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Isuzu Bellett 1500 - sporty Japanese in a European suit (historical test)

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Created on August 11, 1965

Reading time 6min

Written by:

Heinz Kranz

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Isuzu Bellett 1500 Delxue (1965) - knapp vier Meter lange Limousine aus Japan

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Isuzu Bellett 1500 (1965) - japanische Technik im europäischen Kleid

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Isuzu Bellett 1500 (1965) - auf Feldwegen und Schnellstrassen zuhause

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Isuzu Bellett 1500 (1965) - einladend öffnende vier Türen, Beinraum hinten beschränkt

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Isuzu Bellett 1500 (1965) - für die Schweiz natürlich linksgelenkt

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Isuzu Bellett 1500 (1965) - Motorhaube öffnet nach vorne

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Isuzu Bellet 1500 (1965) - mittelgrosser Kofferraum

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Isuzu Bellett 1600 GT Coupé (1965) - schnellere Variante mit zwei Türen

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Isuzu Bellett 1500 (1954) - Präsentation in Turin

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Isuzu Bellett 1800 Diesel (1965) - bei fast unveränderter Optik auch mit Dieselmotor erhältlich

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Isuzu Bellett 1500 (1965) - auf dem Titelbild eines Verkaufsprospekts

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Isuzu Bellett 1500 (1965) - Seitenansicht der viertürigen Limousine

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Isuzu Bellett 1500 (1965) - Armaturenbrett

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Isuzu Bellett Deluxe (1965) - Limousine aus Japan

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Summary

In the mid-sixties, Japanese cars were among the exotic cars on our roads. They were preceded by a bad reputation, but this was not always justified, as the test of the magazine 'hobby', which was dedicated to the Isuzu Bellett 1500, shows. Despite a positive rating, the modern four-door model did not succeed in Europe, as we know today. This article reproduces the original wording of the 1965 test report and illustrates it with historical photographs and sales brochures.

This article contains the following chapters

Self-test with the Isuzu Bellet
From truck construction to passenger car
Not typically Japanese
The engine is the cream of the crop
Gearbox with room for improvement
No complaints about the handling
Competitive performance with low fuel consumption
Extensively equipped
Brakes with potential for improvement
For sporty young people
Technical data and brief assessment

Estimated reading time: 6min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Thanks to their success in motorcycle racing, the Japanese have become known throughout the world as excellent engine manufacturers. In automobile racing, too, Honda has shown that it can certainly compete with the 'classic' automobile countries in the engine sector. If the great successes have so far failed to materialize, this is due to the chassis construction, in which it has not yet been possible to compete with the leading English and Italians on an equal footing. Does this insight from motorsport also apply to Japan's passenger cars? This question seemed so interesting to us that when Isuzu Vertriebs AG in Kölliken, Switzerland, offered us an Isuzu Bellett for a test, we immediately took up the offer.

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