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Chicago Auto Show: Suzuki Equator Breaks Cover, Ready To Carry Your ATV's And Tow Your Boats

Suzuki showed off their trio of Suzuki Equator trucks you've already seen today. The purpose of coming out with a truck now? Buyers of Suzuki boats, motorcycles and ATV's drive a crapload of trucks and Suzuki thought they could sell them one. And if you didn't get the point, Suzuki President Mark Harano drove up on a V-strom motorcycle for the presser. The RMZ-4 Off Road Edition is currently a concept, but the production version will include special tie-downs and equipment for taking your bike to the dunes. The Suzuki Equator Quad is, as you might imagine, for those who own Suzuki Quads (and listen to country music) and go hunting and fishing. Own a boat with a Suzuki Marine engine? The Suzuki Equator Quay (pronounced "key") is for you. The trucks will come with either a 2.5L liter inline four with 152 horsepower and 171 lb.-ft. of torque or an optional 4.0-liter V6 that's good for 261 hp with 281 lb.-ft. of torque. All of these versions are concepts, but they're meant to hint at actual off-road versions that should see the light of day. Mike over at PickupTrucks.com has more Equator information than you could stuff in the back of a rebadged Frontier. More pictures and press event below the jump.

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2:45 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,395 views, 30 comments

Latest by n/a: depending on pricing, this could be good. Pick wisely Suzuki. In all seriousness, they make good cars, they just need to market themselves more. I'd buy one over a toyota. more »

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Truck Trend Admits to Hummer H3T Embargo Screw-Up

One of the big buff mag boys over at the House of Trend is showing some remorse over the Motor Trend empire's embargo-breaking for fun and profit. Mark Williams, chief truck-lover over at Truck Trend, is manning up to "accidentally" publishing their latest issue ten days early and revealing the new Hummer H3T a week and a half early (though curiously forgetting to apologize to Suzuki over the new Suzuki Equator embargo blunder). Mark says "...it looks like we were the ones who screwed up the whole thing...and no doubt the subject of a few heated conversations at General Motors..." More »

9:00 AM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Ray Wert
654 views, 9 comments

Latest by camp6ell: hehehe more »

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2008 Suzuki Equator Illustration Is For Real

That corner of an illustration we brought you of the 2008 Suzuki Equator is apparently for real, so we've decided to bring you the full monty. As previously reported, we're going to see this Frontier-based Suzuki rolling off the assembly line this fall. So if you're in the market for a likely cheaper, non-Nissan badged pickup truck with a Dave-worthy grille, this might be worth waiting for. We'll be seeing this sucker for real at next week's Chicago Auto Show.

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4:30 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,013 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: looks like a ford...... and thats not a compliment more »

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2008 Suzuki Equator Embargo Breaks A Little

It looks as though we're going to get more fun out of the March/April issue of Truck Trend, as it turns out there is an illustration of the Nissan-built Suzuki Equator right on page 47. That's the same Equator we're expecting to see at the Chicago Auto Show next week. As previously reported, Suzuki's new hauling hotness is a re-badged Nissan Frontier set to be built alongside its Nissan kin in Smyrna, Tennessee. Whether or not this is an illustration embargoed by Suzuki or just dreamed up by the folks at Truck Trend is unclear. More »

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2:30 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,408 views, 16 comments

Latest by n/a: Well I work for Nissan at the Canton, Ms. Plant. Joint ventures like this one and the one with Chrysler is just what we need right now. Vehicle sales are in a slump and things dont look to improve much more »

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Ford Reveals New Equator Concept

Ford revealed the Escape-based Equator concept it's unveiling to the cameraphone-clicking masses in Tokyo this week. The concept takes the normally staid Escape in a sporting direction, with a sleeker body treatment and skirting that screams, "crack me on a high curb." Power comes from Ford's Duratec 30 engine the 24-valve, 3.0-liter V6, producing around 200hp and 265 lb-ft of torque — envisioned to be channeled through a six-speed computer-controlled autobox and Intelligent 4WD System, with a computer-controlled clutch that engages the rear wheels as needed. More »

10:49 AM on Wed Oct 19 2005
By Mike Spinelli
389 views, 7 comments

Latest by mmr: Wow. I would never think to buy an American car (and I still wouldn't). But this is damn sleek I must say. Looks almost like the Range Rover Sport. more »

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Ford's Equator Concept Set for Tokyo Unveiling

Ford released an image of the Equator concept it plans to reveal at the Toyko motor show in a couple of weeks. The Equator, powered by a 3.0-liter V6, is a small SUV — presumably for a global market — that will likely hint at Ford's next Escape 4x4. Lots of loose talk has been bandied about the auto-journalist cigar bar and tea society lately about the Escape being a new C1-platform sibling of the new Land Rover Freelander and upcoming replacement for the Mazda Tribute (along with other FoMoCo small cars like the Volvo S40, European Focus and Mazda3). We'd bet our Earl Gray on that. More »

8:45 AM on Fri Oct 7 2005
By Mike Spinelli
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Ford to Show New Equator Truck Concept, Auction Old One for Charity

Ford announced it was readying a new Equator truck concept to show at the Tokyo motor show. It's the first concept to bear the Equator name since 2000, when Ford unveiled the sport utility truck concept (pictured) that set the design direction for the current generation of Ford's F-something pickups. The the new concept, fitted with a 3.0-liter V6 linked to an intelligent 4WD system, will likewise inform Ford's next-generation of SUVs. But well-heeled car-design fans are advised to gather their krugerrands and head to Texas, because the 2000 Equator will be auctioned for charity. More »

4:55 PM on Thu Sep 29 2005
By Mike Spinelli
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