Suzuki AWD thinks small.It wasn't so long ago that if a designer penned a hatchback she'd know that it was unlikely to ever see clay, to say nothing of sheetmetal. But now the five-door hatchback has become the latest craze, with automakers now tripping over Tripping Over is a British/Australian six-part drama series. Its first episode aired on Network Ten in Australia on October 25 2006, and in the United Kingdom on Five on October 30 2006. In the UK Tripping Over is repeated on Five Life. each other to introduce another "innovative" product designed to capture a piece of the expected 60% growth in demand for hatchbacks in 2007. Suzuki is the latest to enter the fray, with its 2007 SX4, which evolved from the Suzuki Swift The Suzuki Swift is a Supermini car manufactured by the Suzuki Motor Corporation. At it's introduction in 1985, it was named the SA-310, but in 1986 it was renamed the Swift. . What makes the SX4 stand out from the rest of the pack? Suzuki hopes the standard all-wheel-drive and its low $14,999 base price will capture the attention of frugal hatchback buyers. Suzuki is branding the system i-AWD and it operates in three modes: two-wheel-drive, automatic and all-wheel-drive lock mode. The various modes can be selected via a switch on the lower center console Center console may refer to:
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The SX4 will be joined by a newly redesigned XL7 crossover, which rides on a stretched version of GM's Theta unibody platform--shared with the Chevrolet Equinox The Chevrolet Equinox is a mid-size crossover SUV from Chevrolet, introduced in 2004 for the 2005 model year to replace the Tracker. Although the Tracker is still in production in Mexico, it replaced the Blazer there. and Pontiac Torrent The Pontiac Torrent is a sport utility vehicle (SUV) manufactured by CAMI Automotive and sold by the Pontiac division of General Motors, and replaced the U-body Aztek as the company's crossover SUV for 2006. The Torrent is essentially a Chevrolet Equinox on the Theta platform. . Sharing continues under the hood under the hood - [hot-rodder talk] 1. The underlying implementation of a product (hardware, software, or idea). Implies that the implementation is not intuitively obvious from the appearance, but the speaker is about to enable the listener to grok it. , where the XL7 is powered by a GM-engineered 3.6L V6 producing 252 hp and 243 lb.-ft. of torque and is mated to a 5-speed automatic transmission. The XL7 isn't just a copy of its Chevy and Pontiac siblings, especially when it comes to styling. Suzuki designers tried capturing some of the aggressive styling found in its popular motorcycle products, especially in the shape of the headlamps. Suzuki hopes the decision to make AWD AWD Alive with–disseminated and/or metastatic disease standard on the SX4 and the addition of a refined XL7 that truly seats seven will help propel the automaker on its way to boosting sales from the 100,000 unit level predicted in 2006 to more than 250,000 units by 2010.--KMK |
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