Filed under: Motorsports, Sports/GTs, SUVs, Suzuki
Suzuki Sport XL7 Hill Climb Special unveiled
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Damn. If only the real Suzuki XL7 was this awesome. The car you see above is the machine that Monster Tajima hopes to break the current Pikes Peak Hill Climb record in. While the Suzuki Sport XL7 Hill Climb Special has about as much in common with the regular XL7 as a funny car does with a production vehicle, it does indeed have one of the GM-sourced 3.6L V6es under its bodywork, only this one's a fully worked-over, twin-turbocharged unit dishing out 993 horsepower (1007 PS) and 737 lb-ft of torque. The target is Rod Millen's 1994 record of 10:04.06. The 2007 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb takes place this weekend, so we'll know soon enough if Monster's new ride has what it takes to put a new entry in the record book. In the meantime, we'd like to suggest that Suzuki add a "Hill Climb Special" checkbox to the list of available XL7 options for the rest of us.
[Source: Suzuki Sport]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
fizzandpop 8:15PM (7/17/2007)
Mutherf*****ker!!!!!!!! Thin air really brings out the fins.
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J 10:08PM (7/17/2007)
haha maybe he'll add full rear/ no front downforce and go up on the back wheels only. what? that only works in video games?
fizzandpop 8:18PM (7/17/2007)
The driver looks a little unsure that he wants to be strapped to that rocket. The sheepish thumbs up gives it all away. Good luck to them.
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Blake 8:28PM (7/17/2007)
Gran Turismo 2 Escudo!
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John R 6:16AM (7/18/2007)
haha. i was thinking the same thing.
Joe K. 9:35AM (7/18/2007)
Yeah my comment was gonna be "Escudo, What?" Its in GT3 and GT4 too...
Vexorg 8:33PM (7/17/2007)
Looks like the type of thing you'd expect to find a Bososoku gangster driving, but we'll see how it handles the mountain...
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HotRodzNKustoms 8:42PM (7/17/2007)
I think they need a bigger front splitter and wing.
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Namir 9:24PM (7/17/2007)
why not just attach flaps and a rudder while you're at it.
haha at least those are functional, which is more than the average 'modified' honda civic owner can claim.
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keebie 9:32PM (7/17/2007)
i bet there is a million ricers drooling all over themselves at the size of the spoiler on that thing
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hashiryu 11:37PM (7/17/2007)
ROFL!!!
Harrison 11:15PM (7/17/2007)
Hehehe... Gran Turismo 5 anyone?
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hashiryu 11:38PM (7/17/2007)
Pikes Peak Celica > All
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Ryan Spray 9:41AM (7/18/2007)
As the the driver of a 1994 Celica, I have to side with the Pikes Peak Celica > all comment.
David W. 12:35AM (7/18/2007)
"we'd like to suggest that Suzuki add a "Hill Climb Special" checkbox to the list of available XL7 options for the rest of us."
HAHA just what we need...people driving around 1000hp Suzuki's on the streets...
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sfast 12:39AM (7/18/2007)
Only one engine? I thought it had two engines.
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Za 1:21AM (7/18/2007)
All your base!
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GT 1:23AM (7/18/2007)
like blake said...gotta love the escudo! (this XL7's 'last gen father') especially love making it go 1500mph on two wheels in GT3 :P
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Devon 11:19AM (7/19/2007)
To drive a realistic sim of these 1000+hp hillclimb monsters, load up rFactor with the historic rally mod. It also has Class B...
reader 4:27AM (7/18/2007)
I never did win that race on GT3, even with the suped-up Suzuki...
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