Suzuki Escudo, Vitara and Grand Vitara

The Escudo created the small recreational 4x4 market of the 1990s: a ladder frame, coil springs at the front, a two-speed transfer case and a 1.6 four, in three-door, convertible and five-door bodies, built at Kosai, at CAMI in Canada and under licence in Spain and Asia.

The Grand Vitara that followed kept the frame and the low range through three generations, the 2005 car integrating the frame into the body; production ended in Japan in April 2017 with exports to 2019. The 2015 Vitara that carries the name today is a transverse-engined crossover without a low range and is outside the registry.