Bizarre Car of the Week: 1996 Suzuki X-90 - New York Daily News
The 1990s are responsible for some of the wackiest, weirdest, and wildest car creations the world has ever seen, and few people took more risks in their home markets or abroad than Japanese automakers. Thanks to the quirkiness of Suzuki in this era, we have one of the strangest but most lovable cars ever to reach our shores: the X-90. In the mid 1990s, Suzuki was looking for a replacement for their Samurai compact SUV in the U. S. market, and... Built for those who were "young and young at heart," and looking for something completely different from the rest of the automotive landscape. Built on the same chassis as the global Suzuki Sidekick (known as the Geo Tracker in the U. S. market), the X90 eschewed the typical boxy 4x4 setup for a coupe-like body and a sports car cabin. A 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmission transferred power to the wheels, and a two-speed transfer case enabled regular or extra low gears. The X-90 also had automatic locking front hubs, and front MacPherson struts with rear wishbones and coils on all four wheels. Source: www.nydailynews.com
