It’s quite simply unique. Not a converted van, a car, that is fully accessible for both electric or manual wheelchair users to drive directly from their own chairs, with up to two other seated passengers, offering full liberating independence, as the entire access operation is fully automated and takes just seconds.
No longer produced by Suzuki, it was a world first taking over three years to design, develop and then finally produce and was then further refined to support an even wider range of wheelchair driving abilities.
Suzuki Wagon R Life offers:
•Super easy, fully automated access
•Electronic powered steering
•High level automatic gear selector
•Press button electric handbrake
•Fully automated wheelchair lock down system
•Remote control access operation
•Powered electronic tailgate & ramp
•Fully lowered floor to driving position
•Beautifully finished and engineered
•Additional passenger seat/s
•Rear kneeling suspension option
•Right or left hand push / pull driving controls
•Superbly simple to drive, manouvre & park
•Amazing fuel economy
•Dignified personal accessible transportation
•3 year Suzuki factory warranty
If it's roominess you're needing, better look somewhere else. But if you're comfortable in small spaces and need a car that you can drive from a wheelchair then this one certainly fits the bill.
A power wheelchair barely fits and the front passenger seat looks like the only option since wheelchair access is through the rear of the vehicle.
According to an Associated Press article on Japanese Mini Cars, Suzuki's Wagon R (regular version, not wheelchair adapted) has not only been Japan's best-selling minicar for the past three years, it has been the country's best-selling car, period - even outselling Toyota's universally adored Corolla. And at one time Suzuki sold a variant of the best-selling Wagon R as a Chevy (pictured below) in Japan.
