to be the minority here, but I think this is possibly one of the coolest vehicles ever made. It's quirky such a degree that you own one for the sheer joy of owning one, plus you had to look past things like the 4Runner, Cherokee, Pathfinder, etc. to end up deciding that "yes, this is the off-roader I want". I find that sort of thing cool.

Also this happens to be on a very short list of cars I would love to own and would actually spend real money on.
 
Kind of looks like it's trying to be a Jacked Land Rover. Tacky, but not seriously uncool because it looks like a concept car.
 
VEEEEHIIICROOOOOSS.

There's was one of these at the last Car's and Coffee I attended. I basically hurdled the Ferrari 458's and Lamborghini Diablo's to look at it.

Sub Zero. So freaking sub zero.
 
So very uncool, it's extremely ugly.

@Jahgee1124 The additional pictures are good 👍
 
It's modern car design. Correctly predicted in 1993.



Too bad Isuzu couldn't predict their own collapse.
 
Cool because of that one team in TXR3 that only used this car.
 
If you asked someone whether they thought these were produced in the 1990s or fell through a time warp, few would be inclined to say the former.

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It's modern car design. Correctly predicted in 1993.
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Then 1994 happened...

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The fact it was in a video game drops it to uncool.
 
Knee-jerk "what a fugly POS" reaction gave way to a "but it's quirky in an OK way and people like myself may look back on it fondly as some sort of idiosyncratic classic" delayed reaction, which nets off to a Meh.

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So, a good portion of cars here are uncool?
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Yeah I was just thinking about those 1400 or so "uncool" cars in Gran Turismo...the fickle hand of fate.
 
Seriously uncool. Tried to give it time to catch on, but the ugly can't be excused.
 
Custom878
So, a good portion of cars here are uncool?
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There are factors that save other cars. Knowing about a car because it was in a game is not cool.
 
I don't even know how I knew about this thing.
 
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