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Offline jSager

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New XL-7 teaser pic
« on: March 23, 2006, 06:35:43 PM »
http://www.autospies.com/article/index.asp?articleId=6863&categoryId=1

Caught this at another forum.  It has a glimpse of part of the new XL-7 front end.

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Re: New XL-7 teaser pic
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2006, 08:16:24 AM »
Quote from: jSager on March 23, 2006, 06:35:43 PM
http://www.autospies.com/article/index.asp?articleId=6863&categoryId=1

Caught this at another forum.  It has a glimpse of part of the new XL-7 front end.

jSager



Man, I should have thought of that. That is the graphic for the press invite to the NY auto show.... DUH! Thanks for sharing...

I tried cleaning up the photo a bit.... THere are definitely some new lines

-Eric

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Re: New XL-7 teaser pic
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2006, 09:29:23 AM »
Just remember everybody, it's an Equinox based vehicle (according to my dealer) with Suzuki mechanicals & styling. It'll probably be a great vehicle for the city and gravel roads, but a little dissapointing for most of us...
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Re: New XL-7 teaser pic
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2006, 09:42:53 AM »
I hadn't heard it would be based on the Equinox, but that does make some sense, as the Equinox is built in Ontario.  I don't know a lot about the Equinox, but it has a lot in common with the Saturn Vue, which is a collosal piece of cr|removethispart|@p.  (my brother bought a Vue last year, and has been trying to get rid of it ever since).  This would be disappointing for Suzuki.

On a somewhat related note, has anyone noticed how much the new stretched RAV4 looks like the current XL-7? 
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Re: New XL-7 teaser pic
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2006, 10:32:39 AM »
The new Grand Vitara is loosely based on the Equinox, in that it uses the "Theta" platform that the 'Nox, Torrent and VUE share.

The new XL-7 is a stretched Theta platform, with a new 3.6 V6 and a "4GO" AWD similar to the SX4.

In both cases Suzuki used the platform as a starting point and added a bunch of their own engineering.

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