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Driving for Economy: Suzuki Alto gets 117 mpg in Global Green Challenge

Proving once again that the way you drive is equally as important (and perhaps more so) than what you are driving is the Suzuki Alto. While the little Japanese runabout is certainly a fuel miser in its own right, we wouldn't have guessed that it could achieve over 100 miles per gallon no matter how light its accelerator were pressed, but that's exactly what happened at this year's Global Green Challenge. In fact, the Suzuki Alto managed to churn out 117 miles from each and every U.S. gallon of gasoline (this equals 141 mpg in the UK ... Read more →

REPORT: Suzuki to put hydrogen two-wheelers into production Jeremy Korzeniewski

Suzuki and Intelligent Energy have been working on hydrogen fuel cell-powered two-wheelers for the last few years, with the Crosscage, their first public concept, debuting back in 2007 at the ...

Tokyo 2009: Suzuki SX4-FCV takes a break from testing Sebastian Blanco

The Suzuki SX4-FCV (Fuel-Cell Vehicle) isn't a new vehicle – they've been used for testing on Japanese streets since last year – but the colors and stickers on the model on display at ...

Tokyo 2009 Preview: Suzuki to show off three fuel cell concepts Jeremy Korzeniewski

In addition to the plug-in series hybrid version of the Swift subcompact hatchback that Suzuki will display at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show, the Japanese company will also be bringing along three ...

REPORT: Volkswagen interested in small-car partnership with Suzuki, still Jeremy Korzeniewski

Just a few months back, Manager Magazin in Germany reported that Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piech was interested in procuring a small stake in Suzuki. Those rumors were subsequently denied by ...

2010 Suzuki SX4 SportBack takes more to the streets, less to the fields 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

We've praised Suzuki's SX4 Crossover in these pages before. With its quasi-softroader abilities, surprisingly direct steering, segment-exclusive all-wheel drive and generous equipment levels, the cheap n' cheerful hatchback has carved out a unique niche for itself in the U.S. marketplace. What ...

Frankfurt preview: Suzuki lineup features more powerful, cleaner diesels, more 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

While Suzuki readies its first gasoline-electric car – the Kizashi hybrid – for 2011, it's got some green vehicles on tap to show us in Frankfurt next month, including four that emit less than 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer. Later in 2010, the Minor Change SX4 will be introduced. ...

REPORT: Suzuki Kizashi hybrid sedan tipped for 2011 sales 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Suzuki has big plans for its new Kizashi midsize sedan. Not only is the Kizaski going up against the best selling automobiles in America (that is, the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord), it's also reportedly tipped to carry the Japanese automaker's environmentally-friendly ambitions to new heights ...

REPORT: Suzuki hoping to continue GM collaboration for green tech 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

It may come as a surprise to many that Suzuki, just a small niche player in the U.S. automotive market, sells more vehicles in Japan than every automaker besides Toyota. Most of Suzuki's sales, though, are of the tiny Kei car variety and therefore feature engines displacing just 660cc. As much ...

Suzuki offering free gas for summer with SX4 purchase 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Suzuki is getting in on the free gas sales promotion bandwagon that Hyundai kicked off this year by launching a "Free Gas for Summer" promotion on all SX4s sold from now through August 31st. Of course, it pays to read the fine print – what the purchaser really gets is a pre-paid credit ...

REPORT: Suzuki CEO denies talks with VW amidst tie-up rumors 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Hear about those reports last week of a potential tie-up between Suzuki and Volkswagen for microcar development? Osamu Suzuki, Chief Executive at the automaker that bear his name, heard those rumors, too, and they apparently came as news to him. Though Suzuki falls short of denying outright ...

REPORT: Volkswagen considering stake in Suzuki for micro-car alliance 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to reports from Reuters and Manager Magazin in Germany, Volkswagen is keen to purchase a 10 percent stake in Suzuki in order to cooperate on future small cars for emerging markets. In its home market of Japan, Suzuki is the second-largest automaker (behind Toyota) and dominates the ...

Suzuki and Intelligent Energy only one year of releasing fuel cell motorcycles? 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's been a little while since we last heard from Suzuki regarding its planned hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle, but apparently the Japanese company has been hard at work getting the machine ready for production. According to Ivar Kvadsheim over at MC24.no, teams from both Suzuki and Intelligent ...

Suzuki announces hybrids and CNG vehicles for India 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Maruti Suzuki in India has announced ambitious plans for alternative powertrains for three or four models in the Indian market. Although the company aims for an all-electric model in the long run, the short term will see bi-fuel natural gas/gasoline powertrains available to take advantage of ...

VIDEO: Suzuki discovers why SUVasaurus went extinct 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As part of Suzuki's recent "Live Large. Drive Small" advertising campaign, the automaker has released a video called SUVasaurus. We've pasted it after the break and it's definitely worth a watch. The video is very well done and attempts to explain why the full-size SUV has gone the way of the ...

Scooter sales up 66% so far this year 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As gas prices rise, so it seems do the sales of gas-misers like scooters and small-bore motorcycles. Larger, more powerful and therefore more expensive motorcycles are doing the opposite, dropping in sales like the pickups and SUVs of the automotive realm, though surely for different reasons. ...

The Kiddiemoto GSX-R, Suzuki's greenest two-wheeler ever? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above to enlarge the Kiddiemoto GSX-R Suzuki has recently launched a new two-wheeler in the U.K. which emits absolutely zero emissions. Not only that, the entire machine is made from sustainable materials. Best of all, the bike costs just £99.00. Perhaps the Kiddiemoto GSX-R wooden ...

Paris preview: Suzuki to show new SX4 FCV 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Suzuki already has a little experience with vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells, as its Crosscage motorcycle concept has been around the block a few times already since it first debuted in Tokyo last year. That two-wheeler is now a running prototype and will again be shown off in its latest ...

Suzuki cleared to test SX4-FCV in Japan 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click image to enlarge The new Subaru Stella plug-in isn't the only Japanese green car making its debut next month at the G8 conference in Hokkaido. Suzuki's in the game as well with a new hydrogen fuel cell version of its SX4 crossover, the SX4-FCV. Fitted with a fuel cell supplied by GM, and a 70 ...

Suzuki Swift global compact supermimi moves 1m units 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge In the four years since its debut, Suzuki has made over a million units of the compact supermini vehicle seen above, the Swift. In that time, Suzuki has been able to establish a customer base for these small cars that can only become more pleased with their high mpg rides as gas ...

Automakers not keen on fuel incentives in Europe 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Here in the United States, consumers who fill up their fuel tanks are just now beginning to see the type of pain that Europeans have seen at the pump for years. Reactions to the recent rises in gasoline and diesel fuel are pretty much what you would expect, with new car purchasers eschewing gas ...

Suzuki shows off SD-01 and SD-02 concepts in Bangkok - with Video 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click for more images of the Suzuki SD-01 and SD-02 At the 29th Annual Bangkok International Auto Show, which featured an environmentally friendly theme and ended in April, Suzuki showed off two electric scooter concepts which caught our eye. The SD-01 is the more sinister appearing of the two ...

Suzuki Crosscage is now a runner 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more shots of the Suzuki Crosscage in action We've been keeping tabs on Suzuki's innovative Crosscage concept bike since its debut at the last Tokyo Auto Show. Since then, Suzuki and Intelligent Energy, makers of the fuel cell ENV bike and the fuel cell powering the ...

Suzuki Swift with 1.3-liter DDiS CO2 - emissions revised downward 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image to enlarge Due to what Suzuki is calling a "revision in engine emissions," the Swift 1.3-liter DDiS model has had its CO2 rating reduced from 124g/km to 119g/km, placing it in the UK's Vehicle Excise Duty Band B, which has an annual charge of £35 per year. Additionally, the ...

Suzuki invests further in Intelligent Energy 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image to enlarge Last Spring, when Suzuki and Intelligent Energy announced their partnership, we wondered out loud if fuel cell powered-motorcycles were in the offing. What we got was a very cool concept bike at the Tokyo Motor Show called the Suzuki Crosscage, which did in fact use ...

Suzuki chairman on Tata's 59 mpg, $2,500 car: details, please 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, we told you Tata's $2,500 car would get 59 miles per gallon and, while exited, you had a lot of questions about the car. You are not alone. Suzuki Motor's chairman Osamu Suzuki told reports there were still big questions about Tata's car and seemed to imply it probably won't impact Suzuki. ...

Videos: Jay Leno's E85 Corvette, Suzuki's fuel cell bullet bike 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Below the fold are two videos that proves green can be cool. The first video is Jay Leno showing off his E85 Corvette at this year's SEMA. "Green goes with mean was the message at" SEMA, according to the video's description (and backed up by Jay saying the car has 600 horse power). The second video ...

Tokyo Preview: Suzuki Crosscage and Biplane concepts 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Suzuki is planning on sending a few concept motorcycles to the Tokyo Motor Show. One of those, the Biplane, has gotten some attention over at Autoblog. We thought that the Crosscage would be better suited to our green-minded readers, as it comes equipped with a fuel cell and lithium ion batteries. ...

Intelligent Energy teams up with Suzuki to develop fuel-cell motorcycles 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Intelligent Energy (IE), known on ABG's pages as the company behind the ENV fuel-cell motorcycle, has announced that they will partner up with Suzuki Motor Corporation on the development of prototype hydrogen fuel-cell motorcycles. Future bikes produced by the partnership will run on Intelligent ...

Suzuki builds three new factories in India 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Suzuki Ionis fuel-cell concept Suzuki Motor Corporation is enjoying a wave of popularity and high sales for its small, inexpensive vehicles in the booming India market. Capitalizing on the growing demand, Suzuki has recently opened three ...

Suzuki Ionis fuel-cell concept to display at the Melbourne Motor Show 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Suzuki Ionis fuel-cell concept. Back in October 2005 when Suzuki first unveiled the Ionis fuel-cell concept at the Tokyo Motor Show, Autoblog covered the news thus, "Let me say this again...Suzuki will NOT be ignored." Well apparently ...

Suzuki plans to introduce hybrids to Japan and North America ASAP 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Kyodo News in Japan reports that Suzuki plans to introduce new hybrid models in their largest markets as soon as possible, Suzuki president Hiroshi Tsuda said on Friday. The article suggests that Suzuki will get their hybrid technology from General Motors, which owns part of Suzuki. This makes ...

Suzuki hybrid in the works eventually 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Suzuki will be bringing a hybrid vehicle to the US market in the 2011-12 time frame. But it won't be any of their existing vehicles. The hybrid power-train they have under development could debut in or mid-size or premium sedan, hinted Osama Honda, Suzuki Motor Corporation chief engineer for SX4 ...


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