click above image to view more live pics of the Suzuki X-Head
Remember the Suzuki Samurai, the lightweight 4x4 much maligned for being just as likely to topple over as any other Jeep of its day? Well, it's alive and well and being sold throughout the world as the Jimny. The X-Head just might be its future and we can only hope that Suzuki's notoriously tight bean counters do not savage the functional yet oh so cool interior too badly. Who knows, they may even bring it Stateside. Yeah, right.
Check out our original post on the Suzuki X-Head here and view live pics from last week's Tokyo Motor Show in the gallery below.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Random Task @ Nov 2nd 2007 9:02AM
Wow. That's an awesome Tonka Transformer truck. I like it!
LBuzzer @ Nov 2nd 2007 9:15AM
I still love this truck.
Why?
It's a TRUCK, and doesn't try to pose as anything else - a single purpose vehicle with a clear focus on what it's suppose to be.
Suzuki, build this as a commercial vehicle, and rake in the cash.
John R @ Nov 2nd 2007 9:23AM
"Must eat more Honda Elements..."
Temple @ Nov 2nd 2007 11:57AM
If they could bring this to market maintaining much of the design I would buy it.
Clearly, they would need to add side mirrors and the LED front lights are likely too expensive, but the vehicle will have its niche to itself. there is nothing else like it on the market.
Mike @ Nov 2nd 2007 1:58PM
Now that's pretty funky!
Charles @ Nov 2nd 2007 2:49PM
Yikes! It looks like a ROBOTIC SPACE PIG.
Guenther @ Nov 2nd 2007 3:43PM
Someone needs to start carrying around a golf flag for reference. How big is this thing? Jimny size? Wrangler size? Unimog size??? If it were about Wrangler size and had a decent payload (say 2000#), it could make an awesome service vehicle.
Charles @ Nov 2nd 2007 5:38PM
Speaking of UNIMOG's...
I am not a "truck guy" at all, but boy are UNIMOG's AWSOME!
I still think it looks like an interstellar garbage trunk
Spule 4 @ Nov 4th 2007 12:33AM
Until you are behind the wheel of one. The 700 series Pinzgauer is a far better truck.
Geoff Gibson @ Nov 2nd 2007 7:38PM
Best truck EVER!
Seriously the small truck market is sinking much to the dismay of people (primarily younger men and women) who like trucks but don't want/need a larger one. This could be a very fun vehicle for such people. . .
calebe @ Nov 3rd 2007 6:52PM
I'm sure there would be tons of guys that would look down at this because of it's size. I love it. The crys of single cab haters and big gulp mega size lovers would be pretty strong im guessing. If the bed is big enough to hold a normal size 4 wheeler I'd be loving it.
JG @ Nov 5th 2007 11:14AM
Wow that thing looks stout!
http://www.suzuki-forums.com
GOT @ Feb 7th 2008 8:50AM
I so want one of these! The more I see the X-Head on the www the more I like it. It rocks!