I have a kenwood ddx system fitted to mine!

Car is amazing on the road and the engine is good for the job too *we are in the UK*

Well worth buying!

Since that trip I’ve been doing mainly short suburban runs & I have a heavy foot. I also keep the car in the auto 4wd mode for the extra safety. I’ve tried every variety of fuel available, unleaded, ethanol, high octane, all with the same results.

The doors not opening is a bit of a pain but I’m adjusting to that. But the worst feature of this car hasn’t yet been mentioned here & that is the A-pillars beside the windscreen. Once coming round a tight corner I was about half a car’s length from a ute before I saw him. This style of front pillar has the potential for causing serious road accidents. The Toyota Tarago has the same vision problem.

Suzuki’s claims for horsepower & torque may be like their fuel consumption figures, a bit imaginative. This car does have a lot of potential & I’d like to get one of the WRC cars when they come out but I’m retiring age & still paying off a house. I hope they thrash the WRX’s. I’ve had a few Subbies (still own one) & I think their dealers & workshops suck.

For the price you’re paying, can you suggest a better equiped car? At the time I was pretty much settled on getting a new Civic, but when I had a look at the SX4 I changed my mind pretty quickly. Sure you can want for a bigger engine, more power

Easy to drive, gets going when you need it to, and has a pretty decent level of kit. Lets just say that it has as standard everything I’ll need in a car, and I don’t have to worry about adding extra gadgets.

Fuel wise, I’m averaging 8.2l/100km which, like Rowan said, is better than the figures quoted by Suzuki and I have to admit I’m no angel when it comes to driving conservatively.

If you prefer the Vitara, go with it, but to get few of the features of the SX4 in a Vitara, be prepared to part with a few more $$$’s.

At the end of the day, the SX4 is a fully capable, very well equiped and very reliable vehicle which has the added bonus of being fun and easy to drive and looks pretty good to boot.

1) You can change the stereo, a $20 plate from the US/Japan or a lot more from suzuki australia lets you put two single din stereos in, or 1 and a pocket, or like I have, a Kenwood double din GPS.

2) Automatic subarus do NOT provide constant 4WD traction all around, they are a 90f/10r split until slippage occurs. The SX4 provides lockable 50/50 split, which does exessively well all things considered. My last car was a 3.5lt v6 Pajero, with low range, and I can go most places I did in that with the SX4. It’s much more capable than i expected. With some real offroad tyres it could do more, obvioulsy the lack of low range and a separate chassis mean it’s limited because if you stuff up and drop the car hard on a giant rock or whatever, the frame wouldn’t handle it. It’s not a 2000 kilo + truck, that’s for sure. But this means better handling than a big 4WD, and way better fuel ecconomy. With over 12000k’s on mine now i get 8.1 litres to 100, with the air con on, i’m very happy with it.

but if you don’t need the AWD, get a new corolla or something, they’re good cars.

As for the keyfob door issue, you just double click the button on the door or remote, all doors unlock. I always do that now if i have someone with me, or if i’m loading stuff in. I only single click if i’m just getting in the drivers door.

There is a good reason for this, security. It means that if you unlock the hatch, and you’re loading stuff in, no one else can come up and open the drivers door. it’s a good safety measure. If i stand near the drivers door, the passenger door button doesn’t work. The only button that works is mine (these are the unlock buttons) It’s well thought out.

The auto is slow.
:)
I have the manual.

I used the iAWD in the wet in Brisbane the other day and it handled quite well. Maybe not a real 4WD but hey how many of those gas gusslers that are “real 4WD” actually get put through their paces besides terrorising others on the road? I might be biased but I love my car!

The Vitara is so much more car for not much more $$$$’s, and it’s much better looking too.

anyone that says its a good looking car is wrong, in real life its quite boxy and cheap looking, and the 4wd system
is far from being subaruistic. I think that they Suzuki Swift with proper constant AWD, with a turboed engine would be a killer, it would slaugher the Polo GTi and the Mini, but if Suzuki thaught in such experimental terms, we probably would be paying a lot more for their cars, and hence I would not be able to afford my 07 Swift. I think that they wanna be known as a company that provides affordable cars that are simple to maintain and can outlast most of the europeans, and they are the leaders in this field..

I think it’s called the ‘Dualis’?

Matt

Cheers

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