Ragbrai tradition holds that riders start by dipping the back wheelinthe Mizzou (or theBig Sioux farther north) and the front wheelinthe Mississippi at the end of the ride.
The engineers have done a beautiful job with wind and tire noise, opting for big acoustic blankets inthewheel wells, which quelled the roar coming from our test car's 19-inch summer tires.
Suzuki, meanwhile, wanted the key message of its minute-long commercial airing in 21 markets during thebig game to be the all-wheel drive on the 2012 Kizashi sedan.