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Suzuki offering free gas for summer with SX4 purchase
2008 Suzuki SX4 Sport - Click above for high-res image gallery Suzuki is getting in on the free gas sales promotion bandwagon that Hyundai kicked off this year by launching a "Free Gas for Summer" promotion on all SX4s sold from now through August 31st. Of course, it pays to read the fine print – what the purchaser really gets is a pre-paid credit card loaded up with $270 for the SX4 Sedan or $290 for the slightly less fuel efficient SX4 Crossover. Whether or not this incentive is really "free gas for summer" or not therefore depends ... Read more →
REPORT: Suzuki CEO denies talks with VW amidst tie-up rumors Jeremy Korzeniewski
Suzuki Alto Lapin - Click above for high-res image gallery Hear about those reports last week of a potential tie-up between Suzuki and Volkswagen for microcar development? Osamu Suzuki, Chief ...
REPORT: Volkswagen considering stake in Suzuki for micro-car alliance Jeremy Korzeniewski
Suzuki Alto Lapin - Click above for high-res gallery According to reports from Reuters and Manager Magazin in Germany, Volkswagen is keen to purchase a 10 percent stake in Suzuki in order to ...
Euro NCAP finds small cars offer plenty of protection Xavier Navarro
Europe's crash testing authority, Euro NCAP, has published a series of new tests that includes the latest small and fuel efficient models offered there. The top scorers in the small car segment, with ...
VIDEO: Top Gear electric car build-off, Aussie rules Domenick Yoney
While they might lack the comedic punch of their seasoned British co-frères, the presenters at Top Gear Australia don't seem to have any electric car "issues." Indeed, in a recent episode they ...
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Suzuki and Intelligent Energy only one year of releasing fuel cell motorcycles? 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Suzuki Crosscage - Click above for an image gallery It's been a little while since we last heard from Suzuki regarding its planned hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle, but apparently the Japanese company has been hard at work getting the machine ready for production. According to Ivar Kvadsheim over ...
20 fuel sipping diesel SUV/CUV/crossovers available in Germany 1 month ago on AutoblogGreen
Modern compact SUVs don't need to drink fuel at quite the rate of their larger, more easily spotted cousins (HUMMER, Range Rover, we're looking at you). Over in Europe, drivers have opened their arms to compact SUVs as an alternative to sedans and mini vans. Current offerings share car platforms ...
Suzuki announces hybrids and CNG vehicles for India 2 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Maruti Suzuki in India has announced ambitious plans for alternative powertrains for three or four models in the Indian market. Although the company aims for an all-electric model in the long run, the short term will see bi-fuel natural gas/gasoline powertrains available to take advantage of ...
VIDEO: Suzuki discovers why SUVasaurus went extinct 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above to watch video after the jump As part of Suzuki's recent "Live Large. Drive Small" advertising campaign, the automaker has released a video called SUVasaurus. We've pasted it after the break and it's definitely worth a watch. The video is very well done and attempts to explain why ...
Suzuki to introduce E100-capable flex-fuel models in 2010 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
So far, Suzuki has steered clear of alternative fuel vehicles in the American market. They haven't offered any diesels, flex-fuel or hybrid vehicles yet. That may soon change as the company will reportedly launch some vehicles that can run on not just E85, but also E100 as soon as 2010. The ...
Paris preview: Suzuki to show new SX4 FCV 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Suzuki already has a little experience with vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells, as its Crosscage motorcycle concept has been around the block a few times already since it first debuted in Tokyo last year. That two-wheeler is now a running prototype and will again be shown off in its latest ...
Suzuki cleared to test SX4-FCV in Japan 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click image to enlarge The new Subaru Stella plug-in isn't the only Japanese green car making its debut next month at the G8 conference in Hokkaido. Suzuki's in the game as well with a new hydrogen fuel cell version of its SX4 crossover, the SX4-FCV. Fitted with a fuel cell supplied by GM, and a 70 ...
Suzuki Swift global compact supermimi moves 1m units 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
click to enlarge In the four years since its debut, Suzuki has made over a million units of the compact supermini vehicle seen above, the Swift. In that time, Suzuki has been able to establish a customer base for these small cars that can only become more pleased with their high mpg rides as gas ...
Automakers not keen on fuel incentives in Europe 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Here in the United States, consumers who fill up their fuel tanks are just now beginning to see the type of pain that Europeans have seen at the pump for years. Reactions to the recent rises in gasoline and diesel fuel are pretty much what you would expect, with new car purchasers eschewing gas ...
Suzuki shows off SD-01 and SD-02 concepts in Bangkok - with Video 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click for more images of the Suzuki SD-01 and SD-02 At the 29th Annual Bangkok International Auto Show, which featured an environmentally friendly theme and ended in April, Suzuki showed off two electric scooter concepts which caught our eye. The SD-01 is the more sinister appearing of the two ...
Suzuki Crosscage is now a runner 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click on the image for more shots of the Suzuki Crosscage in action We've been keeping tabs on Suzuki's innovative Crosscage concept bike since its debut at the last Tokyo Auto Show. Since then, Suzuki and Intelligent Energy, makers of the fuel cell ENV bike and the fuel cell powering the ...
Alstare working on ethanol powered motorcycles and ATVs 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Last month, motorcycle racing Team Alstare Suzuki started talking about biofuels and small engines. In collaboration with Spanish company Globasol Energías Renovables, Alstare's Belgian development center's first stab at biofuel powered vehicles resulted in an ATV which was able to run on ...
Didn't take long: Chrysler's $2.99 gas guarantee draws critics 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
If you're trying to conserve fuel, making said fuel cheaper doesn't help the cause. If you're trying to sell cars, making the stuff they run on cheaper might help. But one thing is for certain, not everyone is a fan of Chrysler's new "Let's Refuel America Gas Card." As we calculated this morning, ...
Suzuki Swift with 1.3-liter DDiS CO2 - emissions revised downward 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click on the image to enlarge Due to what Suzuki is calling a "revision in engine emissions," the Swift 1.3-liter DDiS model has had its CO2 rating reduced from 124g/km to 119g/km, placing it in the UK's Vehicle Excise Duty Band B, which has an annual charge of £35 per year. Additionally, the ...
Suzuki invests further in Intelligent Energy 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click on the image to enlarge Last Spring, when Suzuki and Intelligent Energy announced their partnership, we wondered out loud if fuel cell powered-motorcycles were in the offing. What we got was a very cool concept bike at the Tokyo Motor Show called the Suzuki Crosscage, which did in fact use ...
The ten cheapest cars in the world - #3 - Maruti 800 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Suzuki Maruti 800: 5-door hatchback. $4,994. Until the Tata Nano arrives, the Suzuki Maruti 800 will be the cheapest car you can buy in India and in other nearby countries (and even South America). Some versions of the Maruti have been sold arrived in Europe and this inexpensive machine is called ...
Auto-News' list of low-CO2 SUVs in Germany 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Not long ago, we published a list of SUVs available in Germany with the highest mileage possible. But what about - at least on legal terms - how much CO2 a car produces? Never fear. Auto-News has a list of the "cleanest" SUVs on sale in Germany (and I'd say most of the EU), all of them producing ...
Suzuki chairman on Tata's 59 mpg, $2,500 car: details, please 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Recently, we told you Tata's $2,500 car would get 59 miles per gallon and, while exited, you had a lot of questions about the car. You are not alone. Suzuki Motor's chairman Osamu Suzuki told reports there were still big questions about Tata's car and seemed to imply it probably won't impact Suzuki. ...
Indian-built Suzuki under 109 g/km for 2008 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Meet the Concept A-Star, the latest entry from Suzuki which will be introduced at the Auto Expo 2008 in New Dehli, India. The model, which was developed and will be produced by Maruti, Suzuki's partner in India, is set for export to European markets as well the Indian market. Besides the styiling, ...
Suzuki and Nissan benefit from Thailand's low taxes for building cleaner cars 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
We already announced this for Toyota and for Honda, and now it's time for Suzuki and Nissan: Thailand is giving significant tax incentives for automakers who decide to build cars that are considered respectful to the environment. To be eligible for the tax incentives, a company must, first of all, ...
New Opel Agila clocks in at 120 g/km of CO2 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Opel's latest mini-car, the second generation Agila, is now available in Europe. The little car shared with Suzuki has received its official CO2 ratings and two of the three engine combinations qualify for the reduced vehicle tax bracket in the UK. The 65 hp 1.0L gas engine and 1.3L 75 hp diesel ...
Let's not forget the Crosscage, the hydrogen-powered motorcycle coming from Suzuki 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Remember the Crosscage, the Suzuki motorcycle that runs on hydrogen? Intelligent Energy, a company based in the British Midlands, wants to make sure that we not only keep the vehicle in mind, but also know that the UK company had something to do with it. In a press release out yesterday, the ...
Suzuki SX4 gets a Puegeot diesel, overseas at least 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the SX4 to enlarge When our Autoblog colleague Chris Tutor spent a week with the Suzuki SX4 recently he came away less than impressed with the fuel economy. Chris only managed 21 mpg with the all-wheel-drive compact. Unfortunately for Americans enamored with the cute little SX4's styling, the ...
Videos: Jay Leno's E85 Corvette, Suzuki's fuel cell bullet bike 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Below the fold are two videos that proves green can be cool. The first video is Jay Leno showing off his E85 Corvette at this year's SEMA. "Green goes with mean was the message at" SEMA, according to the video's description (and backed up by Jay saying the car has 600 horse power). The second video ...
Tokyo Preview: Suzuki PIXY+SSC 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Fellow blogger Alex Nunez says that the the Suzuki SSC is "a geometric, omnidirectional 'mothership'". We won't argue with that description, but we'll add that it kinda looks like an upside-down Jawa Sandcrawler from Star Wars too. Another thing that the SSC, or Suzuki Sharing Coach, has in common ...
Tokyo Preview: Suzuki Crosscage and Biplane concepts 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Suzuki is planning on sending a few concept motorcycles to the Tokyo Motor Show. One of those, the Biplane, has gotten some attention over at Autoblog. We thought that the Crosscage would be better suited to our green-minded readers, as it comes equipped with a fuel cell and lithium ion batteries. ...
Suzuki reveals production Splash city car 2 years ago on AutoblogGreen
Click image for gallery On the heels of the new Opel Agila, we can now show you its sister car, the Suzuki Splash. Set to be built in Hungary it's basically identical to the Opel, so the same three engines -- 1.0L gasoline, 1.2L gasoline, and 1.3L diesel -- will find their way under the Splash's ...
Intelligent Energy teams up with Suzuki to develop fuel-cell motorcycles 2 years ago on AutoblogGreen
Intelligent Energy (IE), known on ABG's pages as the company behind the ENV fuel-cell motorcycle, has announced that they will partner up with Suzuki Motor Corporation on the development of prototype hydrogen fuel-cell motorcycles. Future bikes produced by the partnership will run on Intelligent ...
UK gets three door Suzuki Grand Vitara with diesel engine 2 years ago on AutoblogGreen
While Suzuki no longer sells two-door versions of the Grand Vitara SUV in the North American market they are still available overseas. The UK market is now getting a new diesel engine for the two door variant supplied by Renault. The 1.9L four cylinder turbo diesel is rated at 127hp/221lb-ft of ...
Suzuki builds three new factories in India 2 years ago on AutoblogGreen
Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Suzuki Ionis fuel-cell concept Suzuki Motor Corporation is enjoying a wave of popularity and high sales for its small, inexpensive vehicles in the booming India market. Capitalizing on the growing demand, Suzuki has recently opened three ...
Aussie car round-up ranks economy and practicality 2 years ago on AutoblogGreen
Australian motoring site CARSguide has done a round-up of affordable, practical and economical vehicle options on the local market. Looking at sub-$40,000 transport, their complete list of criteria in weighing up the models was: Economy - the claimed fuel consumption in combined conditions and ...
