Comments on: Remembering Suzuki Khyber: A Timeless Classic https://carspiritpk.com/remembering-suzuki-khyber-a-timeless-classic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remembering-suzuki-khyber-a-timeless-classic Pakistan's Trusted Automobile Blog Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:47:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: My memories of Khyber https://carspiritpk.com/remembering-suzuki-khyber-a-timeless-classic/#comment-18498 Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:33:30 +0000 https://carspiritpk.com/?p=89088#comment-18498 I don’t have any experience of owning a Khyber, simply because its resale value was higher than Daihatsu Charade. That’s why we had Charade, because we couldn’t afford the “mass market” item, but I have experience with the Khyber.

There were some ultra-high-end touches in the Khyber. For one, the bonnet would unlock by pressing a Rolls-Royce like button. It is clearly visible in the photographs in the article. The Suzuki FX https://www.google.com/url?client=internal-element-cse&cx=00e8534ab44705110&q=https://carspiritpk.com/suzuki-fx-car-that-made-so-many-people-proud/ also had the same button-type opening mechanism.

For the headlights and parking lights, there were unique buttons around the dashboard gauges.

Also, it came with “double-top”, which means 5-speed forward gearbox. In fact the engine was too underpowered and in 5th gear, the speed actually gradually came down lol. The 5th gear was only useful as overdrive (fuel economy), or for those who transplanted the 1300 cc engine in it. Some people even retrofitted a turbo in it.

Khyber came in nice exterior colours including maroon, olive green, gun metal and white among others. It shared many colours with Margalla which weren’t available in other, low-priced cars such as the Bolan or Mehran.

It was famous that Pak Suzuki assembled Khyber gets rusted so people should get a CBU JDM or “reconditioned JDM” which is less prone to rusting.

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