Vehicle Type SUV History/Description Suzuki flew the coop from the Canadian marketplace a few years back, though their Grand Vitara SUV model is still popping up as a used-car buy in the Canadian marketplace. The third-generation machine launched for model-year 2006 in the fall of 2005, offering four or six-cylinder power, an off-road ca

Review by Robert Rath All-new last year, the Suzuki V-Strom 1000 packs a 99-hp/76 lb-ft, 1,037 V-twin in a 228 kg soft-road ready adventure bike. Available in ABS and non-ABS models, the V-Strom includes multi-stage traction control and a host of touring features including a DC power outlet and three-position adjustable windscreen. Ke

I sat astride the 2014 Suzuki V-Strom 650 at the top of a large hill, eyeing my teammates training on the pitch below. I was late, I was wet, and I was cold. The hill was a quagmire, streams of mud and water slid down it as I watched, shivering. A rain storm had caught me just as I had caught a traffic snarl. Roadworks cut a three-lane major roa

Photos by Dave Beaudoin, Heather Bashow, and Didier Constant At the top of the motorcycle food chain there is a breed of bikes that follow a similar pattern. With around 1,000 cc; low, angled handle bars; full fairing; and high, back-set foot controls; these are the big sharks in the pool. Superbikes are proof that God wanted us to ride m

The 2016 Suzuki GSX-S1000 is a naked sports bike in the rawest sense. It’s 999cc inline-four is straight from the “Japanese Sport Bike” play book, as is the aluminum twin-spar chassis. The aluminum alloy swing-arm is lifted directly from Suzuki’s halo bike, the GSX-R1000 . With a more aggressive riding position than many other naked bikes, the

In some parts of the world with a proper graduated motorcycle licensing system, 250cc is the maximum capacity motorcycle you can ride while learning. Many of those markets have recently changed or are about to change to a power-to-weight based system for exactly the reason the GW250F exists – most 250s are too small for big fellas. Not this one

Review by Jacob Black, photos by Jacob Black and Ronnie Fung The bus on my left lurches toward me suddenly, tilting over in my direction. Not sure why, and with traffic ahead blocking that path I brake. Hard. As I fall in behind the big yellow rig the tail end of it dips violently. Now I see the problem: 20-odd school children are rushing fr

Photos by Jacob Black and Jonathan Yarkony Suzuki’s 2015 GSX-S750 is a new beast here in North America, but it’s been kicking around in other markets as the GSR-750 for a while now. The naked sports bike/roadster/sporty standard thing is a common trope these days. Grab your engine from a supersport (in this case a 750cc inline-four from the

Toyota president Akio Toyoda (left) and Suzuki Chairman Osamu Suzuki. Photo courtesy JapanTimes.co.jp Suzuki 's car division is long-gone from North America, but soon the company's spirit will live on in future Toyota models, following the announcement of a tie-up that will see the two manufacturers collaborate on autonomous driving technolo

Listen. Shh. Wait…… Wait…….. Hear that? It’s Mother Nature, plotting yet another wicked winter complete with her nastiest concoction of ice, snow, and frigidness in years. Unless you’re in Calgary, and then it’s already here! To prep for winterpocalypse 2015, the boss asked for a look at some good used winter warriors across a span of pricing fr

Suzuki’s SV650 has become something of a cult hero in its 17 years of existence. The light, tight and gutsy little SV is a regular on racetracks thanks to its low cost, easy-to-ride dynamics and low-down grunt. Those same attributes have made the SV650 a favourite for learners and new riders chasing a middleweight street bike with solid performa

Article by Brendan McAleer. Photos by Brendan McAleer, Jonathan Yarkony. Sure, we love the cars of the Tokyo Motor Show, but Japan's mega-opolis of a capital city runs on the wheels of its workhorses. You see them around the city, stout little trucks and heavy haulers, boxy little vans making deliveries, people-movers with small footprints and

In many ways, 2016 will be the Year of the Adventure Bike. With multiple adventure models being released – some by the same manufacturer – it’s clearly a segment of focus for the coming year. But it’s not all for the high-mileage, soft-road types. Ducati has a new iteration of their uber-successful Scrambler, plus an Italian take on the foot-forwar

Photos by Jil McIntosh, Lesley Wimbush, and Jacob Black The 2017 International Motor Show in Frankfurt (IAA 2017) is once again a showcase of the world's most exotic, far-reaching and intriguing vehicles.  With German marques Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and BMW all fighting each other for the best super/hypercar unveiling, and the juggernaut of ele

Properly speaking, the term “hot hatch” is a product of 1980s Britain. By the time someone came up with the term, the product already existed in multiple forms over multiple marques. The definition is theoretically simple: take one compact family-hauler, insert a larger engine and a stiffer suspension, and stand well clear of the torque steer. W