Test drive Suzuki Vitara
How do you like the front-wheel drive Vitara, a rival to the Nissan Juke and Opel Mokka? Everything is mixed up in the Suzuki house. Now the SX4 is big and the Vitara is small... How do you like the front wheel drive Vitara? Or is the Vitara a competitor to the Nissan Juke and Opel Mokka? Everything is mixed up in the Suzuki house. Now the SX4 is big and the Vitara is small. Moreover, both cars are also built on the same platform. The small company Suzuki lives at its own pace and produces rather unusual products: what is only a tiny Jimny frame SUV worth. You can also recall the "classic" SX4 - in fact, the first B-class crossover, released long before the rampant fashion for such cars. Or take, for example, another model - Grand Vitara, ...
Test drive Suzuki Grand Vitara
Suzuki Grand Vitara leaves without leaving an heir. The company says that the production of the model has not yet been stopped and there will be enough cars until the end of the year. However, the fate of the car is sealed. But the Grand Vitara is a truly unique car. Exactly so, although talk about the legendary and off-road abilities of this model causes a smile. Our Grand Vitara has firmly won the reputation of a family car and you often see women driving a crossover. The current Grand Vitara was designed at a time when Qashqai and Tiguan did not yet exist, and everyone remembered well what an SUV was. Therefore, a crossover with independent suspension is built on a frame, albeit integrated into the body, and is equipped with permanent all-wheel drive with a low gear. Ribbed insert…
Test drive Nissan Qashqai against Suzuki SX4 and Subaru XV
The Nissan Qashqai wasn't the first high-clearance C-Class hatchback, and its clean, stingy lines didn't make for a dizzying success. Nevertheless, in ten years more than three million cars were sold worldwide. Competitors - Suzuki SX4 and Subaru XV - are not so famous, but this does not mean at all that they have nothing to oppose to the bestseller. With the change of generations, the Qashqai has become more massive and now looks more like a crossover than a passenger hatchback. With the launch of production in St. Petersburg, he began a third life - already as one of the most popular cars in the segment. The localized crossover received a suspension adapted to our conditions, with new shock absorbers and an extended track. All-wheel drive…
Test drive Suzuki Vitara S: brave heart
First impressions of the new top model in the Suzuki Vitara range The new top model of the Suzuki Vitara family is already on sale and auto motor und sport had the opportunity to get to know it right after its arrival in Bulgaria. Along with the special equipment, including some distinctive (and rather impressive) stylistic effects, the car boasts one of the most important technological innovations the brand has introduced in recent years, namely the first of a new series of named gasoline engines. Boosterjet. These state-of-the-art powerplants include three- or four-cylinder turbocharged engines, in particular the Suzuki Vitara S is equipped with a 1,4-liter turbocharged engine with direct fuel injection and an output of 140 hp. located above its atmospheric counterpart with a working volume of 1,6 liters ...
Test drive Suzuki Vitara: back in shape
We briefly present our impressions of the updated Suzuki Vitara Partial restyling of the Vitara became a fact around the middle of the model life of the car. From the outside, the compact SUV has been given a modernized and fresh look, but the real progress is evident when you get in the car. Objectively speaking, the stylistic and ergonomic concept has remained unchanged, but the quality and type of materials used is a huge leap over the previously known version. Rough plastic with a characteristic smell is a thing of the past. Other major innovations were not particularly required here - functionality and ergonomics deserve serious attention, and equipment is at a very good level for its class. Powerful gasoline turbo engine The engine of the test car was a 1,4-liter gasoline engine with direct fuel injection into the cylinders, the power ...
Test Drive All SUVs – Buying Guide
AUDI Q5 2.0 TDI 170 HP quattro Prices from: 39.601 euros Recommended version: 41.831 euros This is the smallest SUV in the Audi range, but in terms of external dimensions it is rather bulky. The design is reminiscent of the House's sedans both internally and externally. There is no shortage of space and comfort on board, and the trunk is very large. However, the behavior on the road is amazing: good grip and driving pleasure thanks to a precise and well-tuned suspension, as well as excellent engines. In addition, thanks to all-wheel drive and good ground clearance, it feels good even on light dirt roads. However, asphalt remains the ideal habitat. AUDI Q7 3.0 TDI 239 CV V6 quattro Tiptronic 7 posti Prices from:…
Test drive the new Suzuki Jimny: first photos – Preview
Suzuki has revealed the first photos of the new Jimny: the second generation of the Japanese 4×4 (fourth if you consider the LJ and SJ/Samurai) builds on the legacy of a model that has had a twenty-year career. Suzuki has shown the first pictures of the new Jimny: all the technical details of the second generation of the small off-road Japanese (fourth if we also look at the first two series, known as LJ e SJ / Samurai) will be announced later. Baby” 4 × 4 a three-door Japanese (don’t call it an SUV, you might be offended) has an even more boxy style than the previous series (which had a twenty-year career), and even more “trendy” since it will also be available with a body bicolor. In the interior, the steering wheel and infotainment system are borrowed from other House Suzuki models.…
Test drive Suzuki Baleno: light cavalry
Test of a new model from a small class of a Japanese company It's nice when theory and practice partially coincide. It is even more pleasant when reality exceeds theoretical expectations - as it happens with the new Suzuki Baleno for example. With a classic small-class body length of around four meters, the new Suzuki model logically falls into the category of cars that are extremely convenient for two-person use in urban conditions, but are not yet particularly well suited for comfortable and complete transportation. two adult passengers in the back seat - especially for long distances. At least theoretically, this should be the case. But the first surprise is already here: even if a person over 1,80 meters tall is driving, there will still be a place for another adult with a similar…
Test drive Suzuki Vitara, Jimny and SX4
It was at the moment when everything disappeared on the navigator screen except for the icon with the car, compass and speed, the SX4 froze - there was an off-road section that was terrible for an urban crossover. The farther from the city, the less we demand from the car. A thousand kilometers from the metropolis, completely different values come to the fore - at least there is no need to impress the neighbors downstream. In Karachay-Cherkessia, where the test drive of the Suzuki lineup took place, a paradigm shift occurs with the first breath of mountain air. Drive not faster, but further, not to show yourself, but to see the beauty around. Finally, do not isolate yourself from the world, but feel it in its entirety. Day 1. Power line pylons, Elbrus and Suzuki SX4 dynamics On…
Test drive keyless entry: almost all cars are easy to steal
ADAC car club test with unexpectedly alarming results The German car club ADAC and its Austrian partner ÖAMTC inspected 270 cars with keyless entry systems and found that almost all of the models tested could be easily opened and stolen. “Recently, 273 Keyless-Go vehicles were tested and only four failed to open. Most manufacturers are clearly unwilling or unable to fix this security breach,” criticizes ÖAMTC specialist Stefan Kerbel. “Currently, Keyless-Go vehicles are much easier to steal than other vehicles. A total of four jaguar models, resp. In our tests, the Land Rover failed to unlock. So everything could be different - here other manufacturers need to quickly catch up ...
Test drive Mini Cooper, Seat Ibiza and Suzuki Swift: small athletes
Three cheerful kids who give the feeling of summer. Who is better? Are you - like us - no longer tired of rain, screeching ice, heated seats and Siberian cold fronts? If so, feel free to read on - it's all about summer, sun and three ultra-compact cars for fun on the road. As you know, summer is not only a matter of temperature and a certain period of the calendar, but also of internal settings. Summer is when you can enjoy the little things in life. For example, on three cars in which driving pleasure is measured not by power or price, but by the pleasure itself. Let's start in alphabetical order with the Mini, where the joy of the small car is just as firmly rooted...
Test drive Kia Rio, Nissan Micra, Skoda Fabia, Suzuki Swift: Children
Will the new Korean model be able to compete for a worthy place in the subcompact class Affordable prices, good equipment and a long warranty period are well-known advantages of Kia. However, more is expected from the new Rio: it should be equal to the best in its class. In the first comparative test, the model competes with Micra, Fabia and Swift. First there was Pride, then Rio - the history of Kia's small lineups is not much longer than the history of the euro. The most outstanding quality of the first Rio in 2000 was that it was the cheapest new car on the US market. And now, after three generations, the model is ready to compete with competitors from Europe and Japan. Let's see if this works. In this comparison test, the little Kia will be...