The Chevrolet Sprint was a rebadged version of the Suzuki Cultus sold in the United States and Canada. From 1985 to 1988, the car was sold as the Suzuki Forsa and Pontiac Firefly in Canada. Automakers, also known as carmakers, automobile manufacturers, motor manufacturers, or the automobile industry are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ... 2002 Suzuki FXR150 Suzuki Motor Corporation (スズキ株式会社) is a Japanese manufacturing company producing a range of small automobiles (especially Keicars), a full range of motorcycles, outboard motors, and a variety of other small combustion-powered engine products. ... Hamamatsu (浜松市; -shi) is a city located in western Shizuoka, Japan. ... The Geo Metro first appeared in Chevrolet-Geo showrooms in 1989. ... Car classification is subjective since many vehicles fall into multiple categories. ... 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During the mid-1980s, imported subcompacts such as the Hyundai Excel and Toyota Tercel were becoming more popular, and GM felt like it would discontinue its predecessor, the Chevette when the Sprint was sold in North America. GM continued the Chevette until 1987 however, and the Chevette was sold alongside its successors, the Sprint and Spectrum. A subcompact car is a car in a vehicle size class smaller than a compact car, but larger than a microcar. ... The Hyundai Excel (Hangul:현대 엑셀), also known as the Hyundai Pony, Hyundai Presto and the Mitsubishi Precis, was a small front wheel drive automobile produced by the Hyundai Motor Company from 1985 to 1994. ... The Tercel was Toyotas entry-level vehicle in North America during the 1980s and 1990s. ... The Chevrolet Chevette was Chevrolets version of GMs worldwide T platform of the 1970s, which was also sold as the Vauxhall Chevette, Opel Kadett, Isuzu Gemini and the Holden Gemini, among others. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ...

In the 1988 model year, the naturally-aspirated hatchback was named the Chevrolet Sprint Metro. The Metro name was carried through into the Geo brand and retained when it was rebadged to Chevrolet again in 1998. The Suzuki Swift was redesigned for the 1989 model year, and a new name was given to the General Motors rebadge in the United States: Geo Metro. However, as the Geo brand was not introduced to the Canada market until 1992, the car retained the Chevrolet Sprint name for another three model years in Canada. The model year of a product is a number used to describe approximately when a product was produced. ... The Suzuki Swift is a subcompact automobile from the Suzuki Motor Corporation. ... General Motors Corporation, also known as GM, is the worlds largest auto company by annual production volume as of 2006, and the second largest by sales volume as of the first half of 2007, behind Toyota Motor Corporation. ... The Geo Metro first appeared in Chevrolet-Geo showrooms in 1989. ... GEO or Geo may refer to any of the following: Geo or gio, is a creek (inlet) or gulley in the Orkney and Shetland Islands GEO (newspaper), a popular scientific magazine Geo (microformat), a microformat for marking up WSG84 geographical coordinates in (X)HTML Geo (automobile), a brand of entry...

From 1985 to 1986, the carbureted 1.0 L 3-cylinder engine used a hemispherical head design. This model was documented at 60 US mpg on the highway. Later, as fuel injection was mandated, the cylinder head was redesigned to add the additional cooling required. The Sprint was originally offered in parts of the western US for the 1985 model year; subsequently Chevrolet marketed the Sprint to the rest of the North American market as well. All models had the hatchback body style and initially all were three-door models. Starting in 1986, a five-door hatchback version was offered, called the Sprint Plus. That year, another model called the Sprint ER was offered that included a few extra features, such as an "upshift" light to indicate the ideal speed to shift to the next highest gear on manual transmission models. Although air conditioning was offered in all years, the three-speed automatic transmission wasn't offered until 1986. All models featured front-wheel drive and 12-inch tires, which contributed to the Sprint's excellent handling and super-economical upkeep costs. // Fuel injection is a means of metering fuel into an internal combustion engine. ...

Turbocharged versions of the 1.0 L 3-cylinder engine were available in the Turbo Sprint from 1987 to 1990(1987-1988 in U.S.). Colors were limited to red, white and blue for the Turbo Sprint. The corresponding Suzuki was not turbocharged; instead, it used a 1.3 L 4-cylinder engine.