Entries Tagged as 'suzuki'

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Don’t believe the hype: Suzuki won’t be producing roadgoing rally-inspired SX4

Filed under: Motorsports, Hatchbacks, Suzuki

A number of rumors began circulating the Web yesterday that contend Suzuki is in the process of building a homologation special out of its SX4 AWD hatch to take on the WRXs of the world. The idea was that Suzuki would enlist some of the technology derived from its WRC contender […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Suzuki X-HEAD

Filed under: Concept Cars, SUVs, Trucks/Pickups, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki
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var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/design/Suzuki_X_HEAD_Concept_Tonka_fantasy_come_to_life’; When was the last time you used “Suzuki” and “awesome” in a sentence and weren’t talking about a motorcycle? Well, get ready to do it now. Behold the Suzuki X-HEAD, one of several new concept […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Suzuki PIXY + SSC

Filed under: Concept Cars, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki
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It wouldn’t be the Tokyo Motor Show without one of these extremely Japanese forays into the bizarre, right? All the ingredients are there: single-person trans-pods with pastel interiors, all-caps acronyms, and a geometric, omnidirectional “mothership” to haul it all around. This sustainable mobility concept […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Suzuki Kizashi 2

Filed under: Concept Cars, Wagons/Estates, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Crossovers/CUVs, Suzuki
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The Suzuki Kizashi concept shown earlier this month in Frankfurt strikes us as little more than a ripoff of the better-looking and more interesting Citroën C-Metisse concept unveiled last year in Paris. Sure, the Kizashi was glitzy, but we felt like it […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Suzuki Biplane

Filed under: Concept Cars, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki, Motorcycles
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From the two-wheeled side of the business, Suzuki will present the Biplane concept motorcycle in Tokyo next month. If you’re looking for a bunch of technical details, all we can tell you for certain is that it’s powered by a V4 of undetermined […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Suzuki Palette

Filed under: Economy, Minivans/MPVs, Wagons/Estates, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki
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In addition to the numerous concepts we’ve shown you from Suzuki, the automaker will be unveiling a new JDM tall wagon, the Palette. With a wheelbase 40mm longer than the best-selling Wagon R, the Palette offers a little more comfort and a good […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo 2007 Preview: More Suzuki X-HEAD pics!

Filed under: Concept Cars, SUVs, Trucks/Pickups, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki
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var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/design/More_Tonka_licious_fun_New_pics_of_the_Suzuki_X_HEAD’; The Tonkalicious Suzuki X-HEAD is already one of our favorite Tokyo ‘07 concepts, and not one of us has laid eyes on it in the metal. We hear the 4×4’s a dash over 12 […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo 2007 Preview: More pix of Suzuki’s PIXY + SSC

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrids/Alternative, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki
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Details on Suzuki’s Sustainable Mobility concept remain scarce. As we first reported last weekend, the package is comprised of the PIXY single-person pod and the SSC (Suzuki Sharing Coach) twin-pod mothership. Short of concrete info on how it works, we do […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Take your Suzuki PIXY to the track or beach

Filed under: Concept Cars, Hybrids/Alternative, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki
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In the future, when walking is completely obsolete (in Japan, at least), and humans ditch their Nikes in favor of personal mobility devices like the Suzuki PIXY, mankind will still be able to take part in the fun stuff like […]

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Tokyo Motor Show: Suzuki X-Head

Filed under: Concept Cars, SUVs, Japan, Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki
The 2007 Tokyo Motor Show ended last week, but today we’re cleaning out our closet of yet-to-be published posts from this biggest of biannual Japanese auto shows.click above image to view more live pics of the Suzuki X-Head
Remember the Suzuki Samurai, the lightweight 4×4 much maligned […]

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