And don’t think the 1.3L diesel is worthing nothing. FIAT is very, very good at making diesel engines. This 1.3L diesel kicks out 75 bhp. That’s very close to a normal 1.3L petrol. But the point here is that it’ll have loads more torque than a petrol equivalent, and that’s where it counts in the real world.

I had a Clio 1.5 dCi sometime ago while on holiday in France. It had 105 bhp – that’s in the same league of a Vios, City 1.5L. But the Clio had 240 Nm of torque – the Vios and City somewhere around 130 Nm only!. Just for reference, a Perdana V6 puts out only 178 Nm of torque, and to get 240 Nm of torque from a daily driver…well, you’ll need to be driving a Honda Accord 2.4 or a Camry 2.4. I had 240 Nm all from only a 1.5L common-rail turbo diesel that gave me 1000 km per tankful of fuel. So sensible! So…pls don’t sneeze at todays diesel engines. It puts petrol engines to shame, and make them rather pointless. Pity that our diesel fuel quality is rather dirty (with sulphur). Otherwise, I’d take a small diesel engine anytime.

I like the RPM meter… hehehe, like the turbo gauge on some cars. It’s just… cute.

dah jepun tu jepun jugak…

dah jepun tu jepun jugak… 6 bulan pun tak paham2 lagi wha

ohh! i’ve mis thinked what i saw…this splash does’nt share with daihatsu BUT Opel Agila cos opel & Suzuki are owned by GM with its controlling stakes…..

- proton did-

Erm.. i don’t know.. why none of suzuki’s car can attract my eye and mood.
Maybe coz they not a real car maker because their best brand is GSX.
This is mini mpv. no wonder it had better n larger space. Some people still comparing a MPV vs a SUV. Prtttffhhhh (getting to like this phase).

1.2L 86ps such a good thing. The big speedometer just like mini cooper s.
Anyway. that 1.0 3-cylinder , i hate so much.. the sound must be like kancil… kancil 3 cylinder with big mufler.. sound ugly like hell.. Loud sound.. moving 1 inch.

July 8, 2007 @ 2:51 pm

haha…the front look like a just born baby dinosaur…but the car seems very small…something like viva…but nice 1.2l with 87ps…but why 1.3 from fiat only get 75ps?

the 1.3l engine is diesel lah, that’s why…

http://www.gutauto.ur.ru/PICTURES/VW%20Passat%20B64.JPG
-swooping cabin-

I don’t think Suzuki will be working together with Daihatsu since they are the true rival back here in Japan. Both manufacturers are well known to monopolize compact & K-car segment in JDM with average of 30% market shares respectively.

However recently, it’s been reported that Suzuki now is vying into upper class segment which makes them to concentrate more towards bigger CCs and sedan-like cars soon. This move left some spaces for Daihatsu to topple Suzuki for the No. 1 in K-car market share in Japan for last 06/07 fiscal year.

From what i’ve known, Besides Toyota, Daihatsu currently has been working together with Subaru and not Suzuki. While Suzuki, they are trying to make their presence more significant in Europe besides India which is already their overseas stronghold.

1.3l is a diesel sourced from FIAT, else the SUZUKI engine comes in both 1.0 and 1.2

anyways, nice interior for a k-car, looks like a passo, but rounder and nicer, if this was made into a myvi competitor, it would be great