I can say with all confidence – because I won one, that the SX4 AWD is a great car and definitely is in a league of its own. Suzuki have made the SX4 AWD a very fun and safe car to drive, the AWD and braking system means that this baby sticks to the road like ‘baby-do’ to a nappy in all conditions!!!

By all means, try before you buy, but once you experience the SX4 AWD you won’t be disappointed, it truly is a winner and I love it!

Maybe some of us want AWD without having to take the extra ‘Fries’ and ‘Garnishing’ with it. That’s the problem with product planners in Australia; they don’t give us car-buying-public the opportunity to say what we want (or really need) and what we don’t. Personally I’d like to be able to order a Cheese-burger without the ‘Cheese’. This New ‘Base’ model SX4 AWD is a perfect example of what Suzuki Australia should have done earlier when they introduced this model. They obviously concluded that the ‘One Model’ only AWD car might have priced itself out of the market by loading it up with all the extra bits and pieces costing about $3000 more than what it could have just so we could have AWD, and not giving the public any other choice but to maybe look elsewhere.

Don’t get me wrong, the SX4 AWD is a great car and in a league of its own as this new ‘Base’ model has an advantage over similarly priced 2WD vehicles. In comparison it’s only $2000 more than the same spec. level SX4 2WD Hatch, or better still only $1000 more than a current base model Corolla. I know I’d rather fork out an extra $1000 and get AWD than shell out $3000 and get AWD along with the other load of junk. At least the SX4 AWD is a bit more versatile and interesting than the Corolla and others in this market segment. I know who’d be stuck when either one decides its time to go play in or visit the snow. And yes the SX4 and Corolla do compare in your standard features too; and as for built quality Suzuki is on par, if not exceeding Toyota’s.

In light of all of this the SX4 AWD ‘Base’ model has been available in Australia for quite some time now, just not through Suzuki Australia. Instead Suzuki Auto Co in Queensland which is a totally independent company from Suzuki Australia, (they take care of Suzuki Auto’s in Queensland and the Northern Rivers region of NSW) have had this ‘Base’ model SX4 AWD on sale from the beginning of the SX4 model introduction. I bet they sold more SX4 AWD’s than Suzuki Australia did.

Just goes to show how maybe some Company Product Planners are smarter than others, and a lot more thoughtful of their prospective new car buying customers. Well it seems that Suzuki Australia may have been reading my mind, as just the other day I was seriously considering going up to the Northern Rivers region to negotiate a deal on a ‘Base’ model SX4 AWD. Thanks Suzuki Australia for saving me the trip, and for leaving the ‘Cheese’ out of my Cheese-Burger.