Suzuki has set up really a popularity for by itself within the U.S. being a maker of high-quality, high-performance motorcycles and ATVs. Unfortunately, the exact same cannot be stated for its cars; whilst good quality and performance statements maintain, from our experience, Suzuki's sparse and second-tier dealerships and dealer services in the U.S. have always been a handicap-especially recently, when it's strong item, like the superb 2011 Kizashi Sport we just drove, and also the 2011 SX4 Sportback, another favorite. And, probably, it could tap into its well-received Suzuki Swift scorching hatch from abroad.
One possible technique: Give far more of that roaring motorsports heritage to the company's cars. That is what Suzuki has completed with all the new Kizashi Apex Idea for your 2011 Ny Worldwide Auto Exhibit. Fundamentally an extreme-motorsports consider around the Kizashi Turbo thought that is been teased for a long time, the Apex gets a strong Garrett/Honeywell 2871 R ball-bearing turbocharger, waste-gated to a conservative 8.5 psi.
It's all held down for reliable track duty with high-nickel housing, an oil-and-water-cooled bearing program, and light-weight iconel materials for the cart turbine wheel. An air-to-liquid intercooler supplies cost air cooling and brief ducting for quick throttle response and much less throttle lag.
Entirely, the setup makes between 275 and 300 horsepower from this boosted edition with the Kizashi's stout two.4-liter engine.
Trim and detailing around the Apex Concept derives in the Suzuki GSX-R Superbike. Highlights incorporate a "burnt asphalt" end for the 19-inch light-weight efficiency alloy wheels, as well as the Yokohama S.Drive 245/35-R19 tires have nanotechnology micro-fiber compound that will help both wet and dry traction. The concept gets the automaker's Euro-spec HID headlamps too.
Inside, the Apex Idea are black-leather seats and trim, with Laser Blue Alcantara suede-like for your steering wheel, seat inserts, and accents.
One possible technique: Give far more of that roaring motorsports heritage to the company's cars. That is what Suzuki has completed with all the new Kizashi Apex Idea for your 2011 Ny Worldwide Auto Exhibit. Fundamentally an extreme-motorsports consider around the Kizashi Turbo thought that is been teased for a long time, the Apex gets a strong Garrett/Honeywell 2871 R ball-bearing turbocharger, waste-gated to a conservative 8.5 psi.
It's all held down for reliable track duty with high-nickel housing, an oil-and-water-cooled bearing program, and light-weight iconel materials for the cart turbine wheel. An air-to-liquid intercooler supplies cost air cooling and brief ducting for quick throttle response and much less throttle lag.
Entirely, the setup makes between 275 and 300 horsepower from this boosted edition with the Kizashi's stout two.4-liter engine.
Trim and detailing around the Apex Concept derives in the Suzuki GSX-R Superbike. Highlights incorporate a "burnt asphalt" end for the 19-inch light-weight efficiency alloy wheels, as well as the Yokohama S.Drive 245/35-R19 tires have nanotechnology micro-fiber compound that will help both wet and dry traction. The concept gets the automaker's Euro-spec HID headlamps too.
Inside, the Apex Idea are black-leather seats and trim, with Laser Blue Alcantara suede-like for your steering wheel, seat inserts, and accents.