Suzuki X-Lander concept – the Jimny’s alter ego

suzuki x-lander concept

You’ve seen the Crosshiker concept, and now, here’s the Suzuki X-Lander, another design study from Hamamatsu that will debut in Tokyo. The company says that it’s based on the Jimny, but the name is about as far as it goes, if you’re basing it on looks alone.

The topless Suzy two-seater is certainly wacky-looking, displaying plenty of heft. The automaker says it’s “loaded with full of playful touches so that the vehicle looks like a fusion of off-road power and mechanical precision,” and happily adds that “it wants drivers to use this car in the city and sometimes go out to play in the field.”

Which presumably means through rain or shine. If you’re not the sort who’d be mindful of inclement weather, bashing around in it should be a gas – the door cutouts means you won’t be sloshing in it come rain.

The 4WD X-Lander (to mean crosslander, presumably) is powered by a 1.3 litre mill, which is paired to a newly-developed automatically-controlled manual transmission, with a compact lightweight hybrid system – equipped with a high-efficiency motor – helping to add pep.

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Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

 

Comments

  • benzs on Nov 01, 2013 at 4:41 pm

    Wonder how this car done off road. Sure those mud will going through the door.

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  • bvc100 on Nov 01, 2013 at 4:47 pm

    The designer must’ve had a soft spot for a quad-bike. I get the impression of a quad-bike rather than a car when i look at it.

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  • xempro on Nov 01, 2013 at 5:14 pm

    why 1.3 only?

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  • mrNyok! on Nov 01, 2013 at 5:17 pm

    rugged yet cute! :)

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  • Jimmy on Nov 01, 2013 at 10:26 pm

    Off-road capability is a must in this cute babe, cantiq.
    Please, no milo-tin feel on the body and chassis.
    1.3L is just too small. 2.0L at least.
    The door cutouts are not hollow? Is glass there?
    Canvas top?
    1.8m in width, at least.

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