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Things I like today

March 17, 2010
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Just a few things I’ve noticed today that turned my crank:

Ok, so call me color blind (which I am) but this combo is just too cool! Years ago, friend of The Garage, Racer Nika, had this cool Suzuki Swift GT with 5 spoke wheels that were dayglo orange. I coveted them for our rally car. [...]

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Review: Suzuki Kizashi

December 17, 2009

To say that Suzuki has been a bit player in the North American auto industry is almost too kind. With the exception of the spunky SX4, Suzuki has been handed forgettable, rebadged Daewoo and GM cars for well over a decade-cars that gave nothing in terms of defining the brand, and worse, little reason to [...]

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Suzuki Announces US Pricing for Kizashi

November 8, 2009

Here at The Garage, we haven’t been shy about our enthusiasm for the all-new Kizashi. After a preview of the car by Gary Grant, and the opportunity for Gary, video guru Scott Simmons and myself to do a walk around of the car at IMPA Test Days, we all agreed the Kizashi was quite a [...]

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Forgotten Sporty Cars: Chevy Sprint Turbo

October 20, 2009

Welcome back to Forgotten Sporty Cars at The Garage! In this space we recall an era where small, economy car-based vehicles were sold with zippy styling. Whether there was any substance to the sizzle we’ll leave for you to judge.
1987-1988 Chevy Sprint Turbo

By the mid-1980’s, the aging and unloved Chevy Chevette was nearing its end. [...]

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2010 Suzuki Kizashi launch

October 18, 2009

Long time readers of The Garage know that I have a soft spot for the Suzuki brand. This goes back to the early 90’s when we spent some serious time with a pair of Swift GT’s. Our ‘89 road car not only did daily duty for about 10 years, but also competed in several years [...]

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Suzuki Adds SportBack to SX4 Family

August 24, 2009

For 2010, the SX4 family-already consisting of the all-wheel drive Crossover 5-door and front-wheel drive 4-door Sport gains a third member, the SportBack. At first glance the SportBack is a dead-ringer for the Crossover, but parked side by side, the lower ride height, 17″ alloys, subtle aero package and the absence of roof rails set [...]

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Suzuki Reveals 2010 Kizashi

July 30, 2009

If there have been any complaints about Suzuki, one of the most glaring has been a less than complete line of cars for the public to choose from. Buyers who liked the spunky, affordable SX4 had no car to graduate to. All that changes with the new Kizashi, which is scheduled to hit the showroom [...]

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Welcome to The Garage: John Heintzman

May 11, 2009

Oh man! Am I ever glad my photography skills have improved over the past 15 years. Way back in the early Nineties, I spent a season as John Heintzman’s crew chief. That’s him up there in the blurry Suzuki at some rally circa 93. The following year, John took the role of team owner and [...]

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Forgotten Marques Part V: Geo

November 21, 2008

The Geo brand represents a curious time in how Chevy dealt with its captive imports. Geo was introduced in the US in 1989; the Canadian Geo’s followed in 1992. Although Chevy was no stranger to rebadging Asian cars as their own, my own impression was that GM sought to raise the profile of these cars [...]

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Suzuki SX4 Plus on steroids

October 13, 2008

Like many small car enthusiasts, we have lamented the absence of a performance car since the demise of the Swift GT in 1994. Often confused with it’s 3 cylinder cousins over at GM, the 1300 cc, twin cam GT was considered by many enthusiasts to be the modern equivalent to the original Cooper S.
At [...]

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