,
trading as Isuzu (, ), is a
Japanese commercial vehicles and
diesel engine manufacturing company headquartered in
Tokyo. Its principal activity is the production, marketing and sale of Isuzu commercial vehicles and diesel engines. It also has a number of subsidiaries, included
Anadolu Isuzu (a Turkish joint venture with Anadolu Group),
Sollers-Isuzu (a Russian joint venture with
Sollers JSC),
SML Isuzu (formerly
Swaraj Mazda),
Isuzu Astra Motor Indonesia,
Isuzu Malaysia (
Isuzu HICOM),
Isuzu UK,
Isuzu South Africa,
Isuzu Philippines,
Taiwan Isuzu Motors,
Isuzu Vietnam and
Isuzu Motors India. The company was founded in 1916 by the Japanese
oil and
gasoline manufacturer
Tokyo Gas Company, which in 1934 fused with the carmaker and was renamed Isuzu, after the
Isuzu River.