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This is the Suzuki Kizashi, the sports saloon from the firm more famous for teeny city cars and lazer-quick motorcycles.
Pronounced 'Kee-Zah-Shee' (bless you), it has a 2.4-litre four-cylinder engine with a CVT gearbox and looks more like a premium German product than a scratchy Japanese cheapo-box. It has independent multi-link rear suspension and four-wheel-drive capability, too.
There are even plans to make it a hybrid - engineers are working on that as we speak. Unless they're on a quick tea break.
There's some bad news, though. The car has been made with the US in mind and Suzuki is being coy about bringing it to the UK. However, it did hint that - if the time was right - we might get it.
Considering the car has already been developed at the Nurburgring and on some cobbled streets around England, we'd be surprised if it didn't make it to our humble little land.
What do you reckon? It's cooler than a Jimny, eh?
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Skornogr4phy commented on this article
at 06:58 pm on 03 August 2009
Laser is spelt with an 'S'. But if the Suzuki Swift Sport is anything to go by, then this should be quite good.
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 07:30 pm on 03 August 2009
Hang on, this Is a mid-sized Suzuki saloon, there's only one important question here: IS IT REASONABLY PRICED???
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 07:34 pm on 03 August 2009
I want this car to be good. The concepts were all very good looking, and while this is clearly quite watered down, it is indeed a handsome thing. Besides, when a Japanese car with AWD is tested and developed on the Nürburgring, it usually ends up pretty fast.
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whiteliner commented on this article
at 08:14 pm on 03 August 2009
after having Suzukis since '81 this looks good - whre do i sign up.
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JamesDunham commented on this article
at 12:13 am on 04 August 2009
A 4 cylinder sports saloon?!? Nah come on. At least a V6 with a Turbocharger. Sorry but no.
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