. Suzuki Announces New SX4 Designed for U.S.
Market
BREA, Calif. - American
Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC) announced a specially designed U.S.
version of the all-new Suzuki SX4 vehicle is slated to hit dealer
showrooms in the United States next year. Production of the European
version of the sport X-over SX4 in Eastern Europe also was announced
today.
The all-new SX4 features
a versatile, rigid five-door design, an available all-wheel-drive
system, and for the U.S. market, a sophisticated fuel-sipping 2.0-liter
DOHC engine.
"Suzuki is known for
its success with small vehicles in Asia and Europe," said Koichi
Suzuki, president, ASMC Automotive Operations. "The all-new 2007
Suzuki SX4 is designed to provide consumers in the United States
a fun-to-drive vehicle that is also practical and economical."
The new Suzuki
SX4 offers an available, sophisticated all-wheel-drive system
that sends power to the rear wheels as needed with no additional
input necessary from the driver. Called the Three-Mode Switchable
AWD system, it features a selector switch on the center
console that allows the driver to select from three modes:
2WD, AUTO (AWD High) and LOCK (AWD Lock). Customers in the
United States will have a choice of a five-speed manual
transmission or an available four-speed automatic transmission.
Production of the European
version of the SX4 begins this month at the Magyar Suzuki Corporation assembly
plant in Esztergom, Hungary. The world debut of the Suzuki SX4 is scheduled
for the Geneva Motor Show in March 2006 and the North American introduction
of the U.S. version of the Suzuki SX4 is slated for April 2006 in conjunction
with the New York International Auto Show. The SX4 is slated to go on sale
in the United States in the late summer of 2006.
