I’ll have a $30k1.3-litre Suzuki please

• Published date: 05 November 2021
• Publication title: Horowhenua Chronicle

After all, that’d have to be a company that specialised in big scary motorcycles but also very small cars. Oh right, Suzuki.

While working on this issue of RIDDEN we couldn’t help but notice that the new Suzuki Hayabusa had the same engine capacity and sells for the same price as the Suzuki Jimny Safari: both 1.3-litre naturally aspirated petrols and both a snip under $30k ($28,999 for the bike, $29,990 for the SUV).

Even the torque outputs are quite similar: 150Nm for the two-wheeler versus 130Nm for the 4x4. Although the ’Busa has nearly twice as much power (140kW versus 75kW) and only about one-quarter the kerb weight (264kg versus 1065kg).

Here’s where the comparison ends because it just gets silly, right? The ’Busa was the world’s fastest motorcycle when it was launched back in 1999...