Suzuki does not build many cars like the Suzuki Aerio: a 4-door sedan / 5-door hatchback with 1.3 , built from 2001 to 2014 in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids.
The story
The Suzuki Aerio (also called the Liana – Life In A New Age – in China, Pakistan, Europe, Israel, South Asia, Taiwan and Australia or Baleno for sedan version in Indonesia) is a subcompact car that was built by Suzuki. It was introduced in 2001 as a replacement for the Suzuki Esteem/Baleno, with a tall 5-door SX model hatchback (for maximum inner room efficiency) and a 4-door sedan body.
It featured two different 16-valve gasoline inline-four engines, with 1.5-litre and 1.8-litre, this one capable of 125 PS (92 kW; 123 hp) JIS. Production was discontinued in 2007 around the world and replaced by the Suzuki SX4, except in Pakistan (2006 to 2014) and China where production was continued by Changhe-Suzuki until 2019.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 1.3 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. The gearbox is a 5-speed manual / 4-speed automatic. The wheelbase is 2480 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Suzuki's history is not in doubt: the Suzuki Cultus / Suzuki Cultus Crescent (sedan/wagon) came before it; the Suzuki SX4 / Changhe A6 (China) followed it; it was built at Kosai, Shizuoka. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Honda Fit, the Volvo XC90, the Kia Sorento. Nearby in the Suzuki catalogue sit the Suzuki XL-7 and the Suzuki Landy.