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Toni Gardemeister's Suzuki SX4 WRC at the 2008 Tour de Corse.. At the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, Suzuki announced it would enter the FIA World Rally Championship, with the factory backed Suzuki World Rally Team in the World Rally Car category in 2007, using the SX4 WRC with AWD and the J20 engine producing 320 PS (235 kW; 316 hp) and 590 N⋅m (440 lb⋅ft) of torque. [3]
2007. The North American market model arrived in 2006 for the 2007 model year, as Suzuki's entry-level AWD vehicle. Differences from the European model are the offering of AWD as standard (2WD Version available in Canada, Europe, Israel, and China while AWD is optional in Canada) and only with the 2.0 L J20A 143 hp (107 kW; 145 PS) I4 gasoline engine with a timing chain instead of a timing belt.
The Suzuki SX4 WRC made a competitive debut in Corsica, at the 2007 Tour de Corse, driven by Nicolas Bernardi and co-driver Jean-Marc Fortin, and set several stage times just outside the top ten. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] The team also participated in 2007 Rally GB with driver Sebastian Lindholm and co-driver Tomi Tuominen.
Starting in 2011, rules for WRC cars changed to be more restrictive. New regulations were derived from Super 2000 cars with a different aerodynamic kit. The cars could be smaller models (there was no longer a minimum 4 m length) and include a custom-build or production 1600 cm 3 direct injection turbo-charged global race engine with a 33 mm (1.3 in) diameter air restrictor and a maximum boost ...
This is a list of automobile engines developed and sold by the Suzuki Motor Corporation. Suzuki is unusual in never having made a pushrod automobile engine , and in having depended on two-strokes for longer than most.
Impreza WRC GD 2007: Impreza WRC GE 2008: Suzuki: SX4 WRC: Toyota: Corolla WRC: Yaris WRC: Volkswagen: Polo R WRC: Rally1 (2022–present) Manufacturer Model Image Ford:
Suzuki SX4 WRC; T. Toyota Corolla WRC; Toyota Yaris WRC; V. Volkswagen Polo R WRC This page was last edited on 16 March 2018, at 04:20 (UTC). Text is available ...
Nobuhiro Tajima (Shinjitai: 田嶋 伸博, Tajima Nobuhiro, born Suginami, Tokyo, June 28, 1950; Japanese nickname モンスター田嶋 Monsuta Tajima), nicknamed "Monster", is a hillclimb racer, tuning shop owner, rally team manager and former rally driver who is best known for his participation in Suzuki's rallying program as well as his triumphs at the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in ...