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Ride along with Monster as he races up Pikes Peak - Click above to watch video
after the jump 9:51.278 run up
Pikes Peak was simply amazing to watch. We were
fortunate enough to see it in person, and we've
shown you still photos of the record-breaking event. This was one of those "You had to be there" moments in motorsports. Still, don't fret if you didn't make the trek to the 14,115-foot summit, because
GoPro installed enough cameras to capture every angle of Monster's run, and then some.
We spoke with the GoPro team as we rode in the media van down the mountain. They have quite a job of editing ahead of them. Still, they managed to get one video out that requires no mucking about. A camera was mounted on top of Tajima's
2011 Suzuki SX4 Hill Climb Special, and the footage is excellent. On the tarmac sections, the video almost seems sped up, but that's what 910 horses can do.
Want to ride along with Monster from the green to the checkered?
Click past the jump to watch a video that will keep you entertained for nearly 10 minutes.
Continue reading Ride along with Monster Tajima as he rockets up Pikes Peak
Ride along with Monster Tajima as he rockets up Pikes Peak originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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June 28th, 2011
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2011 Monster Sport Suzuki SX4 Hill Climb Special - Click above for high-res image gallery
The man known as
Monster Tajima once ran all 12.42 miles of
Pikes Peak in 10:01.408. That was 2007. Four years later, Tajima-san is back to make the trip in even less time. Is a sub-ten-minute time in the cards for the 2011 International Pikes Peak Hill Climb? Nobuhiro Tajima and his team think so. They've returned to the mountain with an updated Monster Sport Suzuki SX4 Hill Climb Special, and the 910-horsepower beast is ready run.
We got to spend a few moments with Tajima's updated Suzuki before it hit Tejon Street for Fan Fest. The car is littered with cameras
courtesy of sponsor GoPro, but the video equipment isn't part of the go-fast upgrades. Monster Sport came prepared to run on the increased amount of tarmac, which means changes were made to the suspension, spring rates, tires and wheels. Falken custom-built a set of tires that features a tarmac-specific tread pattern and delivers serious grip. They're wrapped around a set of HRE forged monoblock wheels dubbed the P43S Tajima Specials.
Still, the heart of the
SX4 sits directly behind Tajima. A 3.1-liter twin-turbocharged V6 pushes the car to speeds well over 100 miles per hour in the blink of an eye. Couple that with the close-ratio transmission, and Monster has a machine built with one goal. Will he accomplish it and become the first man to record a sub-10 minute run? We'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out, but we've spoken to the man and seen his car. Stay tuned. Pikes Peak history could be in the making.
Up close with Monster Tajima's Suzuki SX4 Hill Climb Special originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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June 25th, 2011
Suzuki recalls 70,000 SX4s due to mirrors falling, learns value of thread lock. [
NYT]
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November 1st, 2010
Filed under: Recalls, Hatchback, Suzuki
2010 Suzuki SX4 by RoadRace Motorsports - Click above for high-res image gallery
Suzuki has recalled almost 70,000
SX4 models, including a handful built in 2007 as well as those constructed between 2008 and 2010. The recall centers around faulty screws that are used to attach the vehicles' side view mirrors. Over time, vibrations can cause the screws to loosen and the mirror may fall off. According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, if that happens, a lack of visibility may lead to an accident.
While Suzuki has not yet come up with a repair schedule for the issue, the company says that replacement screws are being shipped to dealers right now, and that the problem will be taken care of free of charge. Owners can contact their local Suzuki dealer for more information.
Hit the jump for the company's statement on the recall.
Photos by Drew Phillips / Copyright (C)2010 AOL.
[Sources:
NHTSA, Suzuki]
Continue reading Suzuki recalling SX4 models for faulty side view mirror screws
Suzuki recalling SX4 models for faulty side view mirror screws originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 29th, 2010
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Top Gear USA runs with the bulls - Click above to watch video after the jump
On Monday, October 18th 2010, Michael Harley and I had the opportunity to attend a taping of an episode of the upcoming
Top Gear USA series. As we all know by now, the show is a new version of the BBC original and as a huge fan of that show, my expectations were set to "neutral" for the American spin-off. Harley and I entered an old airplane hanger located on the former El Toro Marine Base in Irvine, California and were immediately impressed by what we saw.
Hit the jump for our impressions.Continue reading Top Gear USA could just become your second favorite automotive television show
Top Gear USA could just become your second favorite automotive television show originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 19th, 2010
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Filed under: Budget, Etc., Hatchback, Suzuki, Celebrities
Here in the good 'ole United States of America, we like things big... and small. Over there in the UK, they can have their reasonably priced cars, we don't need 'em. We're putting a Big Star in a Small Car instead.
Naturally, the premise is the same. Take one name-brand celebrity and place them behind the wheel of a run-of-the-mill car available to the masses here in America and send them around a makeshift race track. While the British version of
Top Gear currently uses a
Kia Cee'd for star-shuttling duty, America's TG spin-off will feature a
Suzuki SX4. Click on the image to the right to enlarge.
For what it's worth, we had a couple of guys in the audience during the taping of the U.S. show's first episode and we had signed statements restricting us from publishing this information. Apparently, though, it's been leaked by either someone internal at
Top Gear or by
Suzuki.
In any case, we genuinely like Suzuki's little runabout. It's not particularly fast, but it's an able handler and it has the beans to pull itself around a track quickly enough. Plus, it's pretty reasonably priced... not that we care, of course. And, as you'd expect from any show that carries the name
Top Gear, there will indeed be an American Stig. Current internet rumormongering suggests that F1-ace
Rubens Barrichello is the American Stig, but that hasn't been, nor is it likely to be, officially confirmed.
In related news, some of the American stars that will be piloting the SX4 include Tim Allen, Buzz Aldrin, Ty Burrell, Tony Hawk, Bret Michaels, Dominic Monaghan, Kid Rock and Michelle Rodriguez. Suitably big stars?
[Source:
Variety]
Top Gear America's Reasonably Price Car outed as Suzuki SX4 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 19th, 2010
