Suzuki Cappuccino For Sale
Japanese sports cars from the kei category are a fantastic experience. These diminutive, little machines are the total antidote of American cars, with their large V8 engines and hulking bodies. Can you imagine a car that’s less than 130 inches long, under 55 inches wide, and won’t push a weighing scale to 1,600 pounds? Say hello to the Suzuki Cappuccino.
This quirkily-named two-seat kei sports car was introduced in 1991. It has a punchy 657cc three-cylinder DOHC 12-valve turbocharged engine placed right behind the passenger cabin. The engine can make 63 horsepower, because kei cars are limited to 64 horsepower as per Japanese kei class regulations. Of course, tuners can easily extract more power from this engine.
Buyers could pick between a 5-speed manual or 3-speed automatic gearbox. Drive goes to the rear wheels in true sports car fashion. Furthermore, the Cappuccino has a detachable hardtop, so it’s basically a coupe and convertible in one! In fact, you can choose to configure it as a coupe, a targa, or a full convertible. Of course, when you take the roof off, you can stow it in the trunk, at the expense of cargo capacity.
Standard features include all-wheel disc brakes and double wishbone suspension. Later iterations of the Cappuccino come with speed-sensing electric power steering. Suzuki says that when the car is carrying a driver and passenger, it achieves the hallowed 50-50 front-rear weight distribution ratio. Driving a Cappuccino is quite exciting, and you can easily have a lot of fun at legal speeds.
Although the Cappuccino never came to the United States, it was briefly sold in the United Kingdom and some EU countries, such as France, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands. The Cappuccino was discontinued in 1998, and Suzuki hasn’t produced a successor to date.
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