Suzuki is the world wide leaders in the auto sectors for the product like ATVs, motorcycles, dirt bikes, and outboard motors. The company is one of the most reliable and reputed name in all such products. The company has made so many products which were carried on by the trucks for the transportation, but the company has never ever tried the manufacturing the trucks. But, probably the recession and the slow down in the automotive sector have forced them to make collaboration with the truck giants Nissan for the latest version of the Frontier, the Equator. Suzuki hopes to lure sand, mud, and marine enthusiasts to its automotive showroom for a truck with its own name brand.
There are many different characters between the Equator and Frontier, which are manufactured side by side in Nissan's plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. Both come with a choice of a 2.5-liter four or 4.0-liter V-6; five-speed manual or automatic transmissions; two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive with VDC, HDC, and Hill Start Assist; short or long bed; and extended cab or crew cab. Even the interior and exterior areas are nearly same, but may be because of the different front fascia, the Suzuki is merely an inch longer overall. The Equator is offering the same towing and payload capacity as the Frontier, up to 6500 pounds of adventure gear.
The drive to the two-wheel-drive short-bed V-6 Crew Cab could never let you feel that the Equator not only looks like the Frontier, but even drives the same. The V-6's power delivery is fabulous but the engine is slightly crude and noisy. The Equator's rough ride is still comfortable with the bed with cargo, even in the U turns and sharp turnings. The cabin is quite spacious, but the only difference between them is the Suzuki badge in the center of the steering wheel.
As anew comer in the manufacturing field, Suzuki doesn't need high-volume sales to be a success. Gas prices are not influencing people to the truck buying, but the interiors and exteriors and also some stronger and salient features of the Equator would definitely influence the real truck buyers who are looking for a full-size pickups turn to smaller models.
Other extra ordinary features are the towing capacity, interior room, and off-road capability, all with a seven-year/100,000-mile transferable power train warranty, which makes the Equator, even special than the Frontier and all other trucks.
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