Start with what the Suzuki MR Wagon is: a 5-door hatchback with 658 , built from 2001 to 2016, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. What it meant takes a little longer.
Where it came from
The Suzuki MR Wagon is a 4-seater kei car manufactured by Suzuki for the Japanese market only, and also marketed in Japan by Nissan as the Nissan Moco under an OEM agreement. The model debuted in 2001, and since 2011 it has been in its third generation.
The first generation was also produced and sold in India by Maruti Suzuki as Maruti Suzuki Zen Estilo, which was launched in 2006. This was renamed the Maruti Suzuki Estilo in 2009. The vehicle's name is somewhat misleading, as it does not sport a mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (which is often abbreviated as MR); it stands for "Magical Relax".
Under the skin
The engine is 658 other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. On the scales it comes to 840 –. Drive goes through a 5-speed manual / 4-speed automatic. The wheelbase is 2360 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
In the Suzuki line-up the Suzuki MR Wagon has a clear place: it replaced the Maruti Suzuki Zen (India) / Suzuki Karimun (Indonesia); it handed the line to the Suzuki Celerio (India) / Suzuki Karimun Wagon R (Indonesia); the factory was Kosai, Shizuoka. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Honda Fit, the Hyundai Santa Fe, the Porsche Cayenne. Nearby in the Suzuki catalogue sit the Suzuki XL-7 and the Suzuki Landy.