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Geo Storm
What was once a division of General Motors created to fight the import brands with models engineering and built by foreign companies such as Toyota and Isuzu, Geo offered the cute little Storm hatchback from 1990 to 1993. It used an Isuzu powertrain and a suspension tweaked with the help of Lotus, and the uplevel GSi variant was equipped with a 130-horsepower, 1.6-litre twin-cam engine. The Storm initially set itself apart with its pop-up eyelids, which were removed for the 1992 model year. The base Storm was even available as a two-door wagon. Geo’s little sportster was mechanically similar to the second-generation Isuzu Impulse and the Asüna Sunfire.