Geo Storm

Geo Storm
Overview
ManufacturerIsuzu
Also called
Production1990–1993
Model years1990–1993
AssemblyJapan: Fujisawa Plant, Fujisawa, Kanagawa
Body and chassis
ClassSport compact
Body style3-door hatchback
3-door liftback
LayoutFF layout
PlatformGM R platform
RelatedIsuzu Gemini
Isuzu Piazza
Isuzu Impulse
Asüna Sunfire
Powertrain
Engine
Transmission
  • 5-speed manual
  • 3-speed Mazda F3A automatic
  • 4-speed Jatco F403E automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase96.5 in (2,451 mm)
Length
  • 1990–91 base: 163.4 in (4,150 mm)
  • 1990–91 GSi: 163.9 in (4,163 mm)
  • 1992–93: 164 in 164 in (4,166 mm)
Width66.7 in (1,694 mm)
Height51.1 in (1,298 mm)
Curb weight2,282 lb (1,035 kg)
Chronology
PredecessorGeo Spectrum
Successornone

The Geo Storm is a sport compact car manufactured by Isuzu that was sold in the United States by Geo from 1990 until 1993. The same vehicles, with minor variations, were sold by Geo in Canada in the 1992 and 1993 model years only. The Storm was intended to be a budget car with the look and feel of a sports car. It was sold in two-door liftback and hatchback forms.

The Geo Storm was a rebadged version of the sporty, second generation Isuzu Impulse minus some of that car's more expensive features. The base models were also equipped with a less-powerful SOHC engine. The Storm was sold in Japan as the Gemini Coupé and also as the PA Nero through the Yanase dealerships.[1] The Storm lacked the Impulse's Lotus-tuned suspension as well as the Impulse's optional turbocharger and all-wheel drive drivetrain. Although they were essentially the same car, sales of the Storm were much stronger than those of the Impulse—indeed, the Storm sold better than most small GM cars of that era. Slow sales of the Isuzu version doomed the Storm. When Isuzu ceased building passenger cars in 1993 due to the effects of the crash of the Japanese Bubble Economy, the Isuzu-made Geo Storm was also discontinued with them. Geo offered no sport coupe replacement for the Storm before the brand was folded into Chevrolet after 1997. As of 2010, there were only 40,300 Storms registered for road use.[2]

The Storm was manufactured at Isuzu's main plant in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.

  1. ^ History of the Gemini series of cars from Isuzu.
  2. ^ "Registered Storms as of 2010". Isuzone.org. July 2011. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2011.