Isuzu May Abandon GM Joint Venture.
Bloomberg News (12/22, Hagiwara, Kitamura) reports, "Isuzu Motors Ltd., Japan's largest maker of light trucks, is seeking talks with General Motors Co. to review and possibly pull out of a joint engine-making factory in the U.S. that may operate at 30 percent capacity next year." The venture, DMAX Ltd., is 60% "owned by GM and makes diesel engines for the Detroit-based automaker." The Japanese company "would be the latest of several automakers including Toyota Motor Corp. to abandon ventures with GM" after the automaker "emerged from bankruptcy earlier this year."

I read the same thing on pickuptrucks.com. But from what I read there, it won't really make much of a difference because GM already knows how to make their own diesels. I don't really think it will affect the Duramax too much.

We will probably see Isusu go out of business

When the contract ends, we will see the return of the Detroit Diesel 6.5L

I don't think Isusu will go out of business, they may not sell in USA but in Japan they are one of the oldest and strongest midsize truck builders. When they first came to the states in 80 or so my wife and I bought a little I-Mark two door with a five speed and what always got me is when you shut the doors it sounded like an American made car. It was a great little car I think that we paid about $2800.00 for it and at 80,000 miles we got 1800.00 for it on trade in. Always got over 30mpg and it would run pretty good for what it was.

Nothing will happen to the Duramax as its a Isuzu design but it is built by GM at the Moraine, Ohio plant. Isuzu does not build them for GM.

No but I am sure they own some of the design? I doubt anything will happen but you never know.

And 6.2 Liter Detroits

Hope not the 6.2 was not turbo charged and didnt have the power to cut grass till the 6.5 came out as it got the turbo.

Isuzu sells a kazillion small pickup trucks all thru Southeast Asia and other parts of the globe. And larger commercial trucks.

I wanna "Screaming Jimmie" in my next truck!!!!

nothing the duramax is 100% GM ran and developed...