Comments on: Suzuki Alto Paris Motor Show debut

By: rocket_v6

rocket_v6 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:52:12 +0000

is this the a-star concept???

By: Evora

Evora — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:24:19 +0000

LOL an Alfa MiTo Competitor eh…?

Right…

By: AC COBRA

AC COBRA — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:24:10 +0000

I’ll take Alto thanks, the Jazz is not jazzy enough for me, the little honda is what you call mediocre.

By: sam

sam — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:53:43 +0000

Ugly little bugga isnt it. At my place this type of car is seen as a competitor to the foot falcon, or a postie scooter. I think there is such a thing as too small for a car and the Alto is a perfect example. The upcoming Jazz is the car to get in line for I reckon.

By: Frugal One

Frugal One — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:55:38 +0000

-V- a A/R MiTo?

Your on drugs, that suzuki is nowhere against a A/Romeo?

Weird even to say that?

Cheers

F-0

By: Phill

Phill — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:51:23 +0000

I heard the headlights give 15kg of downforce each to help it handle at speed.ha ha

By: No Name

No Name — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:46:29 +0000

Cool little number.
Captain – this i reckon does compete with the yaris and the aygo/citroen C1/pug107.

Eat you heart out Dingo – powered by GM fuel cell.

By: Joober

Joober — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:24:24 +0000

nice little car, looking forward to seeing some interior shots of it and the “exceptional fuel efficiency” mark.

By: potsie weber

potsie weber — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:21:13 +0000

good to see the makers getting creative in this class.

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:17:36 +0000

This is a neat little jigger.

Suzuki creates fine handling small cars by using one of the oldest tricks in the book – they put first class tyres on the cars.

The Swift is shipped with Potenzas with a hardness of 140 !!! My daughter, who doesn’t hoon in the least, remarked that her Swift handles wet roundabouts far more competently than her outgoing Mazda bubble (now the tyres on the Bubble weren’t rubbish either, but they weren’t a 140 hardness tyre…… )

Even the “reasonably priced car” Liana handled the Top Gear circuit pretty darn well for a bread and butter car.

By: Myke

Myke — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:15:14 +0000

I thought the Splash sat below the Swift, or does this sit below both of them?

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:01:40 +0000

Headlights stolen from the Kia Picanto.

By: Captain Mainwaring

Captain Mainwaring — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:42:59 +0000

Neat looking little car, but Si1982 has got it all wrong with the list of potential rivals. Alto is smaller than Swift, which is smaller again than Jazz, Colt and Yaris, and about the same size as Micra. Maybe i10 will be a rival. But whatever, the new Alto looks seriously good.

By: Jez

Jez — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:39:21 +0000

Isn’t this a bit smaller than all those cars?
The Swift is in the same segment as those, or is this gonna replace the Swift eventually?

By: Technofreak

Technofreak — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:23:57 +0000

My god that one ugly SOB!!

By: si1982

si1982 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:18:43 +0000

forgot to mention, that the Alfa Mito, will be in a completely different class, its estimated starting price is 31K, which is probably twice the amount of what this one would be.

I would think that the competition to the Alto will be the new Jazz, Hyundai i10/i20(gets replacement), Mitsubishi Colt, Nissan Micra, Toyota Yaris etc.

By: si1982

si1982 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:15:25 +0000

I like it…. much much better than the current Alto.

It looks cute, without being too feminnine!