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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[First Drive: 2009 Suzuki Equator]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/23/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/23/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/</guid><comments>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/23/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/trucks/" rel="tag">Truck</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/suzuki/" rel="tag">Suzuki</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/driving/" rel="tag">First Drives</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/1045607/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/suzuki_equator_fd_large_23_opt.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /> </div>
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<br />Suzuki has chosen a rather dubious time to enter the pickup truck market with the 2009 Equator. As you are surely aware, trucks and SUV sales are way down from their apogee a few years back, and small cars like the ones that have historically filled Suzuki showrooms are all the rage. So, why would the Japanese automaker even bother with a mid-sized pickup truck based on the Nissan Frontier? That's a good question, and we aimed to find out when we grabbed the keys to Team Yellow's first-ever real pickup contender in the U.S. Read on to see what the Suzuki Equator has to offer.<br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator">First Drive: 2009 Suzuki Equator</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/suzuki_equator_fd_large_35_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/suzuki_equator_fd_large_05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/suzuki_equator_fd_large_04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/suzuki_equator_fd_large_31_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/suzuki_equator_fd_large_34_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><small>All Photos </small></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">(C) </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><small>Copyright Jeremy Korzeniewski / Weblogs Inc.</small></span><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/23/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>First Drive: 2009 Suzuki Equator</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/23/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/">First Drive: 2009 Suzuki Equator</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:57:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/23/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1318538/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/23/first-drive-2009-suzuki-equator/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>2009 suzuki equator</category><category>2009SuzukiEquator</category><category>equator</category><category>featured</category><category>first drive</category><category>FirstDrive</category><category>suzuki</category><category>suzuki equator</category><category>suzuki equator first drive</category><category>suzuki equator pickup</category><category>suzuki equator review</category><category>suzuki equator rmz-4</category><category>suzuki equator test</category><category>suzuki pickup</category><category>suzuki pickup truck</category><category>suzuki rmz-4</category><category>suzuki truck</category><category>SuzukiEquator</category><category>SuzukiEquatorFirstDrive</category><category>SuzukiEquatorPickup</category><category>SuzukiEquatorReview</category><category>SuzukiEquatorRmz-4</category><category>SuzukiEquatorTest</category><category>SuzukiPickup</category><category>SuzukiPickupTruck</category><category>SuzukiRmz-4</category><category>SuzukiTruck</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeremy Korzeniewski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:57:00 EST</pubDate>
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