Incorrect!!! The Impulse had them by quite a few years.... Unfortunately, Isuzu never really caught on in the States and thus nobody remembers or knows them... Hell, even back as far as 1999-2000, not many people knew Isuzu ever even made cars! :S
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isuzu_Piazza
INCORRECT??? Let me get this straight....Isuzu is better than Mitusbishi???...or MORE technologically advanced? The Chrysler Conquest TSI-R, or Mitsubishi Starion would rape a Impulse....right in the HEY-DAY of Isuzu...1983-1989...Isuzu was junk...hence why no one remembers.
The DSM's were backed by the European, Lancer Evolution....a car everyone knows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Starion
Also, I had a '94 Laser RS (non-turbo auto)... HATED it, even though with how bad she was, she still held together and got me from point A to point B...
Non-turbo DSM's were junk....and worth your hate.
Still, I do like one DSM (not sure if it's a pure DSM or can be called such, but): Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4. One of the coolest imports ever!
The STEALTH and 3000GT VR-4 were considered DSM's....but hardly one of the coolest cars ever......nothing like upgrading the factory air filter...adding a Boost Controller and grenading the Getrag 6 speed into a bazillion pieces...because Ma' told GETRAG to not put ANY extra Hp/Tq capacity into the transmission because they spent their budget on the Viper Program.....hence 3000 GT Vr4's and Stealth RT Twin Turbos are JUNK.
No offence meant.....but I am not Incorrect.
PRINE ~
- CK
