In 2005 Suzuki turned this tiny kei car into a hydrogen fuel-cell test mule, co-developing the powertrain with General Motors.
Median 74 hp across 205 similar cars
Lead trim: MR Wagon 658 cc K6A DOHC (54 PS) · up to 63 hp
Suzuki MR Wagon first generation MF21SMF21S/MF31S · 2001–2006
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FactIn 2005 Suzuki turned this tiny kei car into a hydrogen fuel-cell test mule, co-developing the powertrain with General Motors.
The Suzuki MR Wagon is a 4-seater kei car built by Suzuki for the Japanese market only and also sold in Japan by Nissan as the Nissan Moco under an OEM agreement; the "MR" stands for "Magical Relax", not a mid-engine, rear-drive layout. After appearing at the 33rd Tokyo Motor Show in 1999, the first generation went on sale on 4 December 2001 with the K6A kei engine, naturally aspirated (54 PS) or turbocharged (60 PS, later 64 PS, the maximum kei regulations allow), in front- or all-wheel drive with a four-speed transmission with column shift; the torque figures were 61 and 84 N·m (45 and 62 lb·ft), later 103 N·m (76 lb·ft) for the turbo. A hydrogen fuel cell vehicle based on it, co-developed with General Motors, was presented in 2005; the sporty MR Wagon A-Limited special edition of April 2005 had a lower ride height, 14-inch alloys and a spoiler-and-skirt body kit, and production ended in December 2005, with the slower-selling MR Wagon Sports series available from stock until June 2006. The Nissan Moco version (shown at the 35th Tokyo Motor Show in October 2001, on sale on 10 April 2002) differed by its "wing" grille resembling the P12 Primera and outsold the Suzuki at about 3,000–4,000 units a month. The first generation was also built in India by Maruti Suzuki as the Zen Estilo from December 2006 (1.1-litre F10D four-cylinder, 64 PS and 63 lb·ft) and, after an August 2009 facelift, the Estilo with the 1.0-litre K10B three-cylinder (68 PS, 68 lb·ft), discontinued in February 2014 to make way for the Celerio, and in Indonesia as the Suzuki Karimun Estilo from 2007 to 2012; only the Japanese-market K6A engines are entered here as trims.
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MR Wagon 658 cc K6A DOHC (54 PS) | 2001–2006 | 0.7 L Inline-3 | 53 hp | 45 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| MR Wagon 658 cc K6A turbo DOHC (60 PS) | 2001–2006 | 0.7 L Inline-3 | 59 hp | 62 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| MR Wagon 658 cc K6A turbo DOHC (later 64 PS) | 2001–2006 | 0.7 L Inline-3 | 63 hp | 76 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
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The MF33S MR Wagon wasn't just another kei box — Wikipedia calls it the most fuel-efficient wagon in the entire kei class.
Suzuki designed this MR Wagon around actual 4-year-olds: engineers studied how small children climbed in and out of the back seat, which shaped the door opening angle and a built-in step.
In 2005 Suzuki turned this tiny kei car into a hydrogen fuel-cell test mule, co-developing the powertrain with General Motors.
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