The Suzuki Splash is a 5-door hatchback from Suzuki, built from 2008 to 2018, in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids. Under the bonnet: Petrol engine. Takashi Miyazawa drew it.
The story
The Suzuki Splash is a city car that was introduced to the market in 2008. It was jointly developed by Suzuki Motor Corporation and Opel GmbH, which marketed their version under the name of Agila. Its debut as a concept car took place at the 2006 Paris Motor Show, making its production form debut at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show.
What is underneath
Power comes from Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 975-1050 kg. It shifts through a 5-speed Manual transmission / manual / 4-speed Automatic transmission / automatic / Continuously variable transmission / CVT. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2360 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Suzuki Wagon R+ (Europe); its successor was the Suzuki Ignis / Suzuki Solio (Japan); assembly was at Esztergom. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Tesla Roadster, the Nissan 370Z, the Hyundai i30 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Suzuki catalogue sit the Suzuki XL-7 and the Suzuki Landy.