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Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

KingRoyale — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:10:41 EDT

@beercheck:

With Leebo as that valet.

KingRoyale

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

beercheck — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:33:00 EDT

"Mr. Fett, your car is ready."

beercheck

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

KingRoyale — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:04:03 EDT

@beercheck:

The Suzuki Slave 1. I like how that sounds. A LOT.

KingRoyale

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

Holdens_Are_No.1 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:56:21 EDT

That is the nicest Suzuki ever made. I think that Suzuki has finally got itself together and made a absolutely sweet car.

Holdens_Are_No.1

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

Turboner — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:31:06 EDT

@c1josh: Dude, seriously, the C5 is where it's at. Pre-facelift, FTW.

Turboner

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

AuricTech — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:14:49 EDT

@Seth L: Fortunately for Suzuki, GM sold off most of its Suzuki stock (IIRC, GM retains about 2% ownership in Suzuki), so I have some hope that we'll soon see the end of rebadged Daewoos sold as Suzukis.

AuricTech

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

mikedrawcar — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:45:29 EDT

considering the fact that nobody actually knew Suzuki had a design studio for cars, I'm impressed.

mikedrawcar

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

Seth L — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:25:33 EDT

@yellofury:

I thought the Impluse was an Isuzu?

[en.wikipedia.org]

Seth L

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

RoninianHoon — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:25:03 EDT

Suzuki presents the "busa-beak"

RoninianHoon

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

ranwhenparked — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:04:08 EDT

Aside from the garish headlamp treatment, this could almost pass as a concept car from Ford or Chrysler. At any rate, it certainly doesn't look like the typical bland and practical Japanese sedan, Suzuki may be on to something.

ranwhenparked

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

beercheck — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:52:07 EDT

Is "Kizashi" Japanese for "Boba Fett"?

beercheck

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

yellofury * * * * * — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:18:25 EDT

@squablow:
they used to make some cool ones like the Impulse
and the original Swift GTi
who knows maybe they will take some of that Pikes Peak knowhow and incorporate that magic in some newer cars instead of rebadging Daewoos ...
or bring some of their microcars to take on the Smart ForTwo

yellofury * * * * *

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

TonyD — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:43:56 EDT

I actually love the look of this, but doubt it's viability for production. There's no way they could make a production car with a chin that close to the ground; and once you take that away, the whole effect is ruined.

TonyD

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

danms6 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:58:52 EDT

@LuciferV8: I think it should be dubbed the 'Ricelero'. Looks pretty nifty, too bad Suzuki would never have the stones to produce a car with at least a hint of style.

danms6

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

squablow — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:07:56 EDT

I like it. Not a blobby soap car at all. Suzuki makes cars?

squablow

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

Aaron Stein — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:17:56 EDT

looks to me like the designer spent too much time on a voodoo area 51 computer

Aaron Stein

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

Rocketeer — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:07:07 EDT

A nose like that belongs on a DeLorean.

Rocketeer

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

brandegee — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:54:08 EDT

@Scott: Agreed. Aside from the admittedly cool headlights, there's not much to crow about here.

brandegee

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

racerx — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:37:29 EDT

Doesn't look too bad...minus the Suzuki logo on it.

racerx

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

TPSreports — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:18:26 EDT

I doubt that's a 5 mph bumper.

TPSreports

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

Scott — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:12:46 EDT

It reminds me of those Mazda concepts from a year or two back.

Scott

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

LuciferV8 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:46:18 EDT

Stick a busa architecture v8 in there with maybe selectable RWD/AWD (why has no one done this yet in a passenger car?) and we are golden. Oh yeah, and it MUST come int black. This would then be the riceboy Excelero. It would also be nice and possible to create a busa v10 or turbo v8. Either one of these would be sicker than sick.

LuciferV8

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

Seth L — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:38:35 EDT

Since suzuki has never delivered on any one of it's nifty concepts, I could care less.

So what's the next crappy Daewoo that GM will be slapping a Suzuki badge on?

Seth L

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

harumph — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:31:36 EDT

sort of like a less subtle version of the chrysler 300. i didn't think that was possible. no likes, in the front at least.

harumph

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

c1josh — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:15:47 EDT

@jakay11:

Yea, you said it. Whenever I see the previous Audi 'B6' platform, I like it more and more.

c1josh

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

UCBert — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:57:45 EDT

Schnozzuki

UCBert

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

jakay11 — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:53:08 EDT

I didn't like the new Audi snout when it came out.

I still don't like it (but I dislike less intensely now).

I still don't like the idea on this Suzuki.

jakay11

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

c1josh — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:53:01 EDT

A Hyabusa? How about one at each corner?

Now that would be interesting.

c1josh

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

bmoredlj — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:39:48 EDT

I like it. Cut 'em some slack, it's a Suzuki.

Now stick a Hayabusa engine in there...

bmoredlj

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

trlstanc — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:34:09 EDT

What a lazy design. It seems kind of macho at first blush, but then you take a look at it, and it's got like 3 design elements that have just been stretched to cover the whole car.

- What should we do for the front?

Well we could make the grill stretch from the hood to the ground so we don't have to worry about anything else.

- You don't think that will make the lights look too little?

Stretch them too.

- Good idea, what about the side profile?

Ok, we jus stretch the side panels so they go all the way to the ground, and slap some big wheels in there.

- Good, good, just one item left, what about the trunk?

-Uhm, stretch the top all the way back and make it a shooting brake?

You're a genius! lets get lunch.

trlstanc

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

c1josh — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:33:25 EDT

What a butterface.

c1josh

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

M0L0TOV — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:14:05 EDT

Egads, I can't even read the page with all the pictures and text overlapping. Why oh why must grills get bigger and bigger? I'm expecting future cars to be nothing but grills on wheels.

M0L0TOV

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

Al Navarro — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:06:10 EDT

I see that TT-based audi "shooting brake" from a few years ago...

Al Navarro

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

UCBert — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:01:49 EDT

Exelero spawn. A bad sign.

UCBert

Frankfurt Auto Show: Suzuki Kizashi Concept Car

UCBert — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:00:55 EDT

Exelero spawn. A bad sign

UCBert