Suzuki used to conquer the mini SUV market with their Suzuki Vitara, before the Perodua Kembara came along. I remember getting into a Vitara once. Bloody small. Suzuki has since gone missing in the Malaysian market until the return of the CBU Suzuki Swift and Suzuki APV this year. But we’ve not yet seen any replacement for the Vitara. Some new Grand Vitaras have been running around but they’re not really making much of an impact.
Suzuki revealed this Suzuki X2 Concept SUV at the New York International Motor Show back in March 2005. This is the second embodiment of the Concept-X SUV that was first introduced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Does anyone notice the toilet-bowl cover style bonnet that everyone is making fun of on the Proton Savvy? Looks like this SUV has it too.
The SUV came painted with a nice graphite paint. It’s targetted at the American market. “The Concept-X2 blends refinement, comfort, utility and all-road performance in a right-sized sport-utility design American drivers increasingly want,” says Koichi Suzuki, American Suzuki Motor Corporation president.
They’ve packed alot of goodies into the SUV. It has a V6 engine, full time 4×4, and a AM/FM/XM CD stereo with seven speakers including a subwoofer. The V6 engine is a twin-cam aluminium block making about 185 horsepower mated to a 5-speed automatic transmission.
It should make a good competitor for the Toyota RAV4 which has not seen a facelift for quite some time now.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
This is the all new 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara already available in S'pore maybe coming later this year or early 2006. Cool design uptodate styling.
when i saw the second pic, i thought it was a Savvy on steroids!
8555
way to go,…… Savvy on steroids
Great looking car.
The weak point of Savvy is not limited to the Hood only. Just look at its rear!
Much more better than Savvy… it's make more sense as it's SUV… what a hell Savvy the compact car follow the SUV design…??? Land Rover also have this kind of look alike…
Now I know Savvy copied from..
wah… nice SUV("sue")
…… the concept x-2 blends refinement….
….. v6 engine is twin cam aluminium block….
….. full time 4 x 4….
….. 185 horsepower mated ("mah-ted")….
….. 5 speed automatic..
i think…. 2644 and 1855 is the right 1……
he.. he.. hee… sure naik this number….
even the headlights shaped like savvy, or savvy's headlight shaped like x2
Yeah..savvy ma. Savvy's rear look like the old Fiat what. But Suzy's has some magic. Just look at the Swift, nice. Very nice.
Paul,
Are u sure this is a concept vehicle, because just this morning I saw a whole stack of them on a truck parking near the Juru Tol Plaza. Maybe its going to be launch here very soon!
I don't think its a concept. Its the all-new Vitara coming in September supposedly.
I test drove the 4×4 today and I was throughly impressed. This SUV is far different than the previous GV or XL7. The doors shut like a "real" car should. The car was a pleasure to drive, had some nice get up and go, unlike the past models. The interior was really nice, stereo kicked some a**. We asked about interior colors available and will be placing our order for a 4×2 on Monday.