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A friend and colleague once called Suzuki Kizashi The best person buys car, which is much more succinct and precise, but not quite as catchy as my Alan Partridge's true description esque Japanese Jetta.
The Kizashi came at an odd time in history soon after Suzuki They had just left their mediocre cars designed Daewoo Forenza, Reno and Verona - anyone remember them and introduced the SX4 a court of competent jurisdiction if under -Compact a little thirsty that presaged today's make-a-car-look-like-an-SUV sales and you'll billion motion They came with 2010 Kizashi, a shining sedan that drove like a charm, I remember thinking at the time as more cars, and Suzuki is home and dry for the record, I also predict that the iPhone would never catch up.
My Jetta comparison has two first elements, the Kizashi was a tweener, halfway between traditional size and compact midsize cars, like the second Jetta, it was great to drive, we can talk all day about CVT automatic CVT Kizashi - - I'll take a stand in favor of the CVT and probably lose - but the engine was a gem, and the suspension was brilliant the frame of the Kizashi was a light, agile feeling; more importantly, it showed a subtlety that often escapes Japanese engineers if that wasn t enough, Suzuki Kizashi offered with AWD option that led to visions of a turbocharged WRX competitor dancing in our heads that n has never occurred, but Suzuki did serve up a Sport version with a lower and tighter suspension It wasn t the fastest thing straight, but if you kept your momentum until the Kizashi could make good time in curves.
In retrospect, I realize that comparing the Kizashi to the Jetta, I made a bad Kizashi Suzuki's 185 horsepower 2 liter 4 cylinder 4 was far better than the 2 5 liter flat 5-cylinder Volkswagen was inflicting while in the US the power of a four with the fuel economy of a six Oh, wait, and while the Kizashi was screwed with obsessive compulsive attention to detail in Sagara, Japan, the United States - SPEC Jettas were built at VW's Puebla plant in Mexico, which apparently was the quality control of counting the number of wheels and doors and rounded to the nearest seven.
Like the Mirage, this is another car that I had the experience of Suzuki gave me a loan of 4 months of Kizashi, and I found it to be a perfect family car when it was Suzuki was just starting to circle the drain, and I remember having to put the car to the nearest authorized service center Suzuki happened to my local dealer Service Kia swimmingly once they dig into the storage room and found their supply of oil filters.
You all know how the story ends Suzuki pulled out of the US market in late 2012 Oddly, the word Kizashi, Suzuki said that meant a sign of great things to come, can also be translated as omen, avant sign runner or ominous Kizashi was primarily designed for the US market, and sales were poor also, although I understand that you can always buy a new Pakistan Pakistan have all the luck a search on autotrader for Kizashis used is several examples, and they're reasonably high price commander cars that are mostly orphans but not as much as the same vintage Jettas it is clear that people know a good thing when they see it.
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