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Category: Suzuki

Finding Our Long-Lost Suzuki Sidekick, The Teal Terror

February 16, 2023 / Andy Lilienthal / 1 Comment

Before our JDM Pajeros or Delicas, before our Jeep Cherokee, we had a great little 1995 Suzuki Sidekick. We called it The Teal Terror. We sold the Teal Terror in 2016, and I always wondered what happened to it. Well, we recently found out. Check out our sister site, Subcompact Culture for the whole story.

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Compact Conspiracy: Could the Suzuki Jimny Come to North America Under Another Brand?

August 30, 2019 / Andy Lilienthal / 2 Comments
2019 Suzuki Jimny

Like much of the rest of the world, we’re totally mad about the new Suzuki Jimny. As evidenced in post with the Jimny in Iceland, it’s a fantastic platform that’s truly as good as the automotive press says it is. Now, put your tinfoil hats on as I explore an admittedly far-fetched idea. Suzuki withdrew…

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We Drove the 2019 Suzuki Jimny in Iceland and it was Amazing

August 27, 2019 / Andy Lilienthal / 6 Comments
The 2019 Suzuki Jimny in Iceland

Mercedes and I went to Iceland in July. As we were booking details for the trip last spring, including a rental car, it dawned on me that we could rent a little bit of North American unobtainium. A new 2019 Suzuki Jimny. Low and behold, we were able to snag one of these little 4x4s…

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Crankshaft Chronicles: Matt’s Swapped Suzuki Sidekick Sport

November 1, 2018 / Andy Lilienthal / 11 Comments

We all know that one person who seems to be a jack of all trades; a renaissance man (or woman). For me, that man is Matt Verley. From welding to professional drone operator; fireman to mechanic—Matt knows just seems to know a lot about, well, a lot. Another thing Matt knows a lot about: Suzuki…

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Meet Carry Potter, My Kei Truck

September 14, 2018 / tuanies / 13 Comments

Gran Turismo was a video game that defined a generation. While many learned about and coveted Nissan Skylines, Silvias, Toyota Chasers, Mitsubishi GTOs, FTOs and Mazda Cosmos, it was the Mazda Demio, Mitsubishi Mirage Cyborg-R, Nissan Pulsar GTi-R and tiny kei cars that caught my eye. Now that 25-year old kei cars are eligible to…

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Toyota RAV4 vs Suzuki Escudo vs Mitsubishi Delica is the Best Race Ever

July 24, 2018 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment
JDM SUV race

It is without a single doubt in my mind, this race between a first-gen two-door Toyota RAV4, a two-door hardtop Suzuki Escudo, and a long-wheelbase Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear is the best thing on Youtube. This may be racing at its finest. OK, well, maybe not its finest, but its most awesome. Having owned Suzuki…

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Crankshaft Chronicles: Eric Bewley’s Suzuki Sidekick “Sweet Pea”

May 3, 2018 / Andy Lilienthal / 3 Comments
Eric Bewley's 1989 Suzuki Sidekick Sweet Pea

We unabashedly have a soft spot for Suzuki 4x4s. When I was a kid growing up in the 1980s, I remember thinking that Samurais were awesome and that someday I wanted one. In the early 1990s, I remember seeing a lifted four-door Sidekick for sale in Auto Trader and thinking it was too cool. I wanted a Suzuki…

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2018 Suzuki Jimny Pics

August 23, 2017 / Andy Lilienthal / Leave a comment
2018 Suzuki Jimny Spy Photo

Spy photos of the 2018 Suzuki Jimny have been found, and we’re salivating. The Jimny has long been a dream car for us. Well, a very small dream car. We saw a few of them in New Zealand and it only further made us want one!  I’m sure it won’t come Stateside, but I don’t…

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That’s Different: 1961 Nash Metropolitan 4×4

February 22, 2017 / Andy Lilienthal / 1 Comment
Nash Metropolitan 4x4

Well, this is something you don’t see everyday: A 1961 Nash Metropolitan atop a Suzuki Samurai 4×4 chassis. You know, it kinda works.

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