Peter Mcabe is the present day addition to our listing of eagle-eyed Carscoop readers which have controlled to bag a hard and fast of secret agent shots of a destiny version. The brief-witted reader spotted a camouflaged prototype of the 2011 Suzuki Kizashi sedan parked behind the Olive Garden eating place off of Midlothian Turnpike, in Richmond, Virginia. The Kizashi, which become wrongly pronounced dead by way of Japanese media earlier this 12 months, is based at the Kizashi three concept automobile shown at the New York automobile show in 2008.
Sadly, as we suspected upon seeing the legitimate sketches of the Kizashi that have been registered with the aid of Suzuki on the European trademark office in 2008, the mid-length sedan's appearance appears to be critically toned down as compared to the head-turning concept.
The Kizashi 3 prototype had an all-new, 300HP three.6-liter, clearly-aspirated V6 engine with energy delivered via a six-pace computerized transmission to all 4 wheels. The road-going version will maximum probably be offered with a detuned model of the V6 in addition to an inline 4-cylinder engine producing someplace north of a hundred and fifty horsepower, the latter using the the front-wheels.
In North America, the Kizashi will compete towards the likes of the Chevrolet Malibu, Toyota Camry, Honda Accord and Mazda6 sedans. In accordance to the modern-day reviews, the Kizashi will hit U.S. Showrooms with the aid of the stop of yr, that means that we'll likely see it making its worldwide ideal at a main global motorshow q4, perhaps at the Tokyo Salon in October.
Suzuki has yet to confirm when (and if) the Kizashi will reach European shorelines, however if it does, the Japanese automaker will should enhance the sedan's lineup with smaller sized fuel and diesel engines if it desires to rival own family sedans like the Opel Insignia, Toyota Avensis and Citroen C5.
Kudos to Peter!
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