Sales of sport utility vehiclers reached 900,000 units for 1992-and sales projections for the year 2000 topped the 1.5 million mark-every auto-maker knew it was time to get into the sport utility game. So, in December '92, Honda inked a complementary product agreement with Subaru-Isuzu Automotive to develop a product that would give them a toehold in the sport utility market. (The Passport, in fact, is remarkably similar to the Isuzu Rodeo.)The result is the 1994 Honda Passport, which employs a body-on-frame design that is typically used in trucks and that feeds suspension and drive loads directly into the frame for better shock absorption on rough terrain.Click here to read more