Richard Porter

One of their... Help me, Johnny.

I can't remember.

Their Instagram name is Panela Vanderson.

It's very good.

It's good.

And they love their X90.

So I just want to say, look, I stand by what I said.

I shouldn't be so judgy, and I'm glad that you like your car.

But...

It led to a listener who I'm not going to name getting in touch with a message that is entitled X90 Trivia.

Now, this listener worked at Suzuki GB.

And one year at the Christmas do, they were talking to one of the directors who'd been there for a very long time.

And they were recounting some of Suzuki's past glories, the RG500 two-strokes, the SJ410 and 413, Barry Sheen, four-litre 300-horsepower V6 outboards.

And then the X90 came up in conversation.

And this long-serving director gave the backstory to how the X90 ended up in the U.K.,

Apparently, at an international conference for Suzuki, the bigwigs from Japan told the various importer representatives from around the world about this new model of sporty SUV-style vehicle that was soon going to be available.

Presumably they didn't actually show them one, though.

because this listener says, as the evening wore on, the whiskey started flowing, and the Suzuki GB representatives decided that this new product would be a great addition to their portfolio in the UK market, where they could sell it to the hunting-slash-riding-club-slash-shooting-countryside set online.

given their success with small 4x4s.

This wasn't inconceivable.