2010 Suzuki Kizashi (Sport added from NY Auto Show)
07-31-09, 06:34 AM
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2010 Suzuki Kizashi (Sport added from NY Auto Show)
07-31-09, 07:27 AM
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why why why WHY dont production versions ever look like their concepts??? jesus, i was really REALLY looking forward to this, and I dont think I've ever been as disappointed in the final product. Well maybe the g37 came close...
07-31-09, 07:35 AM
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I agree the concept looked REALLY good but I didn't expect the concept to make it fully into production. I find Nissan royally screwed the G37 concept. It went from near perfect and masculine to blah and feminine.
The SuZUki doesn't look bad at all though.
The SuZUki doesn't look bad at all though.
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07-31-09, 08:46 AM
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It's about time Suzuki got back to desiging their own vehicles....even their Vitara SUV is now a GM-clone. Daewoo, for some years now, with the exception of the joint Suzuki/Fiat designed SX-4, has done several of Suzuki's regular passenger cars for the American market. This includes the Reno, Forenza, and the now-discontinued Verona.
And, of course, no matter who actually designs and builds the Kizashi for Suzuki, the company desperately needs more dealerships here in America. You can't sell cars without franchises. Suzuki dealerships here were never that really widespread, and a number of them that formerly did exist are gone now. I live in the second-largest new-car market in the country, and once had two Suzuki auto dealerships within reasonable driving distance. Both of them have folded, and it is very difficult to find one now within 50 miles There may be some Suzuki motorcycle places nearby, but not for cars. So, if you can't find Suzuki dealerships HERE (or in car-rich Southern California), then where WILL you find them?
(So don't ask me for any Suzuki reviews, guys, unless it is REALLY important 
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Mike, you and talked about Mitsubishi and Isuzu's possible departure from the American market (Isuzu, of course, DID leave). I won't out-and-out predict it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Suzuki was next. Suzuki, BTW, did not have a display at this year's Washington, D.C. Auto Show.
And, of course, no matter who actually designs and builds the Kizashi for Suzuki, the company desperately needs more dealerships here in America. You can't sell cars without franchises. Suzuki dealerships here were never that really widespread, and a number of them that formerly did exist are gone now. I live in the second-largest new-car market in the country, and once had two Suzuki auto dealerships within reasonable driving distance. Both of them have folded, and it is very difficult to find one now within 50 miles There may be some Suzuki motorcycle places nearby, but not for cars. So, if you can't find Suzuki dealerships HERE (or in car-rich Southern California), then where WILL you find them?
(So don't ask me for any Suzuki reviews, guys, unless it is REALLY important )Mike, you and talked about Mitsubishi and Isuzu's possible departure from the American market (Isuzu, of course, DID leave). I won't out-and-out predict it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Suzuki was next. Suzuki, BTW, did not have a display at this year's Washington, D.C. Auto Show.
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07-31-09, 12:32 PM
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yeah the car isnt bad looking, but as somebody else pointed out, it looks very much like a vw. They could have entered the market with a bang, but instead they enter with a whimper of a car that could easily be mistaken as a passat.
07-31-09, 03:10 PM
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Looks like the shortened it so it could combat other compact cars. The concept look geared towards the Accord/Camry buyers.
They should really do something about that big a** S.
They should really do something about that big a** S.
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It's merely OK looking. It's pretty rare when the production car lives up to the concept version so that doesn't bother me. What does is that the car seems so... derivative. There's nothing about it that really distinguishes it from it's main competitors (Camry, Accord, Altima). It has a nice sort of mass and chunkiness but it's all still rather generic.
