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POWER TO THE PUNY; Suzuki seeks respect with turbocharged SX4t concept.(Brief article)

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| June 09, 2008 | Vaughn, Mark | COPYRIGHT 2008 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

At 143 hp, the all-wheel-drive Suzuki SX4 crossover already had the most horsepower in its class. So the logical thing to do, of course, was to add more power.

This SX4t concept takes that 2.0-liter four and adds a turbocharger. The result is a tire-squealing 221 hp-and a whole lot of fun behind the wheel; we were reminded how many world problems can be solved by adding unholy horsepower. What had been a perfectly adequate entry-level five-door utility vehicle lost in a sea of adequate five-door utility vehicles is transformed into a wheeled glee machine. When you step on the throttle, the SX4t squirts through holes in traffic like a highly caffeinated minx.

The throttle response alone is fun enough, but ...

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