DUE TO LAND in Australia early next year, the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi was given a makeover for the SEMA motor show in the US.

The Kizashi is the Japanese carmaker’s first entry in the mid-size sedan segment. To celebrate its upcoming debut, a trio of factory-supported Kizashis were wheeled out for the event.

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ONE OF THE FEW remaining carmakers yet to move full-steam into the hybrid market, Suzuki is believed to be investigating the potential for a petrol-electric hybrid version of the upcoming 2010 Suzuki Kizashi.

The regular Suzuki Kizashi, coming to Australian showrooms next year, will draw power from a 2.4 litre high-output four-cylinder petrol engine, developing [...]

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SUZUKI HAS TODAY revealed the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi, its first ever-mid-sized sedan, giving the company a model to compete with the likes of the Mazda6, the Honda Accord and the Toyota Camry.

The Kizashi had its global reveal this morning in Detroit, promising to build further on the sporting image lead by the Suzuki’s motorcycle division [...]

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SUZUKI AUSTRALIA HAS confirmed that the upcoming Kizashi mid-size sedan will be arriving here in the first half of next year.

Takeshi Hayasaki, Managing Director of Suzuki Australia, recently told TMR that we can expect to see the sharply-styled sedan in local showrooms in the second quarter of 2010, with the car’s precise launch date still [...]

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The Suzuki Kizashi concept. The production version has yet to be revealed.

If you’re anything like the heads around the TMR offices, you’re eagerly awaiting the upcoming Suzuki Kizashi sedan.  When Suzuki announced recently that the Kizashi wouldn’t debut at the New York Motor Show as planned, well, I won’t lie: we cried a little.

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Fans awaiting the official reveal of the upcoming Suzuki Kizashi will need to keep holding their breath for a while longer. Suzuki has announced it will not debut the Kizashi sedan at the 2009 New York Auto show as expected.

Despite the setback, Suzuki says the Kizashi is still on track for its scheduled release in [...]

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After hearing reports from Japanese newspaper The Nikkei that Suzuki’s Kizashi concept vehicle had been indefinitely postponed, we were a little disheartened at the apparent loss of the stunning AWD 220kW four-door.

But fear not Suzuki fans: Suzuki Australia has contacted TMR to confirm that the Kizashi is alive and well and that the production version will debut at [...]

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Suzuki’s Kizashi sedan has been a popular concept here at TMR since we saw it unveiled at the 2008 Sydney Motor Show. We admired then its to-die-for bold styling and strong stance. We also liked the idea of a 220kW V6 powering all four wheels.

Unfortunately, the global economic downturn appears to have claimed it as [...]

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While we now know what the production version of the Suzuki Kizashi will look like (well, somewhat), Suzuki hasn’t stopped showing off the stunning Kizashi 3 concept.

We haven’t seen under the hood or caught it tearing up the roads, but Suzuki says the Kizashi 3 is powered by a 220kW VVT 3.6-litre V6 engine with [...]

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Suzuki’s Kizashi concept has been a genuine showstopper for the automaker; which may surprise some - when you say Suzuki, most people’s thinking stops at the diminutive Swift and the Grand Vitara.

The good news then is that the Kizashi is headed for production.  The bad news, if you could call it that, is that it [...]

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The world’s largest motor show is due to begin on the 13th of September in Frankfurt, Germany. If you’re a CarUpdate regular you will be aware that the last couple of months have seen manufacturers announcing various new models and concepts that will be debuting to the public, for the first time ever at the [...]

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