Used Car of the Day: 1989 Isuzu Trooper RS

by Tim Healey

Published: October 15th, 2024

used car of the day 1989 isuzu trooper rs

Today we go back to the days of my youth for this 1989 Isuzu Trooper RS.

This 2.6-liter Trooper with a five-speed manual has an engine with about 90,000 miles on it and a body with about 177,000 miles on it.

According to our seller, the engine runs well and the transmission works well, and this rig is "capable". It has Bluetooth audio and a whole bunch of work has been done recently -- you can see it over at the listing.

The bad? The A/C and cruise control don't work -- though the seller will include the necessary parts -- and nor do the front speakers. Also, it slowly leaks oil.

You can see this Bozeman, Montana-based rig by clicking here. The asking price is $7,500.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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MRF 95 T-Bird 3 hours ago
The Trooper RS was the short wheelbase version. I’m not sure if they suffered from the same stability issues as other three door SUVs like the Bronco II. The Trooper two door and four door models were built on the standard wheelbase.

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Tassos 1 hour ago
UTTERLY WORTHLESS GARBAGE. NEITHER A DAILY DRIVER NOR A COLLECTIBLE. UTTERLY OBSOLETE AND TOTALLY FORGETTABLE, FROM THE MISERABLE 80S. SPEED LIMIT 55 ANYBODY? KEEP THEM COMING, INCORRIGIBLE TIM!

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Tassos 4 minutes ago
https://carsandbids.com/auctions/KD0GLp1o/2005-lexus-ls-430 SERIOUS USED CAR OF THE DAY: WHILE I WOULD PREFER THE NEXT GEN 2007-2015 OR SO LS460, THIS OUTSTANDING, VERY LUXURIOUS, EXTREMELY RELIABLE FLAGSHIP WITH ONLY 60K OR SO MILES (WHICH MEANS BRAND NEW FOR A LEXUS!!!) JUST SOLD FOR A MERE $15K WORTHLESS, 2024, CACKLING KAMALA DOLLARS. TIM, READ AND LEARN. IF YOU CAN (YOU OBVIOUSLY CANNOT).

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