car needs a transmission rebuild. gets great mpg. recently purchased tires. muffler. new axle . great car to restore. still runs in first and second gear. you can pick up a transmission at a junk yard for about $100. pay someone $200 to put in and u have a great car for a great price. The Geo Storm is a sport compact car manufactured by Isuzu and sold in the United States by General Motors from 1990 through 1993 as part of GM's Geoline of inexpensive automobiles. The same vehicles. with minor variations. were sold in Canada in the 1992 and 1993 model years only. The Storm was intended to be a budget car with the look and feel of a sports car. It can be considered to have replaced the related Geo Spectrum. which was sold in hatchback and sedan. although it was only sold in two-door hatchback andstation wagon forms. The Geo Storm was a rebadged version of the sporty. second generation Isuzu Impulse minus some of that car's more expensive features. The Storm was sold in Japan as the PA Nero and related Gemini Coupe. Impulse. [1] The Storm lacked the Impulse's Lotus-tuned suspension as well as the Impulse's optionalturbocharger and all-wheel drive drivetrain. Although they were essentially the same car. sales of the Storm were much stronger than those of the Impulse—indeed. the Storm sold better than most small GM cars of that era. Slow sales of the Isuzu version doomed the Storm when the Isuzu Impulse was canceled. the Geo Storm derivative had nothing to be built from. meaning both cars were discontinued in 1993. As of 2010. there were only 40. 00 Storms registered for road use. [2]The Storm was manufactured at Isuzu's main plant inFujisawa. Kanagawa. Japan. The Storm and Impulse were sold in Canada by GM as the Asüna Sunfire.