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The compact SUV Suzuki Samurai gained a reputation in the U.S. market of being an unsafe car and prone to a rollover after Consumer Reports, the magazine arm of Consumers Union, reported that during a 1988 test on the short course avoidance maneuver (Consumer Union Short Course Double Lane Change, or CUSC for short), the Samurai experienced what they deemed as an unacceptable amount of tipover ...
It remains one of the worst vehicles Consumer Reports has ever tested. [40] The publication noted that the car took 37.5 seconds to go from 0–60 MPH, it was dangerously structurally deficient in a 30MPH crash test with a standard car, and its bumpers were "virtually useless against anything more formidable than a watermelon ", all of which ...
The Suzuki Swift nameplate began in 1984 as an export name for the Suzuki Cultus, [2] a supermini/subcompact car manufactured and marketed worldwide since 1983 across two generations and three body configurations—three/five-door hatchback, four-door sedan and two-door convertible—and using the Suzuki G engine family.
The M13AA is an automotive engine manufactured by Suzuki Motor Corporation. The M13AA is a 1.3 L (1,328 cc) inline-four cylinder, 16 valve VVT engine used in the Suzuki Jimny, Suzuki Swift & Suzuki Ignis from 2005. 1.3 M13AA 1.3 L (1,328 cc) DOHC 16v MPFI VVT (Jimny) Bore x Stroke 78 mm × 69.5 mm (3.07 in × 2.74 in) Compression Ratio 9.5:1
It uses the same G series block found in many other Suzuki models and so it is a popular conversion into the Suzuki Sierra/Samurai, which uses either a G13A (85-88) or G13BA (88.5-98). This allows the engine to fit into the engine bay simply as engine and gearbox mounts are identical and both engines are mounted north–south.
Three-speed sliding-gear non-synchronous transmission Non-synchronous "crash" gearbox; commonly used today in semi-trucks and tractors, and formerly used in automobiles pre-1950s. A non-synchronous transmission, also called a crash gearbox, is a form of manual transmission based on gears that do not use synchronizing mechanisms. They require ...
Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
The 1941 Chrysler M4 Vacamatic transmission was a two-speed manual transmission with an integral underdrive unit, a traditional manual clutch, and a fluid coupling between the engine and the clutch. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] [ 53 ] The two-speed transmission had "high" and "low" ranges, and the clutch was used when the driver wanted to switch between ranges.