Here’s a bizarre one from our friend Theophilus Chin. The Photoshop master took a break from his computer and went fishing at the Sri Permaisuri lake. That’s when he saw this pick-up truck style Suzuki “Swift Outback” being driven round the lake. Only the one shot as proof.
We can’t say that we know a lot about a Swift pick-up ala Proton Arena that’s coming soon, but perhaps the car was sent here for humidity and extreme weather tests – notice how it has been very hot lately with heavy evening showers?
Unique bits not found on the Swift hatchback include SUV style black body cladding around the car, skid plates and a “4X4” emblem on the sides. Jimny hardware in a Swift?
Do you think there’s a market in Malaysia for a small car based pick-up? The Proton Arena was quite popular with small traders and businesses back in the day.
The third-gen Suzuki Swift was launched in Malaysia in January, but since then, we’ve seen spyshots of the Suzuki Swift Sport being tested by JPJ and ads for the locally-assembled regular Swift (launch batch was CBU).
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Wow, spotted first in the world in Malaysia?? Kewl!
Better buy Ford Ranger or Hilux. More established brand.
Ranger or Hilux? Suzuki is not establish brand? Dude, do homework
When did Suzuki have pick-up truck to compete with Hilux or Ranger? Check your brain functionality and location ……
Fools
maybe for ausie who like ute”
probably april fools prank
its very obvious, bmw did the same with the M3.
well, at least the m3 pickup “exists”
Cant wait to get one in swift sport guise
this is Teophilus’ idea of an April’s Fool joke
Please PT, for ‘it’ to work, put some black duct tapes around it.
Sincerely
Check out the car registration plate :D
lame april’s fool joke…
April fool
Is it a joke?
is it real?
Happy April Fool everyone! :D
haha..nice one..the rear fender gives it away
the damn plate APF for what..?? APril Fool..?? hahahahaha..
Grow up !!! Still kindergarden meh. Still want to play april fool joke. Tsk Tsk Tsk.
thrs a market for it purely based on cool factor rather than practicality….its jus too cool!
as a graphic designer wat can i say is…FAKE
lame…april fools jokes huh…really?
April’s fool everyone….
Aprils fool joke .. So obvious
Latest Perak number plate is AJG, how come this one already APF ?? APrilFool. lol…
whether april fool o not, its so lame. there r other better pickup as compare to this
So this was a joke? I almost got it… :/
Im guessing the guy went fishing with his MacBook and imagined a swift as another alternative as a lower end pickup alternative and petrol powered 1.5.
If its a reality, I guess it’s could work. Like arena, but taller and deeper bed behind. Will work fine without 4wd. I’ve seen people using proton arena by aircon installers an also the pasar to sell veggie and stuffs…. But good 1
It’s a prank!
clearly something was wrong when there is a road tax disc on a test car. Cause test cars are not registered with JPJ.
at the most the manufacturer will paste this like how Proton did.
http://paultan.org/2011/05/25/pre-fl-proton-saga-used-to-test-cvt-transmission/
If JPJ is validating it, then it will be something like this http://paultan.org/2013/03/15/spyshots-isuzu-d-max-2nd-gen-coming-finally/isuzu-dmax-2013-0014/
so clear cut something somewhere is wrong.
Happy April Fools day.
Why not cut-and-paste Preve Hatchback on the road test until like this?
Yeah, right. “..Took a break from his computer and went fishing..”. So obvious, that we dont need to read further.
april fool comfirm
Jokes aside, I am a ‘small trader’ and need a small simple pickup. don’t need turbo diesel, 4×4 high cost etc. Proton arena would be awesome but they don’t make that anymore.
anything else available? Or should I just get a wira on the cheap and cut it and rename to arena?
Can someone do preve outback?
I think the market will be good..especially for those traders who really needed smaller pickup to deal with the city driving and parking issues. It brings back the once famous Datsun GB120 mini pickup as workhorse in the past
haha cam bangang jer