The Suzuki Xbee is the Suzuki that answered a simple question — how much car can this badge carry? — with 73 kW from Petrol engine. It was built from 2017, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market.
How it came about
The Suzuki Xbee (Japanese: スズキ・クロスビー, Hepburn: Suzuki Kurosubī) (pronounced "Crossbee") is a crossover city car produced by Japanese carmaker Suzuki since December 2017, and is sold exclusively in Japan.
The hardware
Under the skin sits Petrol engine; it is rated at 73 kW; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 960 –. Power-to-weight lands near 76 horsepower per tonne, which is unhurried — enough for the job, not for the bragging. The gearbox is a 6-speed Automatic transmission / automatic (1.0 L) / Continuously variable transmission / CVT (1.2 L). The wheelbase is 2435 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Suzuki's history is not in doubt: it was built at Makinohara, Shizuoka (Sagara plant), Japan. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Honda WR-V, the Tata Motors Ltd Tata Nexon, the Chery Tiggo 8. Its Suzuki stablemates include the Suzuki XL-7 and the Suzuki Landy.