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It's more a rear-lift than a facelift, since only the back end has changed on the 2012
Suzuki Grand Vitara Urban offered in Canada. There are two noteworthy changes for the decontented model, the first being that Suzuki swapped the full-sized spare tire for a temporary "donut" spare and moved it from the rear gate to underneath the floor of the cargo area.
The other big change is the price: a current Vitara JL starts at $28,135 CAD, the revised model goes down in price to $26,995 CAD. For comparison, that new price equates to $27,007 USD, nearly $1,700 more expensive than the base price of the top-dog Grand Vitara Limited AT 4WD, which starts at $25,379 USD here.
It's been speculated that the changes are meant to lure more female customers (Vitara buyers are 60-percent male). Other specs and features haven't changed, which appears to make this a stopgap while everyone waits on
the 2013 Grand Vitara, which will
sit on a stretched version of the
Kizashi platform.
Canadian brochure reveals updated 2012 Suzuki Grand Vitara Urban originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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February 26th, 2012
Filed under: SUV, Suzuki, Canada, Montreal Auto Show
It's more a rear-lift than a facelift, since only the back end has changed on the 2012
Suzuki Grand Vitara Urban offered in Canada. There are two noteworthy changes for the decontented model, the first being that Suzuki swapped the full-sized spare tire for a temporary "donut" spare and moved it from the rear gate to underneath the floor of the cargo area.
The other big change is the price: a current Vitara JL starts at $28,135 CAD, the revised model goes down in price to $26,995 CAD. For comparison, that new price equates to $27,007 USD, nearly $1,700 more expensive than the base price of the top-dog Grand Vitara Limited AT 4WD, which starts at $25,379 USD here.
It's been speculated that the changes are meant to lure more female customers (Vitara buyers are 60-percent male). Other specs and features haven't changed, which appears to make this a stopgap while everyone waits on
the 2013 Grand Vitara, which will
sit on a stretched version of the
Kizashi platform.
Canadian brochure reveals updated 2012 Suzuki Grand Vitara Urban originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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February 26th, 2012
Filed under: Recalls, Safety, Technology, Suzuki
Suzuki SX4 Sport with Garmin navigation system - Click above for high-res image gallery
When
Garmin issued a recall on its Nuvi portable navigation system a couple of weeks ago, Japanese automaker
Suzuki informed us that it would need to issue a follow-up recall for a few vehicles in its lineup. After all, Suzuki offers dashboard-mounted Garmin GPS units in its
Equator,
Grand Vitara and
SX4 models, and unfortunately, the Nuvi navis supplied to Suzuki are among the ones that need repair.
Approximately 20,692 Suzuki vehicles are affected by this recall - specifically the 2008-2010 SX4, 2010 Grand Vitara and 2009-2010 Equator equipped with Garmin Nuvi 750, 760 and 765 navigation systems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicates that the batteries in these nav units can potentially overheat which could result in a fire.
Garmin technicians will replace the existing batteries free of charge and owners will be notified within the next few weeks. The official recall notice from NHTSA is available after the jump.
Photos Copyright (C)2010 Jeremy Korzeniewski / AOL
[Source: NHTSA]
Continue reading Suzuki recalls SX4, Grand Vitara and Equator for overheating Garmin sat-nav units
Suzuki recalls SX4, Grand Vitara and Equator for overheating Garmin sat-nav units originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 8th, 2010
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