Comments on: 2007 Suzuki SX4 Hatch & Sedan Road Test

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By: Chip

Chip — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:02:19 +0000

We’ve had the SX4 auto sedan since november 07 – this is an awesome car to drive, and is stylish to look at. It has grunt under the bonnet – always first away at the lights and very responsive to sudden acceleration – perfect for city and peak hour traffic. I’ve never been a car fanatic, but my adoration of this car is verging on the scary.

By: Peter W

Peter W — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:45:53 +0000

We purchase an SX4 S Auto sedan 6 weeks ago it now has 5260 kms on the clock. Fuel consumption has averaged out at 7L per 100Kms. Far better than the 9.5L that Suzuki claim.Finish is excellent,performance is quite acceptable,the A window at the front does not pose any problems and it is a very nice car to drive.
We did the rounds of the other vehicles in its class,features and finish at the price the SX4 is way out in front.

By: Jason K

Jason K — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:46:53 +0000

The hatch does have 4 wheel discs…

By: old_shagger

old_shagger — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:15:29 +0000

That front 1/4 window is fookin hideous !

And drum brakes should be banned or 4 wheel discs made compulsory.

my 2 cents

By: Jason K

Jason K — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:18:55 +0000

Having recently considered/driven the new SX4 (I’m looking to upgrade my 2000 Impreza) I must say that I was impressed with the level of features in the S hatch/sedan. The drive was okay, not really ‘inspiring’ as such, but the leval of equipment is like nothing else I have seen so far (for the money). Front, side and curtain bags and keyless entry are awesome to find. Looks wise I’ll probably go the hatch but I’m sure the sedan would have its buyer.

By: Juiced

Juiced — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:41:20 +0000

If you were to compare this car to a new Subaru Impreza hatch, which would be better value for money?

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:57:45 +0000

Although I am a Suzuki fan, I think this car will be severely trumped by the new Lancer, in pretty much every department.

No ESP, relatively poor power and economy is going to hurt it badly.

By: woz

woz — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:23:17 +0000

The 9.5L per 100km figure, I’m assuming this would be city driving not highway (8.8L for the automatic), fairly standard consumption for this type of car, generally the Suzuki quality Japan made engine’s are still tight anywhere between 10000 – 20000kms then they start to free up meaning better economy, I should know I own a 03 Grand Vitara, bought it new..
Suzuki have done a great job the last few years, the fan base is growing so look out for them….

By: alborz

alborz — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:10:07 +0000

Actually I dont believe that figure is true
when I had the car it used hardly any fuel, I told the Suzuki folks their fuel consumption figures were way off.

It actually returned far better fuel economy than the Corolla we have here.

By: Toyota Paul

Toyota Paul — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:42:00 +0000

Indeed… 9.5L per 100km/h is getting into family 6 territory. If I was to guess, maybe it has a low tech engine (no VVT?) and they had to squeeze that power out of it? Pure speculation. I find the rear drums on the sedan disappointing

By: JW

JW — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:30:55 +0000

The fuel consumption is hideous for a car in the small car segment with that level of power and torque. What caused it?

By: alborz

alborz — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:07:17 +0000

Excellent Idea Stevo,
ill put it down in the to-do list.

By: Stevo

Stevo — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:20:24 +0000

I would like to see Car Advice introduce a more comprehensive rating system for tested cars. It seems almost all cars get four stars ..err steering wheels.

Can we get something like
Value for money /10
Standard options /10
Performance /10
Fuel economy /10
Service costs /10
Street cred or X-Factor /10

Then an overall rating that we can compare across cars of the same class.

In the future can you show a grid of cars where we can sort / filter by the above ratings.

Love the site, I give it 5 steering wheels!