It’s been awhile since we’ve shown you some spy art of Suzuki’s upcoming sport sedan foreshadowed by the Kizashi concepts.
But we got a fresh look at the car on Thursday–with the “spy” art helpfully provided by Suzuki. It was attached to a “save the date” e-mail to members of the North American Car and Truck of the Year jury.
American Suzuki PR honcho Jeff Holland says the sport sedan goes on sale here in December.
Suzuki, refuting media reports from Japan on Monday, said it still plans to release a mid-sized sedan based on the Kizashi 3 concept in the United States this year.
The Nikkei business daily reported that production plans for the car had been shelved.
“The production version will debut at this year’s New York auto show in April,” said Jeff Holland, spokesman for American Suzuki Motor Corp.
Japanese automaker Suzuki has backed off plans to build large cars and build assembly plants overseas, according to a report in the Nikkei business newspaper.
Suzuki has shown a series of concept vehicles named Kizashi that executives said were pointing toward a production version of a large sedan. And pictures of sedan protoypes have been captured by spy photographers. The Kizashi has been expected to arrive in showrooms in Read more…