Numbers first, because with the Suzuki Hustler they are the story: 658 , 38 kW. Suzuki built from 2014, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market.
Where it came from
The Suzuki Hustler (Japanese: スズキ・ハスラー, Suzuki Hasurā) is a crossover SUV-styled kei car produced by the Japanese automaker Suzuki since 2014. The car is also sold by Mazda as the Mazda Flair Crossover (Japanese: マツダ・フレアクロスオーバー, Matsuda Furea Kurosuōbā) through an OEM agreement.
Under the skin
The engine is 658 the output is 38 kW; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 750 –. That is roughly 51 horsepower per tonne: unhurried — enough for the job, not for the bragging. Drive goes through a 5-speed Manual transmission / manual / Continuous variable transmission / CVT. The wheelbase is 2425 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
In the Suzuki line-up the Suzuki Hustler has a clear place: it replaced the Suzuki Kei (Hustler) / Mazda Laputa (Flair Crossover) / Mazda AZ-Offroad (Flair Crossover, indirect); the factory was Kosai, Shizuoka, Japan. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Datsun Go, the Daihatsu Wake, the Honda Amaze. Nearby in the Suzuki catalogue sit the Suzuki XL-7 and the Suzuki Landy.