• tokyo auto show

    Down on the Street...in Tokyo: The Chevy MW Is The Opel Agila

    As we continue to clean out our CompactFlash cards, we've found another piece of metal from the Tokyo streets. Here's the perfect example of a city car produced by the General that they just don't build or sell over in this here part of the globe. This five-door 'merican Revolution is the Chevy MW, and it's a re-badged Vauxhall Agila which is a re-badged Opel Agila which in turn is a re-badged Suzuki Wagon R. As a Suzuki, the MW was first built in Japan, but now in all forms is built at GM's Gliwice, Poland plant. Speaking of the Opelized version, did we mention the second-generation 2008 Opel Agila was unveiled in Frankfurt earlier this year? Oh wait, we've found some shots of the reveal of that one on our many CF cards as well. The newest model of the Agila will be powered by either one of two gas engines — a three cylinder 1.0-liter 65 HP model and a four cylinder 1.2-liter engine rated at 86 HP — and a diesel 1.3-liter four cylinder engine rated at 75 HP. Will the new 2008 Agila have as many re-branded options as the earlier models? You betcha. The General's already planning for the new Agila to be sold by Suzuki as the Splash. Ah, the sweet smell of platform prostitution and brand whoring. Don't you just love the global automotive industry?

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    9:45 AM on Mon Nov 5 2007
    By Ray Wert
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    Latest by rondeimer: how long until we see this thing as a saturn on our shores? more »

  • concept cars

    Ker-Plunk: Teaser Shots of the Suzuki Splash Concept

    Suzuki's launched a press-oriented microsite to promote its Splash mini-MPV concept car, ahead of the prototype's unveiling in Paris at the end of the month. As a teaser, the company posted a Flash preso featuring the kind of quick cuts only a subliminalist or OCD-addled blogger with a screen-shot fetish could love. Check out a few still shots of the 1.2-liter, 16V four-banger, four-speed automatic wonder after the jump. More »

    3:57 PM on Thu Sep 14 2006
    By Mike Spinelli
    331 views, 6 comments

    Latest by Autonut: Knowing that it produces 78mpg makes my wallet a lot fatter. And can you you really go wrong with more »

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    Suzuki to Show Splash Mini-MPV Concept in Paris

    Suzuki's planning a new model to slot into its range of small cars and various manner of 'UVs, and they've got a "clinic model" — a concept car that's had all of its shots — as a teaser. The Splash concept, which will debut at the Paris show in September, is a multipurpose vehicle intended to appeal to a wide customer base with "diverse requirements for their personal transportation" (uh oh, another one of those). Built on the same platform as the diminuative Swift, the five-seater Splash incorporates a tall body and a user-friendly interior design, and is powered by a new 1.2-liter, 16-valve, four-cylinder gas engine (sorry, no Hayabusa powerplant), with four-speed automatic. Suzuki's also showing off its new Euro-spec Swift Sport flagship, which is like the Swift, only with more sportiness. More »

    10:25 AM on Sat Aug 12 2006
    By Mike Spinelli
    457 views, 1 comment

    Latest by wohho: It's like a fusion, an RX8, an Audi, and a Murano decided to get together and make whoopy. more »

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    Make a Left at HMS Dorsetshire: Rinspeed Splash Breaks Record for English Channel Crossing

    Frank Rinderknecht, CEO of Switzerland's bonkers tuning company, Rinspeed, recently drove the company's Splash amphibious prototype across the English Channel in 193 minutes, 47 seconds — a new world record for crossing — dodging freighters and supertankers to get 'er done. That feat landed him in the Guiness Book of World Records and solidified the company's status as being, as they say in Australia, completely arse over tit. Carscoop has the skinny. More »

    8:19 AM on Thu Jul 27 2006
    By Mike Spinelli
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