Suzuki's Grand {{{Vitara}}} and XL7 part company this fall. The seven-seater moves off the GV's rear/four-wheel-drive ladder frame and onto GM's front/all-wheel-drive unibody Theta platform. The Equinox's 112.5-inch wheelbase underpins unique bodywork that stretches 7.9 inches longer to accommodate the third-row seat, 9.3 inches longer than the old XL-7 and more than eight inches longer than the Honda Pilot. Power is rumored to come from a Suzuki-built version of GM's refined high-feature 240-horse, 3.6-liter V-6.
Bottom Line: Suzuki may be ready to carve itself a sizeable slice of the burgeoning seven-seat crossover market.
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