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One honest Hombre.More and more people are buying trucks for what marketing gurus call "personal use," which meansusing a truck like a car for daily transportation. Lost in that is the main reason pickups were designedin the first place: To haul stuff around. In the old days, pickups were supposed to be reliable and notcost too much money.
It's this back-to-basics concept that best defines the mission of the Isuzu Hombre. Not the fanciest,nor the most powerful, nor the most loaded with options, the Hombre offers honest truck hauling at aneasily affordable price.Isuzu's Hombre was introduced just last year, but that doesn't mean it requires more time to workthe bugs out. The Hombre is built by General Motors, in Shreveport, La., and is a mechanical twin ofthe Chevrolet S-10 and GMC Sonoma compact pickups. So it's a proven commodity.The primary difference is that Isuzu has its own styling treatment for the front of the Hombre.Also, fewer options are available than those offered on the GM models. The result: A sensible,reliable pickup that won't rip the seams out of even a modest budget.Four-wheel drive has been added to the Hombre line this year.
The Hombre is offered in two body styles, regular cab and the extended Spacecab. It comes intwo trim levels, S and XS. Two engines are available. The standard 2.2-liter ohv 4-cylinder engineis rated at 120 horsepower and 140 foot-pounds (lb.-ft.) of torque. A 4.3-liter V6 produces 240lb.-ft. of torque and is rated at 175 hp on two-wheel-drive models and 180 hp when working withfour-wheel drive. Transmission choices are five-speed manual or four-speed automatic.We examined an Isuzu Hombre Spacecab XS with the V6, automatic transmission and two-wheel drive.Standard equipment includes four-wheel anti-lock brakes (ABS), dual airbags with passenger-sidedeactivation switch, power steering, and AM/FM stereo with clock. A battery run-down protectiondevice has been added this year along with a theft-deterrent system. Four-wheel-drive models comewith four-wheel disc brakes; two-wheel-drive Hombres are equipped with front disc, rear drum brakes.An optional sliding rear window provides access to the bed, which is particularly handy whenoutfitted with a cap. Our Spacecab XS came standard with a 60/40 split folding front bench seat,folding center armrest and cut-pile carpeting. In addition to its generous warranties, the Hombreis covered with a five-year/60,000-mile roadside assistance program.
The Hombre's mechanical layout is straightforward: In the front, an independent suspension of upperand lower control arms, and in the rear, a live axle on leaf springs. There's a heavy-duty suspensionavailable that consists of heavier-duty springs for increased trailer towing capacity and, if thevehicle is equipped with the four-cylinder engine, a change in the rear axle ratio from 3.73:1 to4.10:1, which helps with pulling heavy loads. With it, the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) goesup to 4600 pounds, from 4200 for the standard cab and 4400 with the Spacecab. Trailer towing capacityis 2000 pounds with the four-cylinder engine and 5500 lbs. with the V6, or 5000 pounds with the V6 ina Spacecab.Buyers should find Hombre prices attractive. Our Spacecab XS with V6 and automatic came to $17,875;it did not come with air conditioning, which would have added $835.The Hombre's V6 engine pulls strongly, offering good torque for pulling and hauling. It producesmore power than the V6 engines in either the Ford Ranger or the Dodge Dakota, and more torque than anyof the import-brand compact pickups.The fuel-injected 2.2-liter overhead-valve four-cylinder engine has been improved for 1998. Power has been increased slightly, while induction noise has been reduced.