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The Suzuki X-90 (SUV Cabrio in Japan) was a small SUV sold from 1996 through 1998. It was related to the Suzuki Sidekick, but had extremely rounded styling, two doors, seating for two and T-section removable roof.






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The Suzuki X-90 (SUV Cabrio in Japan) was a small SUV sold from 1996 through 1998. It was related to the Suzuki Sidekick, but had extremely rounded styling, two doors, seating for two and T-section removable roof. It replaced the Samurai for the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
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The X-90 was available with four wheel drive
Four Wheel Drive

The Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, more often known as Four Wheel Drive or just FWD, was founded in 1909 in Clintonville, Wisconsin as the Badger Four-Wheel Drive Auto Company by Otto Zachow and William Besserdich....
 or rear wheel drive and used a 1.6 L I4
Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
 16-valve
Multi-valve

In automotive engineering, an engine is referred to as multi-valve when each cylinder has more than two poppet valve. Such designs have been around since at least 1912 and perhaps earlier....
 engine which produced . The transmission choices were 5-speed manual or automatic. Air conditioning was available, as was a dealer installed 6 disk CD changer. It had dual air bags and anti-lock brakes. The suspension
Suspension (vehicle)

Suspension is the term given to the system of spring , shock absorbers and Linkage that connects a vehicle to its wheels. Suspension systems serve a dual purpose ? contributing to the car's car handling and brake for good active safety and driving pleasure, and keeping vehicle occupants comfortable and reasonably well isolated from road no...
 used MacPherson strut
MacPherson strut

The MacPherson strut is a type of automobile suspension system which uses the axis of a telescopic damper as the upper steering pivot, widely used in modern vehicles and named after Earl S....
s and coil spring
Coil spring

A Coil spring, also known as a helical spring, is a mechanical device, which is typically used to store energy and subsequently release it, to absorb shock, or to maintain a force between contacting surfaces....
s in front and coil spring
Coil spring

A Coil spring, also known as a helical spring, is a mechanical device, which is typically used to store energy and subsequently release it, to absorb shock, or to maintain a force between contacting surfaces....
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Wishbone

Wishbone may refer to:* The wishbone, known in anatomy as the furcula, is a fused clavicle bone found in birds which is shaped like the letter Y....
 and trailing links in the rear.

The X-90 trunk space is limited, as the full-sized spare wheel is stored in there; although there is a remarkable amount of space behind the two seats which can be used for luggage.

The X-90 was initially a concept car
Concept car

A concept vehicle or show vehicle is a Automobile prototype made to showcase a concept, new styling, technology and more. They are often shown at Auto show to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced....
 and received wide praise from the public. However, the production vehicle sold poorly, and is considered a flop
Flop

Flop may refer to:...
. Just 7,205 X-90s were imported into the US in total. More than half were sold in 1996, with sales dropping to 2,087 the next year and just 477 in 1998. During 1996, 484 vehicles were imported into Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. By mid 1997 retail pricing had been dropped by 25% but sales were very poor. No further imports occurred and the last of the vehicles sold in 1999.

Initially sales of the X-90 in the UK were good, until TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson called it "the worst car ever." According to Clarkson, the design was unimaginative, it had too much body roll, the targa top was "useless", and the vehicle was unattractive. This negative press effectively killed sales in the UK.

The car did find a unique niche when the manufacturers of Red Bull
Red Bull

Red Bull is an energy drink that is sold by Red Bull GmbH. In 2006, more than 3 1000000000 cans were sold in over 130 countries.Red Bull was inspired by Krating Daeng, an energy drink produced in Thailand that had been used for years by long-distance truckers, kick-boxers, students and others who wanted a boost....
 energy drink converted a number of the vehicles into rolling advertisements, complete with giant cans of the beverage mounted on the back of the car.

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