Used Car Of The Day: 2002 Isuzu Trooper

by Tim Healey

Published: December 10th, 2025

We feature a lot of Isuzu Troopers here because they are plentiful in our forums. Today we have a 2002 Isuzu Trooper that looks trail-ready.

This one has about 125,000 miles on it and a five-speed manual transmission.

It's lifted with a relatively new clutch kit.

It has 17-inch wheels with Geolander rubber, and the brakes, ball joints, and axles are new. So is the sound system.

It also has an alarm.

You can find this one for sale in Hollister, California for $12,500. Click here to learn more about it.

[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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Normie on Dec 10, 2025

Der Schnorchel ruins that beautiful vehicle.

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Bkojote on Dec 10, 2025

That interior shot clearly shows an automatic PRNDL in the console and no 3rd pedal....

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- Normie on Dec 11, 2025
  
  Good catch. Undeniable. Could the photo predate the swap?
  
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