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2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T Part 9: D.I.Y. Change our Old Battery with a New Amaron Hi-Life 55B24L

As often is the case, our almost 6-year-old Power Wheels Magazine Long Term Test vehicle sometimes gets parked and sits unused for a couple of weeks because of the number of media test drive units that we get to review, as well as project cars that we get to drive around every once in a while. When we do need ...

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2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T Part 8: PMS and Registration

We neglected to bring our 2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T to the service workshop of a Suzuki Automobile dealership for its 30,000-kilometer periodic maintenance service (PMS). The odometer on our long-term test unit recently reached the 35,000-kilometer mark so we decided that it’s time to have the PMS performed at the Suzuki Auto Kalookan dealer, located along EDSA, Caloocan ...

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2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T Part 7: Change the Battery, Check the Tires

It’s hard to believe that our Power Wheels Magazine Long Term Test 2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T is now more than two years old. It seems like only yesterday that we picked it up from the Suzuki Philippines, Inc. (SPH) factory in Canlubang, Laguna. After an informal but fun “vehicle turn-over” ceremonies, we got the keys of our brand-new ...

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2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T Part 6: Battle Scarred But Still Loved

Here’s the last part of our revisited series of long term test on our 2016 Suzuki Ciaz. We hope that you found our series of reports still relevant since our Ciaz is the same model currently being marketed by the Suzuki Automobile dealers across the country. However, the price of the top-of-the-line GLX A/T variant has increased from P888,000 when ...

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2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T Part 5: Things That Go Bump In The Night

Upon the request of many of our readers, we revisited our series of long term test on our 2016 Suzuki Ciaz. Our report remains somewhat relevant because our Ciaz is still the same model currently being marketed by the Suzuki Automobile dealers across the country. In Part 5, we write a short and sad report about one of the realities ...

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2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T Part 4: Love Your Own

Upon the request of many of our readers, we revisited our 2016 Suzuki Ciaz. We hope that our report is still relevant since it’s still the same model currently being marketed by the Suzuki Automobile dealers across the country. Here’s Part 4 of our long term test report: We’ve been pampering our long-term 2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T after we ...

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2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T Part 3: Mysterious Dents and Paint Stains

Upon the request of many of our readers, we revisited the series of long term tests that we did for our 2016 Suzuki Ciaz. We hope that our series of long term tests are still relevant since it’s still the same model currently being marketed by the Suzuki Automobile dealers across the country. Here’s Part 3 of our report: Our ...

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2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T Part 2: Enjoying our Brown Derby

Upon the request of many of our readers, we will revisit the long term tests that we did for our 2011 Kia Soul, 2014 Suzuki Ertiga, and 2016 Suzuki Ciaz. We started with the Ciaz because we believe our series of long term tests are still relevant since it’s still the same model that’s currently being marketed by the Suzuki ...

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2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T Part 1: First Week of Ownership

Upon the request of many of our readers, we’d like to revisit the long term tests that we did for our 2011 Kia Soul, 2014 Suzuki Ertiga, and 2016 Suzuki Ciaz. We’ll start with the Ciaz because we think our tests are still relevant since it’s still the same model that’s currently being marketed by the Suzuki Automobile dealers across ...

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Long Term Tests: Reminiscing by the Numbers

As we were about to conclude the series of long term test reports on our 2016 Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 GLX A/T, we stopped to reminisce about our former long term test vehicles. We felt that a comparison was in order – not to compare absolute results – but just to see how gas mileages have evolved since we started our ...

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