Rumours and wishful renderings have prompt {that a} Suzuki-badged Land Cruiser mannequin is within the pipeline, nonetheless, Suzuki SA has confirmed that’s removed from the reality.
Final week a render popped up with a caption that alluded to the seemingly imminent adoption of Toyota’s Herculean Land Cruiser 300 mannequin in Suzuki’s vary which consists primarily of compact fashions.
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Moreover, it additionally said that the supposed Suzuki-badged Land Cruiser could be positioned below the “S-Presso” moniker. On the identical time, the render imagined an virtually undisturbed Land Cruiser bearing 4 trapezoidal grille accents, that characterize the common and real-world S-Presso mannequin, which flank the acquainted Suzuki Badge.
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“Suzuki Auto SA can verify that the rumours claiming that Suzuki will undertake Toyota’s Land Cruiser into its ranks below the S-Presso moniker are usually not true.” — Suzuki South Africa
Because it stands, the partnership and contract between Toyota and Suzuki permit every agency to borrow expertise and merchandise from one another to strengthen its choices. Most seen to the attention is Toyota adopting compact automobiles they want from Suzuki’s fleet. Thus far, these automobiles vary from the Vits (based mostly on the Suzuki Celerio), the City Cruiser (based mostly on the Suzuki Grand Vitara) and the Rumion (based mostly on the Suzuki Ertiga). As for Suzuki, the deal advantages them with a few of Toyota’s electrification expertise which is able to make its approach into Suzuki’s newer fashions sooner or later.
Based mostly on the parameters of the settlement, it’s inconceivable to suppose that Suzuki will go outdoors of the settlement specified by 2017 and undertake a car that not solely overshadows its present vary when it comes to measurement but in addition phrases of value. The present Land Cruiser 300 vary begins at a price ticket of just some thousand Rand shy of R1,5 million. Apart from value, the Land Cruiser 300 3,3DGX-R, which is the entry-level mannequin within the SUV’s vary, is powered by a 3,3-litre turbo diesel V6 which produces 225kW/700 N.m. It goes with out saying that if the Land Cruiser have been adopted into Suzuki’s ranks, it might be a left-field providing contemplating the character of the agency’s present choices.
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Indulge us although, if Suzuki needed to undertake Toyota’s massive Suv mannequin into its ranks below the S-Presso nameplate, what would you name it?
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