Motor vehicle
The Suzuki Wagon R Smile (Japanese: ワゴンRスマイル) is a kei car manufactured and sold by Suzuki. It is a different series model based from the Wagon R, with which it is sold in parallell as of 2023.[1]
The Wagon R Smile was announced on 27 August 2021 as a retro-styled kei car with sliding doors, expanding the Wagon R range.[2]
Overview
Unlike the regular Wagon R, the Smile has sliding doors on both sides and a distinctive exterior design. The Smile model was created in response to the fact that about 40 percent of Wagon R users requested a model with sliding doors in surveys.[3]
While the model number of the Wagon R series has typically been "MH" since the third generation model and up to the current sixth generation, this model receives the "MX" model code. The Smile is the first derivative model from the Wagon R since the Wagon R Wide, the predecessor of the standard passenger car tall wagon Solio. The mild hybrid R06D engine is familiar from most of Suzuki's contemporary kei car range and produces 49 PS (36 kW; 48 bhp) and 58 N⋅m (43 lb⋅ft).
To cut development costs, the Wagon R Smile uses various parts and substructures from other cars: the front doors and sliding doors share parts with the second-generation Spacia (MK53S), a kei "super high wagon", and the tailgate is derived from that of the sixth-generation Wagon R (MH35S/55S/85S/95S models). According to Masashi Takahashi, chief engineer, combining parts from different vehicle models is unusual for Suzuki.[4]
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