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OC Auto Show: Suzuki "Hip Hop" Grand Vitara
OMG, This was Suzuki's big news? Come on guys? Taking a Grand Vitara and letting some graffiti artists tag it isn't that impressive. But we know there are some of you who love this stuff, and the work was kind of cool, so here it is. In all fairness, Suzuki made sure we knew it wasn't just a paint job. Follow the jump for another pic and the stats on this rolling mix stand.
[Source: Suzuki]
Here's a rundown of features on the "Hip Hop" Grand Vitara:
- 20-inch customized painted wheels and tires
- Customized interior
- Gull wing window features slide out audio mixing equipment, including
- telescoping microphone boom, drum machine and digital recorder
- In-dash touch screen video monitor
- 20-inch video screen in back door panel
- Nokia 770 Internet tablet
- Rear exterior mounted speakers and spare tire mounted subwoofer
- Chrome antenna housing, exhaust and mirrors
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Punchy 8:27PM (10/04/2006)
Seems a tad redundant to tag it with Suzuki. Guess they ran out of clever lines like "Viva Vitara".
Punchy
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Mark Walt 8:56PM (10/04/2006)
It's amazing what they can do with a Saturn VUE nowadays.
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SherbornSean 10:11PM (10/04/2006)
"Pimp my car" just jumped the shark.
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automatica 11:09PM (10/04/2006)
Don't dismiss this as a popcorn fart - this is a huge bowel movement and not in the bad sense!!!
Suzuki needs to get urban. It's going to start with trial and error, but if you look up "Polar Opposite" in the dictionary, you'll find a picture of a Hayabusa on one end and a picture of a Swift on the other. Suzuki cars needs to increase its brand strength and if a cheesy graffiti layden Samurai on steroids is the first step, well then I say it's a GOOD first step!
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BOB 3:39AM (10/05/2006)
THE CAR MAY BE "TAGGED", BUT IN MY BOOK, THIS CAR IS NOT "IT" -- I read that it is a good vehicle, but I am trying to get over the egos of the Pidgen English speakers who chose this pretentious name. Maybe they thought it sounded like "grand viagra".
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Mr. N. Disguise 8:31AM (10/05/2006)
Yo yo yo!
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Corey W. 12:26PM (10/05/2006)
Do you think this is the big news about the Grand Vitara!?!?!?!?!
Autoblog, come on!!!... sometimes it seems like you guys make up stuff.
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Corey W. 2:50PM (10/05/2006)
korey,
Before we go down this path, just becuase the words "Hip Hop" and "Urban" are being used, don't make that connection to African Americans....it's not there. I think someone was just bored when they came up with this comment.
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gs 4:03PM (10/05/2006)
If Suzuki want's to make it's cars and SUVs more
appealing they needs to produce more desireable products. Staging silly stunts like this
graffiti Vitara won't cut it. Here is also a news flash for Suzuki there are many African Americans like myself who find graffiti vile and disgusting. It has no place on buildings, subway trains, stations, or cars.
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crazy88since88 10:06PM (10/05/2006)
This is Soooooooooo commercial!
Real Hip-Hop culture people wont even touch this thing.
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Luxury Larry 1:59AM (10/06/2006)
"Chrome antenna housing"
SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!
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korey 1:11PM (10/06/2006)
Can I just ask how many african-americans would drive this when they all push benzs and beamers not trying to be racist but this seems like theyre marketing this towards the urban crowd.
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JP 10:21PM (10/07/2006)
You all are saying this is a black thing. This ride is pointed at a wide range of young people. Old people and country people prolly won't get it. Knocking something you don't understand is , well, I don't have to say it now do I.
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pun 3:02PM (12/24/2006)
i think it is cool , i would have it done to my car if i could get it done for free , any graffiti artists wanna tag my ride i was thinking about doing something like this years ago but i neveer seen it really done like this
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