Mazda badged it the Spiano and sold it through Autozam dealerships until 2008, sharing this Alto Lapin's rabbit-eared body.
Lead trim: Alto Lapin 0.66 K6A naturally aspirated (54 hp) · up to 59 hp
Suzuki Alto LapinHE21S · 2002–2008
- 0spots by members
- Unclaimednobody has spotted one yet
- 0sets it belongs to
Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Suzuki Alto Lapin yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactMazda badged it the Spiano and sold it through Autozam dealerships until 2008, sharing this Alto Lapin's rabbit-eared body.
The Suzuki Alto Lapin is a kei car with a five-door hatchback body, manufactured since 2002 by Suzuki for the Japanese market only and based on the popular Alto; the name comes from the French word for rabbit and the car wears rabbit-head badges. The first prototype was unveiled at the 2001 Tokyo Motor Show. The first generation (HE21S) was introduced on 22 January 2002 with four trims (G, X, Z, X2, the top grade two-tone), powered by the K6A 0.66 L naturally aspirated engine (40 kW / 54 hp) with front- or all-wheel drive and a four-speed automatic; a Turbo followed in October 2002 (44 kW / 60 hp, 5-speed manual optional), a canvas-top version in February 2003 (automatic only, discontinued December 2005), and the series II in September 2003 added SS (sportier design, round headlights, MOMO steering wheel) and L; series III came in October 2004, series IV December 2005, series V April 2006 (round-headlamp L added, X2 dropped) and series VI May 2007 (new front grille). Mazda also sold it as the Mazda Spiano through its Autozam dealerships until 2008, with some styling differences. The Lapin has a distinctive boxy shape that proved popular with female buyers and won the 2008 Japanese Good Design Award. Wheelbase 92.9 in, length 133.7 in, width 58.1 in; the height and weight ranges are not entered.
Collectors Spotted in the Suzuki Alto Lapin Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the Suzuki Alto Lapin yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alto Lapin 0.66 K6A naturally aspirated (54 hp) | 2002–2008 | 0.7 L Inline-3 | 54 hp | 46 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| Alto Lapin Turbo (K6A turbo, 59 hp) | 2002–2008 | 0.7 L Inline-3 | 59 hp | 61 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
We don’t estimate running costs for a car like this. What it costs depends on its condition, its specialist and how it is driven, and an average would mislead.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
In 2022 Suzuki gave the Lapin LC a front end deliberately styled after the 1960s Fronte 360 — chasing retro charm six decades later.
The second-generation Lapin quietly dropped the manual gearbox, replacing it entirely with a CVT.
Mazda badged it the Spiano and sold it through Autozam dealerships until 2008, sharing this Alto Lapin's rabbit-eared body.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
Japan was a minor market for the Swift: when it passed 2 million sales in 2011, about 39% were in India and 27% in Europe, against roughly 15% at home.
To adapt the Horizon for America, Chrysler bought nearly 100 Volkswagen Rabbits purely to reverse engineer them.
The Mk3 Focus RS's AWD system could send 100 percent of engine power to the rear wheels alone — built not in Ford's home country, but at the Saarlouis plant in Germany.
In June 2003, a Mégane II became the subject of the first ever live televised crash test with a real human driver at the wheel instead of a dummy — filmed by Top Gear.
This Wagon R redesigned its rear doors specifically to kill off the D-pillar — bigger doors with built-in quarter glass solved what earlier generations needed a whole extra pillar for.
The BX was the UK's best-selling diesel car for four years from 1987, and 2,315,739 were built in all.
Six months before Suzuki retired the Fronte name for good, the CN11S's 796cc version was already being built in China under a completely different name: the Anchi 6330.
Built to use up Chrysler-Simca's parts bin, it took its engine and gearbox straight from the front-wheel-drive Simca 1100 but mounted them amidships instead.