Mazda VX-1 – Indonesian rebadge of the Suzuki Ertiga

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To get meaningful volume in Indonesia, one must have an affordable seven-seat MPV to sell, a car like the Toyota Avanza. If you don’t have it, rebadge it, and that’s what Mazda has done with this upcoming Mazda VX-1, which is based on the Suzuki Ertiga MPV.

Taken from Indonesian website detikOto, there’s not much info accompanying these pics, other than the fact that this “MPV kelas bawah” (their words, not ours) is new ground for Mazda (other MPVs in the stable include the Biante and Mazda 8) and that it will be offered with manual transmission. It remains to be seen if the VX-1 will use Suzuki’s 1.4 litre K-series engine or Mazda’s own powerplant.

First launched in India early last year, the Ertiga sits on a Suzuki SX4 platform stretched to have a long 2,740 mm wheelbase. It’s available with the abovementioned 1.4 petrol or a 1.3 litre Fiat turbodiesel with 88 hp/200 Nm. Click here for a full gallery of the Suzuki Ertiga.

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Danny Tan

Danny Tan loves driving as much as he loves a certain herbal meat soup, and sweet engine music as much as drum beats. He has been in the auto industry since 2006, previously filling the pages of two motoring magazines before joining this website. Enjoys detailing the experience more than the technical details.

 

Comments

  • kelas bawah.. mmg pon.. hahhaha

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    • Lol.. why you laughing at them? Malaysian also being treated like that, some more even more expensive.

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  • Nazri on Jan 23, 2013 at 12:26 pm

    Nice…

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  • kelas bawah ok. but if quality bawah no good

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  • doohhh on Jan 23, 2013 at 2:02 pm

    why mazda ‘tiru’ suzuki car?

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    • Tau bacakah? It’s a rebadge. Check your dictionary what’s ‘rebadge’. This is a norm for most car manufacturers now. Even Nissan rebadge Mazda5.

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  • Garfield on Jan 23, 2013 at 2:33 pm

    I wouldn’t mind more choice in the market at all. Just bring it in someone will buy. More competition the public will benefit. If nobody buy it will quietly leave the market and one get to buy at clearance price!

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  • Rambo Ramsey on Jan 23, 2013 at 2:53 pm

    Kelas bawah means entry level

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  • Pro-San on Jan 23, 2013 at 6:44 pm

    avanza also klass bawah hahahahaha

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  • Alahai on Jan 24, 2013 at 8:41 am

    Swift on steroids..

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  • paul tan's reader on Jan 24, 2013 at 10:29 am

    Our neighbour market grow like mushroom in the rain season, but here the mushroom ate by NAP

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    • Spoilt my mood, every news linked with NAP! Work hard get more money like those who are driving good cars on our roads.

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