JokeForBlog is carrying an image of the SX4 crossover facelift with reworked front fascia using chrome inserts, plastic cladding and smoked headlamps. Changes are not expected under the skin with the top of the line model utilizing the services of the 2.0 litre DDiS engine with 135 PS/320 Nm transmitting drive to all wheels.
MSIL brought down an example of the pre-facelift model to the Auto Expo last year to listen to customer gossip. MSIL does not have any imminent launch plan for the crossover. The crossover model sits between the Swift and the SX4 sedan in the overseas lineup.
When VW announced that it had acquired a 19.9% stake in Suzuki Motors, there was quite literary a stir in the market. Fresh after the Porsche buyout, everyone expected VW to take it slow. However, in its aim to become the number 1 automotive company in the world, VW did not want to leave any stone unturned.
However, we have hardly seen any magic from the JV. Earlier, rumors were buzzing that VW will re-work the Suzuki A-Star and will make its own entry level hatchback. However, as we reported earlier, those plans have been scraped.
Later, the Maruti Suzuki SX4 was launched with a Fiat Multijet. Then the news came, Maruti Suzuki will be deploying the same Fiat Multijet Diesel for the 2011 Swift and Swift Dzire. Clearly, VW TDi engines either proved to be too expensive to procure or had higher maintenance cost. Furthermore, at the high level meeting, the bosses of both companies also discussed the possibility of Fiat subsidiary Magneti Marelli supplying Suzuki in India with an automated manual transmission system.
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Hardly a day after we brought you spy pictures of the facelifted Fiat Sedici which was to debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 2009, we have received photographs of the facelifted Suzuki SX4. This car is also scheduled to be unveiled at Frankfurt. The pictures look like they have been taken at a Suzuki stockyard. Look closely at the above picture- are you able to see the Suzuki Splash in the background?
The Suzuki SX4 is a crossover the instant you stride into foreign markets like Italy. It’s rebadged as the Fiat Sedici in those countries.
The facelifted Fiat Sedici was supposed to be seen by the world at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, but thanks to spy photographers, who have successfully pooped Fiat’s plans, we’re able to see it now. In what looks like a parking lot, the facelited Sedici has been snapped without any camouflage.
The Suzuki SX4 has been put through the barrier at the recently concluded IIHS crash tests and Suzuki will be happy with the overall result.
The SX4 was given the highest possible “Good” rating in the side crash test. However the outcome was not all that great in the seat/head restraint testing.
