Isuzu Bellett

The Isuzu Bellett is a subcompact car manufactured by Isuzu Motors Ltd. in Japan from 1963 to 1973. It was an in-house designed replacement for the Hillman Minx, assembled previously by Isuzu under a license agreement. The name "Bellett" was supposedly to represent "a smaller Bellel", a larger car built by the company. "Isuzu" itself means "fifty bells", hence the choice of these names.

The car was available as a four-door or two-door sedan, a rare two-door station wagon, called the Bellett Express, and an even rarer two-door coupé utility known as the Isuzu Wasp. There was also a four-door sedan with different bodywork and rear suspension, called the Bellett B. After General Motors acquired a stake in Isuzu, the Bellett was replaced by GM's "global" T-car, initially called Isuzu Bellett Gemini and later simply Isuzu Gemini, which technically had little to do with its predecessor. A total of 170,737 of original Belletts were manufactured.