Kizashi Reminder

"sony1492" (sony1492) 12/16/2017 at 18:55 • Filed to: It's been a while since the last reminder

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They exist

Wobbles the Mind > sony1492 12/16/2017 at 19:07

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Would have been a great third to the WRX and Lancer rally compacts.

AestheticsInMotion > sony1492 12/16/2017 at 19:11

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I just saw a Suzuki I wasn’t familiar with in a parking lot. It was kinda like a crossover/hatchback hybrid, the rear end looked like one car trying to come out of another..? Multi-colored. Lots of alpha-numerics after the name, like it was a performance variant. Wish I looked closer

sony1492 > Wobbles the Mind 12/16/2017 at 19:11

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Yes, but there’ always time to make your own.

404 - User No Longer Available > AestheticsInMotion 12/16/2017 at 19:13

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SX4?

InFierority Complex > AestheticsInMotion 12/16/2017 at 19:25

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X-90?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > sony1492 12/16/2017 at 19:27

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Steve in Manhattan > sony1492 12/16/2017 at 19:31

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Saw one in the wild a couple years back ...

5th Avenue and E. 66th Street.

SpeedSix > sony1492 12/16/2017 at 19:35

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I’d totally buy one as my first car purchase , but manuals are nearly non-existent nearby - AWD was only paired with the CVT.

AfromanGTO > sony1492 12/16/2017 at 19:37

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They were good looking cars. I thought they were following Hyundai’s business plan.

I remember when they announced they pulled out of the US market. The news announced tomorrow a car company will be leaving the US market. My friends and I all though Mitsubishi is finally dying a somewhat ungraceful death. Then they announced Suzuki leaving, and we were confused. Why is Mitsubishi still in the US market???

sony1492 > SpeedSix 12/16/2017 at 19:39

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But if you do find a manual, it’s a 6 speed

Ash78, voting early and often > sony1492 12/16/2017 at 21:00

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I see them about once a month. My first instinct is to stop the owner and compliment their boldness.

For comparison’s sake, that’s LESS rare than the Maserati Ghibli, which for me used to be a rare car among 4-door sedans.

AestheticsInMotion > InFierority Complex 12/16/2017 at 21:03

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No but I do like those

AestheticsInMotion > 404 - User No Longer Available 12/16/2017 at 21:04

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Nope, but that is at least close...

It had the car eating a car look that the BMW i3, i8 and kia stinger have. I really should have taken a picture

sony1492 > Ash78, voting early and often 12/16/2017 at 21:29

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Ive seen more Bently Continentals than Kizashi’s.

sony1492 > AestheticsInMotion 12/16/2017 at 21:57

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Aerio?

Ash78, voting early and often > sony1492 12/16/2017 at 22:00

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Wow. I would almost say I’m at 1:1 there. For the money, the Continental seems oddly common. Some wealthy people just lack originality...

AestheticsInMotion > sony1492 12/16/2017 at 22:03

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That’s it! Thank you, that was driving me crazy...Has to be a rebadged something-or-other right?

punkgoose17 > AestheticsInMotion 12/16/2017 at 22:09

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Suzuki designed and built.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > AestheticsInMotion 12/16/2017 at 22:14

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When I was a kid some one on my street in yellow. I always like it a lot. Was kind of bummed when I got older and found out they are just slow wagons that for some reason get horrible gas milage

punkgoose17 > sony1492 12/16/2017 at 22:14

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<3 I love the Kizashi. I see a grey one almost every day either to or from work. Grey is the worst color for a Kizashi. There is a black one often at my local grocery store, and the car dealer down the street seems to have a few a year.

ranwhenparked > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 12/16/2017 at 22:24

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My high school English teacher had one. He was something of a hoarder, and also didn’t have an office or homeroom, so I think the car had maybe 3/4 of one useable seat, the rest was packed full of fast food wrappers and papers. That’s literally the only person I’m aware of speaking to, ever, that owned one of those.

sony1492 > Ash78, voting early and often 12/16/2017 at 22:33

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I bet it’s magnificent at being a luxury car, the sort of thing someone would buy because its the best, not necessarily just the name.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Ash78, voting early and often 12/16/2017 at 22:34

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I remember getting pretty excited 13 years ago when I saw a Continental GT on the street for the first time, thinking it would be a rare thing that I wouldn’t see again for quite some time. Now I see them pretty often. I’ve actually seen quite a few around here driven by what appear to be teenagers. I think they’re like something rich people buy as throwaway cars for their kids now.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > ranwhenparked 12/16/2017 at 23:10

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Some one who works at my Walmart has original Honda Insight that looks like that. The only window you can see into is the driver’s. Every other window is covered by trash

404 - User No Longer Available > AestheticsInMotion 12/17/2017 at 01:06

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I’m just one generation off... the SX4 is a newer Aerio, lol.

Svend > sony1492 12/17/2017 at 03:02

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We in the U.K. got these from 2011 to 2014.

Baleno

Celerio

Ignis

Jimny

Swift

SX4 S-Cross

and

Vitara

boxrocket > sony1492 12/17/2017 at 08:01

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If they had a Mulsanne, perhaps, but the Continental is the milquetoast, entry-level Bentley. It’s actually mostly an Audi A8, which was also a VW Phaeton, so, really, the Continental is (was? Have they given it a new platform yet?) a VW with a few choice upgrades. They’re just getting it for the badge.

boxrocket > SpeedSix 12/17/2017 at 08:08

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Oddly enough, their CVTs weren’t bad! I was very close to buying an SX4 Touring AWD a few weeks ago, which shared some greasy bits with the Kizashi. I took it on a comprehensive test drive, including on a nearby steep gravel road, and it wasn’t at all annoying. Despite being almost 5 years old, it was much more refined and tolerable than the ones I’ve driven in the various Nissans, Subarus, Hondas, etc., which IME are hateful transmissions that make even a decent car insufferable. Ford and Toyota seem to be the only major brands that have CVTs figured out. I wonder how folks would have felt about the Focus and Fiesta if they’d had the CVTs from the hybrids instead of the PowerShift DCT.