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.
Median 63 hp across 114 similar cars
Lead trim: F5B 0.55 L 12-valve SOHC (40 PS)
Suzuki Fronte CN11S/CP11SCN11S/CP11S · 1988–1989
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FactSix 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.
The seventh and last Fronte, debuting in September 1988 (production October 1988 to March 1989), with the wheelbase stretched 160 mm to 2,335 mm, a sleeker body with rear side windows wrapping the roofline, front disc brakes and 12-inch radials on all but the cheapest variants. It took the 547 cc 12-valve SOHC F5B from the Cervo, 40 PS at a lively 7,500 rpm, and had no three-door but a 4WD variant (CP11). Only six months later, when Japanese tax rules for kei commercial vehicles changed in April 1989, Suzuki dropped its longest-running nameplate and concentrated on the Alto, which had long outsold it. With a 796 cc engine it was built in China as the Anchi 6330, never exported to Europe (which got the Cervo Mode as an Alto) and made under licence by Daewoo in South Korea as the Tico, a big seller especially in Eastern Europe.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F5B 0.55 L 12-valve SOHC (40 PS) | 1988–1989 | 0.5 L Inline-3 | 39 hp | 31 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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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.
When Suzuki built the next Cervo in 1988, it didn't start from scratch — the chassis, front clip and door panels were lifted straight from the outgoing CB/CD72 Fronte.
The SS30/SS40 Fronte tore up the old formula entirely — Suzuki ditched the rear-engine, rear-drive layout of the previous Fronte for a modern transverse front-engine, front-wheel-drive setup.
New emissions rules hit Suzuki's two-stroke engine so hard it had to buy four-stroke engines from arch-rival Daihatsu to keep selling the Fronte.
Giorgetto Giugiaro designed the tiny Fronte Coupé by recycling his own one-box concept from the 1967 electric 'Rowan Elettrica' city car — then Suzuki reworked it for a 356cc kei car.
Tuning the Fronte 360's triple carburettors meant reaching through a small egg-shaped hole behind the rear seat — that's literally where Suzuki put them.
Suzuki named the Fronte for its own claim to being at the front of kei-car development, and for its front-wheel drive.
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