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| | Plans Progressing |
 | | The current XL-7 is made in Iwata, Japan, near Hamamatsu, but the decision to employ GM's Theta platform made it possible for Suzuki to use its only North American manufacturing facility, CAMI International Inc., a joint venture with GM in Ingersoll, Ont., Canada, that builds the 5-passenger Equinox and Torrent. |
 | | For Suzuki, the new vehicle utilizes General Motors Corp.'s Theta platform (Saturn Vue, Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Torrent) and replaces the aging XL-7 flagship, which started life as a stretched Grand Vitara SUV with body-on-frame construction. |
 | | The expectation is 80% of sales in the U.S. will be the 7-passenger version, says Tom Carney, sales and marketing director-American Suzuki Motor Corp., competing with the likes of the Honda Pilot and Chevrolet TrailBlazer. |
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