Suzuki to Supply Toyota with an SUV BEV for a new Model

That's... not helping their case.

 

Sure ... in the same way a coupe style makes the smart car look small.

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The Matrix was also named the Corolla Sport Utility Wagon.

The Suzuki concept.
World Premiere of Suzuki’s EV Concept Model eVX | GLOBAL NEWS | Global Suzuki
Sounds like the Toyota concept was always based on the Suzuki.(article from Dec 2023)
Maruti eVX price, Toyota Urban SUV concept, India launch details | Autocar India

 

Just to make it clear: my only beef is that they're describing it as an SUV.

If they had announced it as a hatchback I'd probably be on my 6th enthusiastic post about it by now.

By the numbers it seems like a nice car- I look forward to learning more.

 

But 'the people' don't like hatchbacks or wagons, so everything is called a SUV. Even if the manufacturer calls it a car for regulations(see HR-V and Trax). I'm just going to blame this all on Porsche today for calling a four door sedan a coupe.

The 300 mile range figure might be based on whatever test cycle India uses. Estimating from the i3 EPA, this little car could have a range in the low 200s.

 

wow, now i like it a lot! who cares what they call it? a rose by any other name...

suzuki? idk about that

 

It’s marketing, that’s all.
SUVs sell better than hatchbacks. Even if they are the exact same car.
Similar to why Toyota says they have a large ‘electrified’ fleet.
It sounds much better than ‘we have a huge hybrid fleet, and a few cars that have plugs’.

 

Yes, I agree... it's just a name and I need to re-train myself.

For the past 20ish years I've been able to avoid overpaying for trendy crap 'excess content' cars with one simple trick: Rigid avoidance of SUVs.

But now that the moniker is being applied to cars that aren't necessarily trendy crap it's going to take more work to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Thanks for bearing with me.

 

actually, i have felt exactly the same way. the name brings negative connotations to my mind.
i wouldn't use it for my product, but i can see how they might be able to fool some folks into buying it because of the name. sounds a bit like sneaker marketing 101

 

That will be an exciting model