Isuzu has been battling to stay in the U.S. market, but that battle is now over.  The Japanese automaker has announced that it will stop selling new cars in America starting January 31, 2009.

Isuzu has been expected to withdraw from the U.S. market for years. Isuzu was in the top of the market for trucks with its Trooper SUV in the 1990’s.  However, the company has experienced trouble in its home market, and they haven’t had the funds to develop additional SUVs and crossovers.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Isuzu only sold 7,906 cars last year.  That is equivalent to about four days of production for the pickups of the Ford F-Series.

Probably the final blow to Isuzu came from GM declining them a vehicle to replace the i370 and i290 trucks.  These are based on the Colorado by Chevrolet.

Isuzu has enough inventories to sell this coming year, and they are promising to honor all new car warranties and emergency roadside assistance programs.