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Junkyard Gem: 2004 Suzuki Verona

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Remember the

Daewoo Leganza

? When the

Daewoo

brand

fled the United States

in 2002, that wasn’t the end of the

Leganza

platform over here. It returned a couple of years later with a longer wheelbase, updated Giorgetto Giugiaro styling, a straight-six engine mounted transversely, and

Suzuki

badges. The

Suzuki Verona

was available for the 2004 through 2006 model years, then disappeared from our collective memory. Suzuki managed to sell a handful, though, and this ’04 showed up a couple of weeks back in a Northern California self-service wrecking yard.

2004 Suzuki Verona in Northern California wrecking yard

The transverse straight-six engine is an automotive oddity, installed in

Volvo S80s

and

Suzuki Veronas

last decade. While smooth, this engine generated a mere 155 horsepower.

2004 Suzuki Verona in Northern California wrecking yard

The interior was on the generic side, but this car listed at just $17,199 (about $23,500 in 2018 dollars). Compare that to the $24,999 ’04

Mitsubishi Diamante

, another car that few bought (but that had 50 more horsepower and much more luxury than then

Verona

).

2004 Suzuki Verona in Northern California wrecking yard

Once a car starts daily-driving on a space-saver spare, the junkyard beckons.

2004 Suzuki Verona in Northern California wrecking yard

Plenty of Americans have bought Suzuki cars over the last few decades, but most of those cars had

Geo or Chevrolet badging

.

This car was known as the Daewoo Magnus in its native South Korea.

More room than

Camry

!

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