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Written by Stephen Dobie
We at Top Gear have a huge soft spot for Japanese car culture. There are the midnight car club meets, the crazily tuned supercars, legends like the GT-R and NSX and there are irresistible little kei cars and the simply absurd concept cars that turn up to the Tokyo motor show. We love it all.And Suzuki appears to be pushing all the right buttons with its Tokyo motor show concepts for 2017.The headline act is the car in the first images above. It"s the e-SURVIVOR lord knows the intonations you"re meant to use when pronouncing that name and it"s Suzuki"s vision for small SUVs up to 100 years from now. Yep, 100. And you thought it would all be hoverboards and teleportation by then.It borrows some of its styling nods from Jimnys and Vitaras past, with some very retro flourishes. There"s even an old-school ladder frame chassis. But everything else is shiny and new: glass doors, electric all-wheel-drive mechanicals and light-up blue wheels that make us think of those trainers that flash every time you take a step.What"s interesting to note is that there"s a steering wheel. Not something we"d normally say about a new car, but this is one that"s casting its eye a century ahead. Clearly Suzuki reckons us mere fleshy things will still be allowed to enjoy driving in 2117. Phew.Back in the present, Suzuki also has plenty to titillate us. There"s three versions of the XBEE (pronounce it cross-bee), which is basically a titchy little crossover that channels rather a lot of Toyota FJ Cruiser. A car that ceases production pretty soon, so Suzuki"s judged the XBEE"s arrival rather well.
Date written: 25 Oct 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9697
We at Top Gear have a huge soft spot for Japanese car culture. There are the midnight car club meets, the crazily tuned supercars, legends like the GT-R and NSX and there are irresistible little kei cars and the simply absurd concept cars that turn up to the Tokyo motor show. We love it all.And Suzuki appears to be pushing all the right buttons with its Tokyo motor show concepts for 2017.The headline act is the car in the first images above. It"s the e-SURVIVOR lord knows the intonations you"re meant to use when pronouncing that name and it"s Suzuki"s vision for small SUVs up to 100 years from now. Yep, 100. And you thought it would all be hoverboards and teleportation by then.It borrows some of its styling nods from Jimnys and Vitaras past, with some very retro flourishes. There"s even an old-school ladder frame chassis. But everything else is shiny and new: glass doors, electric all-wheel-drive mechanicals and light-up blue wheels that make us think of those trainers that flash every time you take a step.What"s interesting to note is that there"s a steering wheel. Not something we"d normally say about a new car, but this is one that"s casting its eye a century ahead. Clearly Suzuki reckons us mere fleshy things will still be allowed to enjoy driving in 2117. Phew.Back in the present, Suzuki also has plenty to titillate us. There"s three versions of the XBEE (pronounce it cross-bee), which is basically a titchy little crossover that channels rather a lot of Toyota FJ Cruiser. A car that ceases production pretty soon, so Suzuki"s judged the XBEE"s arrival rather well.
Date written: 25 Oct 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 9697