What Is It?
2004 Suzuki Verona
What's Special About It?
Suzuki is a rather odd company to most American consumers; it is one of the only Japanese car companies to sell many more cars in its home market than here in the U.S. In fact, Suzuki sells nine times more cars in Japan than in the States while Honda, Nissan and Toyota clearly have much stronger U.S. sales presence — Suzuki wants to change that.
With an admirable goal of tripling sales in the next five years, Suzuki realizes it will never get there without new products. The Verona is just one of nine new Suzuki products scheduled to debut in the next five years and it is the first Suzuki to compete in the popular midsize sedan segment.
The Verona offers European styling and lots of standard features but has a base price of about $16,000. A 2.5-liter inline six is the standard engine, but it delivers a mere 155 horsepower — not great considering most other Japanese brands have as much, if not more, power in their base four-cylinder engines. Suzuki is not going to win any horsepower awards, but the Verona does come with an impressive list of standard and optional features. A remote keyless-entry system; power windows, mirrors and door locks; plus steering wheel-mounted audio controls; and CD/cassette stereo are all standard. Optional equipment includes heated leather seats, an auto-dimming rearview mirror and an eight-way power driver seat.
The Verona will go on sale in early 2004 as an '04 model car. Prices will range from $16,000 to $19,000.
Why Should You Care?
If you need a midsize family sedan but are on a strict budget and don't care about horsepower, there are worse choices than the Verona. It's not a bad-looking car, but if Suzuki wants to steal some Altima customers from Nissan it'll have to at least offer more power under the hood. — Brian Moody
2004 Suzuki Verona
What's Special About It?
Suzuki is a rather odd company to most American consumers; it is one of the only Japanese car companies to sell many more cars in its home market than here in the U.S. In fact, Suzuki sells nine times more cars in Japan than in the States while Honda, Nissan and Toyota clearly have much stronger U.S. sales presence — Suzuki wants to change that.
With an admirable goal of tripling sales in the next five years, Suzuki realizes it will never get there without new products. The Verona is just one of nine new Suzuki products scheduled to debut in the next five years and it is the first Suzuki to compete in the popular midsize sedan segment.
The Verona offers European styling and lots of standard features but has a base price of about $16,000. A 2.5-liter inline six is the standard engine, but it delivers a mere 155 horsepower — not great considering most other Japanese brands have as much, if not more, power in their base four-cylinder engines. Suzuki is not going to win any horsepower awards, but the Verona does come with an impressive list of standard and optional features. A remote keyless-entry system; power windows, mirrors and door locks; plus steering wheel-mounted audio controls; and CD/cassette stereo are all standard. Optional equipment includes heated leather seats, an auto-dimming rearview mirror and an eight-way power driver seat.
The Verona will go on sale in early 2004 as an '04 model car. Prices will range from $16,000 to $19,000.
Why Should You Care?
If you need a midsize family sedan but are on a strict budget and don't care about horsepower, there are worse choices than the Verona. It's not a bad-looking car, but if Suzuki wants to steal some Altima customers from Nissan it'll have to at least offer more power under the hood. — Brian Moody
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