The Isuzu NPR is a light to medium-duty cabover commercial truck built by Isuzu, widely used across North America for delivery, box-truck, utility and municipal service applications. Built with the cab positioned directly over the front axle rather than ahead of the engine, a layout common on Japanese-designed commercial trucks that maximizes cargo space for a given overall vehicle length, the NPR has been assembled in the United States for the North American market for part of its production history through a joint venture arrangement. Its combination of maneuverability, moderate operating costs and cargo capacity has made it one of the most common trucks in its weight class for small and medium-sized businesses, courier services and municipal fleets in the United States.
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Year1959 is the start of production of the Isuzu Elf range, of which the NPR is the North American market name; the source does not date the NPR badge itself. SignificanceSold and built in the United States since the early 1980s, under Chevrolet and GMC brands as the W-Series and as the Isuzu N-Series, with North America receiving only the wide-cab version 1 Connections
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Source Isuzu Elf, Wikipedia
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1. Isuzu Elf, Wikipedia
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is a medium duty truck produced by Isuzu since 1959.
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Since the early 1980s, it has also been sold and built in the United States (under the Chevrolet and GMC brands as a W-Series), and also as the Isuzu N-Series.
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The Elf was marketed as the Isuzu NPR and Chevrolet/GMC W series
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and also as the Isuzu N-Series
In Group: Light and Medium Commercial Trucks, Lead sentence
The Isuzu Elf (Japanese: いすゞ・エルフ, Hepburn: Isuzu Erufu) is a medium duty truck produced by Isuzu since 1959.
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