Suzuki Verona

The Suzuki Verona is the name under which Suzuki sold the Daewoo Magnus, a mid-sized sedan, in the United States. The Magnus was developed by Daewoo under the internal designation V200 and marketed worldwide for the 2000 to 2006 model years in a single generation, by GM Daewoo and other General Motors divisions as well as by Suzuki, a stakeholder in GM Daewoo Auto and Technology. Italdesign of Italy styled it. Elsewhere the same car was sold as the Daewoo or Chevrolet Evanda in Europe and as the Chevrolet Epica in markets including Canada, China and Chile. Suzuki announced that it would drop the Verona after the 2006 model year because of low sales, which the article blames partly on a US model that offered only a small 2.5-litre six-cylinder engine and an automatic transmission, unlike rivals with larger engines and manual gearboxes. The Suzuki Kizashi succeeded it in 2010.