Comments on: Suzuki Alto Review & Road Test

By: James

James — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:21:21 +0000

I would go buy myself a Barina Spark, This not little peice of rubbish!

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:35:01 +0000

Rob,
I’ve been looking into getting a towbar before I buy the Alto, I don’t want it if I can’t have a towbar but can’t seem to get any answers back from the local dealer. What is Halls? — what state are you in? And did it void the warranty by using a non-Suzuki-specific-towbar?? Thanks in anticipation for your attention Oh and how is it handling at the lower speeds with a towbar? I test-drove an automatic and it lumbered a bit at the lower speeds…..I imagine that won’t improve with a trailer.

By: homebush.au@gmail.com

homebush.au@gmail.com — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:46:57 +0000

Dear all here,
If you need to go office, pick and drop your kid at school and do a bit of shopping for groceries – not a truck load – Go for Alto. with about 15 kmpl as I get for the very first time, it could perform better may be about 17 kmpl later. You save on petrol, you save for yourself. I do not think we need monstrous vehicles for urban transport. But all is personal, but I am saving a lot now. Even I save on waiting times by pushing this small creature at the tail ends of the traffic jam to the little space just in front of the yellow light. – 2 minutes idle time is saved, and hence the petrol. And all parts are small.. tires will be cheaper to replace.. light weight means manpower needed to spend on it at service points will be lesser, saving about 30 bucks an hour.. If you buy a new vehicle, another 3 years service warranty.. By the way, would you mind if it saves you money? I am pretty happy with it for the purpose I bought. The only bad I felt is the wing mirrors.. Not because they are manual but the sizes are small and feel a bit convex. Tell me your opinions as well..

By: homebush.au@gmail.com

homebush.au@gmail.com — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:39:20 +0000

I got my Alto GLX, as a good deal. Paid 15 grands in total with paint protection, seat treatment and reverse camera. It is Auto. And, when comes to fuel, it just delivers 14.5 kmpl in the very first 400 km, and this is on road in highway, urban and extra urban combined. Initially I was [and still] using a Hyundai Elantra which delivers only 7 kmpl. I am happy with a small family to commute, and saving about 100 dollars a week on petrol. This car is meant to commute and not to be used as a Hummer. You are true for the arguments if you need a powerhouse. But, what if you do not need to move more people to office and back? Why want to pay for that dead load always moving with the vehicle?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:10:42 +0000

Good to hear it’s going well, Les. A little jelous of the OZ trip though!

I got a towbar from Halls too some time ago. Happy with it, it tows a light trailer and motorcycle no worries at 110-120km/h.

Little car has clocked over 40,000k.

Tyres don’t last as long as they should, rear ones have been changed already and now the (original) fronts are toast. It seems they cannot change the camber on the rear end. It just wears out the outside edge of the tyre.

Shall see how much the 45k service costs.

By: Les

Les — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:04:55 +0000

At 39,000km Alto going fine, towing a motorbike sized campertailer around Australia, getting along OK – overtaking caravans the trucks – only one problem and that is having difficulty getting tires in Perth. The major tire retailers here don’t have them in stock. Not that there is a lack of a Altos over here – saw two within 10 minutes yesterday. Flicked an email through to Suzuki Australia and got a less than helpful reply back – they referred me back to the local dealer who had earlier referred me to the tire dealer. We are now into our third day waiting for the tires – a little surprised considering tires are a consumable. Suggest you plan and order your tire purchases well ahead

By: light487

light487 — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:55:10 +0000

I got the 2011 Alto ESP GL 1.0L Auto.. basically the GL models are now coming standard with everything last year’s GLX came with, minus the 14″ alloy wheels. I managed to get the Indie kit thrown in as well as some floor mats, plus the Fortune Rose Pearl premium paint.. all for $13,500 drive-away (remember, this is the auto).

Initial drives were just around the city and I have found the D3 gear position to be perfect for these situations. The car, even with 3 adults on board, handles remarkably well without any noticeable difference to when I am in the car by myself.

This weekend I went down the coast a little, an hour drive each way, and into some twisty-turny, hilly areas around Stanwell Tops (NSW). The car did not struggle much at all in these conditions, with 1 adult passenger on board. On the highway at 110km/h, going UP a hill, is where you see the performance drop but even on the longest hill it only got down to around 95km/h, which isn’t bad at all considering. It gets up to 110km/h, on level ground, very quickly indeed.

All in all, I am extremely satisfied with my purchase.

By: Moshe

Moshe — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:35:30 +0000

I’m planing on getting the new 2011 Alto. Anyone has it? Is it good for highways and long drives? Please advice meeee

By: light487

light487 — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:09:58 +0000

This review needs to be updated as basically everything that is giving a thumbs down by the reviewer has been now included as standard in the GL model. Maybe get a new 2011 model to test drive and get the Manual and Auto out for a drive because the Auto will REALLY surprise you.

By: dan

dan — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:53:30 +0000

damn, it’s an ugly Toyota Yaris-looking car…