Mix this with teh other story and update it Also dont print bogus stories i question the validity of the Honda story even more now

Well, thanks for giving everyone another fun GM hatefest with the original story. If you hadn’t made the previous blog post about this car being canceled, posters here would’ve had to go an extra day without having anything current to hate on GM for

Inquiring minds want to know who on the staff of this prestigious publication has complete knowledge of Japanese to read and understand Nikkei?

How do you spell “denial?” Let me count the ways ….

1, 2, ……… 1115.

LOL…. this is a good one…

Still makes me wonder a point to this car? It’s not going to help GM but just provide itself with more competition in house than it needs. The next Saturn Aura should be more important than this model. I think this will be very competitive, but against the wrong people and it should get rid of my GTI ’s grill.

JakeK66,

GM DOESN’T OWN SUZUKI ANYMORE, and when it did, it only owned 3%.

Which is exactly why Suzuki stopped selling the Forenza and Reno once their SX4 came online.

Keep up, will ya?

This will be an important model for Suzuki. It’ll be their own, too, so it’ll get more support (and ad time) than the unloved and now-forgotten Daewoo-based Verona. Suzuki’s wise to keep it in production and headed to the US.

Well inline,

GM still supplies them with let’s see: Powertrains, Transmissions, and who knows how many other parts. If it is in GM’s interest, they can tell Suzuki to pound sand and they can’t build this, so I stand by what I say and GM has the say on if this is built or not.

Thank God this is the only vehicle by Suzuki I’m interested in.

They have to change the name. I refuse to drive anything that sounds like it should come with wasabi on the side.

If suzuki sold this and the Swift Sport in the U.S. gosh.. I think I might be tempted to get a second car (the Swift Sport) that wasn’t a Mazda!

Why doesn’t Yamaha make cars? Honda, Suzuki, even Indian made a car or two back in the early 1900’s. No Yamahas? Not that it’s exactly a good time to get into the car market..

Something great is coming, maybe, i don;t know

I look forward it seeing it in The Hood
They have a tough act to follow
Now peple will actually have expextations of a stunning new Susuki
We’ll see if they’re ready for Prime Time
DrFill

Could have had a winner … now it’s so watered down it’ll be lost amongst the crowd … then again, it looks SO much better than any Honda and Toyota … gotta give credit where it’s due, not that comparing against those two ugly-producers is really anything to be proud of.

For an automaker that I thought was going out Uncle Sams door soon…

I’m happy to hear this. Suzuki sounds serious. Best lineup would be:

-Alto
-Swift (coming soon to NA)
-SX-4
-Kizashi
-Grand Vitara

Focus on small vehicles, fill a growing niche. ONE small diesel engine would be good enough to satisfy us. They don’t need the Equator (rebadged Nissan truck).

Looks like they copied the grill and headlights from Audi

JakeK66,

The ONLY engine Suzuki offers that has ANYTHING to do with GM is the 3.6L V6 in the XL-7. And that engine is built ON LICENSE from GM, and Suzuki has significantly re-engineered it for their own applications. Suzuki produces it, not GM, IIRC.

GM has ZERO say in what Suzuki does. Your attempt to find a way to moan aboutt GM in every story is quite the stretch with this one, I’m afraid.

So, again, tell me why Suzuki should care one whit about whether GM likes the additional competition? Especially when they’ve got that sprawling Suzuki dealer network to compete against!