IMO, Suzuki never went any further with their 4x4's here in the Good Ol USA, is because in America, we only build vehicles to satisfy the lowest common denominator of idiot drivers. Why do you think there's all the " mandated safety equipment?" Traction control, vehicle stability control, ABS, collision avoidance warnings, Drowsy driver alerts, 20 airbags per vehicle, back up warnings, and on and on. Teach people to be better, more responsible drivers? Hell no, we'll just make the cars smarter so the drivers can get dumber! Parallel park? Don't even bother to learn, the car can do it for you!
Take a look at what kind of Suzuki's you can buy in the rest of the world, they get some pretty cool stuff. It's no wonder they gave up the true 4x4 here and now build what everybody in America really wants. Grand Vitera, Kisashi, The Frontier clone. All good vehicles I'm sure, but the simplicity and ruggedness of the Samurai and 1st +2nd gen Trackicks are things of the past. The Majority of folks want all the bells and whistles, and want the vehicle to do the work, not them. No thinking while driving means more time for texting, phone calls, laptops, make up application, etc, etc. Forgive me I rant.