Start with what the Suzuki Wagon R Smile is: a 5-door minivan with 658 , built from 2021, in the decade the industry is turning electric. What it meant takes a little longer.
Where it came from
The Suzuki Wagon R Smile (Japanese: ワゴンRスマイル) is a kei car manufactured and sold by Suzuki. It is a different series model based from the Wagon R, with which it is sold in parallel as of 2023.
The Wagon R Smile was announced on 27 August 2021 as a retro-styled kei car with sliding doors, expanding the Wagon R range. The name Smile was originally trademarked by Honda in 1995 and had been used on a scooter in the 1980s, but Honda consented to Suzuki using the name as long as it is in conjunction with "Wagon R" - meaning that Smile cannot become a standalone model name for Suzuki.
Under the skin
The engine is 658 . On the scales it comes to 840–870 kg. Drive goes through a CVT. The wheelbase is 2460 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Kia EV6, the Tesla Model Y, the Nissan Z. Nearby in the Suzuki catalogue sit the Suzuki XL-7 and the Suzuki Landy.