2011 Suzuki Automotive NYIAS Press Conference

[MercuryFilms]

Oh please make the APEX turbo model. I'll sell my Trans Am and buy one in a heartbeat.

[AFREaKaMan]

Suzuki, put the Apex Turbo into production, with the Livery optional. I have the Kizashi Sport GTS with various RRM aftermarket performance upgrades on it and really love my car. That being said, I'd love to have a turbo 6-speed AWD, so make it happen.

[Erik23ode]

2001 NY Auto Show - Suzuki shows Concept SX (Aerio), 230hp turbo engine, they said it would make it to production. It never did! Then Suzuki created a Turbo Concept SX4 called the ZUK, said it could be ordered at their dealerships. It never happend! Then came the Red Kizashi Turbo Concept, Suzuki implied it would become production. Never happen!. Now they come out with a "Concept Kizashi Apex Turbo. Suzuki... it's time to put up or shut up. No one believes you anymore.

[wppdoes]

The most enviromentally friendly vehicle is the one that gets the highest MPG's in it's class. I don't understand why Suzuki is focusing on a hybrid that by their own estimates will only get 37.5 mpg, when they could be doing so much more to improve the gas mileage of their existing vehicles. Ford, Mazda, Kia, Hyundai, Chevy, Honda, they all have NON-HYBRID cars which get 40+ mpg's in the U.S. market. How many cars does Suzuki have in the U.S. that get 40 mpg or better? THAT IS THE PROBLEM.

[gears024]

@wppdoes hybrids will sell better because environmentalists will buy anything with a hybrid sticker on it

[wppdoes]

@gears024 Really? Did you know that several car companies such as Honda have discontinued the sales of certain hybrid models due to poor sales of the hybrid version? The hybrids which have been successful are the ones that are CLASS LEADERS in miles per gallon return. The reason that Honda discotinued the Accord hybrid is because it yielded less MPG that less expensive non hybrid competition. The Kizashi hybrid will only get 25% better mpgs, which will be less than non-hybrid competition!

[wppdoes]

@gears024 So did enviromentalists buy the Honda Accord Hybrid just because it had a "hybrid sticker" on it? Absolutely not! Once they saw that the price difference and that other non-hybrid cars in the same class got better miles per gallon for a lower sticker price they walked away from the hybrid Accord to the point that Honda had to discontinue it due to poor sales. So the answer is NO, a "hybrid sticker" does NOT mean enviromentalists will buy it.

[juggernaut494]

Stop wasting everyone's time and make concept cars that will never happen! What ever happened to the turbo charged SX4 Sportback?