Suzuki SX4 Review

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• Sid Vicious :
  January 10th, 2007 at 10:33 am
  
  

  Wow. Seems like a lot of vehicle for the money.

  I searched for a Swift GT years back for a beater - couldn’t find one anywhere. 100HP in a car weighing under a ton had to be fun.

  Is the cornering really THAT good? This thing might actually justify a trip to the dealer for a test drive.

  And BTW - on many cars - the seats are the second most expensive “system” after the motor. (Meaning more than the transmission.) Probably not in this car, but in higher end vehicles when you start adding 8 motors plus heaters to each seat, it adds up. Reportedly the heated/cooled seats in the 2003 Navigator were over $1,000/piece.

• ejacobs :
  January 10th, 2007 at 10:38 am
  
  

  I always route for Suzuki. The Swift GT was quite a little sleeper with some personality. This is a nice, clean design that is slightly muscular in a natural way. With AWD, there really isn’t much that can compare at this price. Suzukis tend not to obtain good gas mileage from recent reviews I have read (Reno, SX4, Grand Vitara) and tend to have less-than refined engines. Anyone know of reliability on Suzukis these days? I wish Honda would have made this!

  Noley,
  The 9000 has always been my favorite Saab. Sweet look and practical.

• fellswoop :
  January 10th, 2007 at 10:48 am
  
  

  What is the MPG (e.p.a est. or better, real world) on this puppy?

• ash78 :
  January 10th, 2007 at 10:51 am
  
  

  EPA: 24/30 for the AWD version with auto. The manual is a couple notches worse…

• Scottie :
  January 10th, 2007 at 10:58 am
  
  

  The Reno has Sub par fuel Economy, because its a Daewoo. The Aerio is a Suzuki, if i remember was rated low to mid 30’s. which isn’t that bad because the car is pretty big in comparison to a yaris (and its quite dated)

  Suzuki Reliability like in the past, isn’t particularly bad nor excellent, nothing to fear. You treat it well, it will treat you well.

• sykerocker :
  January 10th, 2007 at 11:02 am
  
  

  As a past owner of a Geo Metro (aka The Mousecar), this review brings back a lot of memories: A cheap interior that can be desirable, nice performance out of low horsepower, fun handling in traffic.

  This car was definitely on my short list for a next new ride, and the review just kicked it up a couple of notches.

• Brian E :
  January 10th, 2007 at 11:02 am
  
  

  Nice review and podcast. The word that Jonny used to describe the interior in the podcast - “honest” - really rings true here. Mies van der Rohe would approve.

• Michael Karesh :
  January 10th, 2007 at 11:06 am
  
  

  I’ve been wanting to drive one of these, but the two dealers nearest me closed down. One is still shown as a dealer on the Suzuki site, but when I go by there they have no Suzukis.

  As I told a Suzuki rep at the auto show, these dealers picked an odd time to stop selling Suzukis, as the new SX4 and XL7 strike me as good vehicles.

  Can’t say I see the resemblance to an MX-5 or TT, but my current eyeglass prescription is three or four years old, may be time for new lenses.

  The SX4 sport even has standard stability control. Together with the AWD this should make it an excellent choice for winter driving.

  I’m not collecting reliability data on this one yet, but will if I can round up a couple dozen owners.

  My site’s page for the SX4:

  http://www.truedelta.com/models/SX4.php

• Alex Rashev :
  January 10th, 2007 at 11:18 am
  
  

  WOW.

  2800lbs with AWD and that much space? VW Rabbit just got owned. I don’t know what’s so crossover about it, though, looks like a spacious hatchback to me.

  I wonder where all these compact fastback wagons went. AWD Sentra was awesome. Are people that scared of the word “Wagon”?…

• ash78 :
  January 10th, 2007 at 11:30 am
  
  

  We need to find a way to ditch “Station Wagon” terminology. It’s a century-old term, means basically nothing today, but evokes the Griswold’s road trip to many people.

  I’m cool with Variant, Avant, Combi, 5-door, Touring, or Estate. Or make something up.

  F*** “crossover.” That whole segment name sounds like a 12-step program for SUVaholics.

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