{"id":1357,"date":"2005-06-06T04:15:10","date_gmt":"2005-06-06T04:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/06\/new-suzuki-gran\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T13:45:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T13:45:57","slug":"new-suzuki-gran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/06\/new-suzuki-gran\/","title":{"rendered":"New Suzuki Grand Vitara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/gallery_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"187\" alt=\"Gallery_1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/gallery_1.jpg\" width=\"250\"  \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>The 16-year-long career of the actual Grand Vitara is reaching an end: its successor should debut in the Frankfurt Motor Show next September.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>If the name remains the same, the rest totally changes.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>The sharp-edged trendy body hides a new monocoque structure mounted of a fully independent suspension.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>With this giant step forward, Suzuki fills the wide technological gap between the Grand Vitara and its main opponents, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/spaces.msn.com\/members\/jcsiubutt\/Blog\/cns!1pccklOQXjAqT-vlUbOx9vBg!1103.entry\">Toyota<\/a> Rav-4, the <a href=\"http:\/\/adsauto.blogspot.com\/2005\/06\/honda-5-from-adfunk-auto.html\">Honda<\/a> CR-V or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthblogz.net\/Sonata\/?p=78\">Hyundai<\/a> Tucson.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Foreshadowed by the 2-X Concept shown in the New York Motor Show last March, the new Grand Vitara is bigger than its predecessor, with a length of 439cm instead of 422, and a wheelbase of 264cm instead of 248!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Accommodation should benefit from this upsizing, and the passengers will feel all the more at ease since the dashboard has been redesigned in a style somewhat recalling that of the Mazda 6.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>In a first time, 2 engines, a 145bhp 2.0-litre four-in-line and 184bhp 2.7-litre V6 should be available.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Interestingly enough, this new Suzuki gives us a hint of Fiat\u2019s future SUV, for they are to share their underpinnings and factory, in <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Hungary<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 16-year-long career of the actual Grand Vitara is reaching an end: its successor should debut in the Frankfurt Motor Show next September. 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