Suzuki Vitara (ENG) - Test Drive and Review
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Suzuki Vitara debuted back in 1988 as a small SUV. This was before anyone knew what a crossover is. Since 2005 Vitara got bigger, it had the word Grand before its name, and remained mostly unchanged for ten years. Meanwhile Suzuki launched the SX4 and slightly bigger S-Cross. And then Suzuki decided to shrink the Vitara.
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the background music is rather comical. Anw, your review is honest and helpful. Thanks
Best Suzuki Vitara video on CZcams. 👌🏿🔝👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
great t-shirt Marek :D Thanks for another good test
Great reviews, Marek! The right level of detail. After seeing this review I told the dealer a few things about the Vitara he was selling me (things he didn't know!) Got the 1.6 diesel, which has a pretty nice six speed gearbox.
Diesel all the way I have the 2017 model allgrip urban its unreal not the best off road car but I have also owned the grand vitara 09 and the 04 and a jimny aswell so am going to say that but beautiful cars the new vitara
Was watching your new suzuki video and realized didn't watch your idea on vitara.coming to this and Oh gosh, marek. Your music 5 years ago🤪
Great review as always, Marek!
i definitely want this car.i love its colour.
Thanks marek for a good review . I’ll be buying this for xmas.
This is best selling car in Croatia, private buyers..
Hey! Great job for the english version! Thanks!
Thanks Mark for your through reviews!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Nice review as always but same cannot be said about the background music...
the music just ruins my nervs, but thumb up for the review and your good english. easy to understand. also fair comments about the car. very nice car. automatic version would be even more interesting for me. automatic has 6 gears :)
PPPP he said that automatic has 6 gears
good review. simple and understandable. generaly I like all of your reviews on englesh (polish I do not understand unfortunately)
Thanks. I sometimes watch Anastasia Tregubova's reviews. I generally know understand what she's talking about, but I wouldn't be able to repeat a word of it. I think it's a similar case with Poles and Czechs. They understand us, but we have a problem understanding them.
Thank you for answer, but I am Serbian and I do not understand Czechs as well.
never mind, I work in company now owned by Poland company and I assume that I will talk Polish or die :-). however, I will continue to watch your reviews. Bye.
Aleksandar Aleksić Sorry about that. CZcams notification from you came in Cyrillic alphabet, so I subconsciously assumed you're from Russia ;)
Perfektní tričko, krteček je best:)
Good video on the intro. Should have also touch on the "Double Sliding Panaromic Sunroof" by opening it. Thumb up.
my ears bled to that music
That shirt! :D
Great review!
hahaha. i like the music!
Nice work Marek, appreciate it.
I'd like to learn more details usually not presented in product literature though.
Such as that the 1.6 aspirated petrol engine for this car is NOT a Suzuki one, but a FIAT one. And even the FIAT guys are referring to this engine as being "THE engine with problems". This is one of the reasons why the 6th gear is missing - I could be wrong but I never heard about a six speed gearbox on a FIAT 1.6 aspirated petrol... The S grade model will have a six speed gearbox but with an 1.4 turbo petrol engine with better power and better torque. The questions are: would it be also a FIAT engine (which a VERY nice one, a little bit thirsty though) and in that case how long it's life will be with such a high torque on it...
Another example about what should I appreciate to find inside a review: at motorway speed the new Vitara has a light and somehow vague steering which makes a lot of people feel a little bit insecure. Suzuki says that this issue is solved on the S grade version. I wonder if they really did it. Did you had the chance to try a S Grade Vitara yet?
Thanks a lot
Horatio
+Horatio Beceriu The 1.6 petrol is a Suzuki motor. The 1.6 diesel is sourced from Fiat (Multijet). We don't have it here in Poland. The S model will come in early 2016. It's a 1.4 turbo, 140 hp, 220 Nm, so it could be a Fiat Multiair engine.
Thank you Marek. When S grade available in Ro I'll let you know...They said this november for drive test, didn't check yet
The knob. What a deal breaker.
Hello Marek. Love your videos as they both entertaining and informative. I have a question: What do you think about the new 1.0 boosterjet engine from Suzuki. In Bosnian market there is now a super affordable suzuki vitara offered with it. From what I was able to find out about that engine it should have better (lower) fuel consumption (compared to previously offered benzine engines in vitara) and higher torque (170 Nm I think) at very low revs so it's pretty similar in characteristics to a diesel engine. What do you think regarding longevity of such 3 cylinder motor and potential problems with it? Best regards and keep up the good work
As far as the engine is concerned, I think I've driven a Swift with this engine, and it was OK. czcams.com/video/GfdmJu-y2BM/video.html
As far as reliability is concerned, it's a fairly new engine, so I didn't hear any negative reports. However putting a small engine in a relatively big car means it's not going to be economical.
@@MarekDrives hi Marek.The weight of the vitara 1.0 boosterjet is not so much.About 1080 Kg.So it may be economical
great review. cool
N finally we get a Vitara in india now in 2016 ! God !! Nice review by the way , why suzuki is potraying about vitara bREZZA in India to be new born vehicle , i see them in europe already iys just a choped version with a smaller engine fr india ... Subscribed :))
great review goo job
I miss Suzuki. They left Canada last year.
+yamahaevo probably whatever from VW with a small TSI engine.
what a weird soundtrack...
Great review Marek. Been enjoying your channel thoroughly.
Are you intending to review the Vitara S? Just been released and comes with a 1.4, turbocharged "Boosterjet" engine, with manual and auto options available.
+TMS As you said, it has just been released. I'm in the middle of winter break from filming. The weather is unpredictable, the days are short, so I'm currently editing some stuff I shot in 2015. I am lining up cars for the spring, I have the Vitara BJ on my 'to-do' list.
Cool. Keep up the great work. The production values on your videos are high and the detail is great.
FWIW, I liked the retro music!
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Good looking thing New Vitara
great review! can you make also a review about the vitara 1.4t booster jet model?
Yes, but not any time soon.
Marek Drives what about now? We have a facelift that is interesting.
excellent ! thanks
good video, very good review
What is your favorite in th b segment ? 2 or 4 wheel drive ? What are your thoughts ?
I like the music hehe.
good one , thanks
nice japanese music:)
great review! so basically, there is no point in buying it if looking for off-roader - did they change permanent 4x4 with electronic system? Would you suggest me to buy older model and if yes which year (between 2006 - 2014)?
+Jerry Jernej Kelih It's got the same AllGrip AWD system from the SX4 S-Cross. The older Vitara was not exactly a pleasant car to drive on the road. I don't know what you want to do with it, where you want to drive it. The new one should be fine to drive to the beach.
+Marek Drives i live in Norway now and for summer any car would do, but in the winter things become more complicated :) even just a daily comute includes gravel roads, and if i add that i want to reach mountains when its snowing like crazy ill need good grip. was looking into Forester but Vitara seems better deal (and looks nicer ;)
***** It didn't get stuck, which is always a good sign, and as I said in the review, I felt where its limits were. The Vitara has a permanent AWD lock, so with proper tires it might cope better, than with what I had here. But there is no diff lock, low range and such. I guess you'd have to ask your local dealer for a rougher test drive.
Marek could you rank some of the most quiet cars in normal priceing? max 40.000 dollars or so.. Talking about cabin noice. Thanks.
Keep up the good car reviews marek but please stop the music good man johnnyh
is the music on this video a remake after a classic 80's videogame soundtrack?
Loop44 Sort of. I was aiming for Japanese sounds without making it too classical.
Marek Drives it's horrible
Loop44 Tough cookie, mate :)
I saw drone shadow.lol.
This looks like a huge improvement over the Grand Vitara. It's too bad Suzuki left the U.S.
Kamaka Chang It's a different segment. The GV was bigger, more capable off road. But an interesting car nonetheless.
nice
Stariji model 2014 je okretniji i mnogo kvalitetniji auto imao sam ovu noviju i prodao je jer mnoge stvari na njoj su me razocarale iako sam imao sa paketom najvise opreme,dizel je mali potrosac i nijednu vrlinu vise nema imam sve modele od 91god.i znam sta pricam ko mi ne veruje neka je kupi pa ce se uveriti,i jos jedan savet modele 2.4 do 2010 god.nemojte kupovati jer sve imaju problem sa blokom i glavom motora i kada puknu kompletan blok zamena,mislim da su zdanji modeli do 2014 najbolji jer je otklonjeno mnogo gresaka,pozzz dobra recenzija ali za moj ukus nije dobar auto!!!
Camera out of focus in some places in video...
Renato Majetic Yeah, I know. I tried to cover it up wherever I could. It's hard to focus the camera manually, when you're filming alone ;)
marek why do the car need such a big antenna which doesn't go with the car... a shark type antenna is not recommend or is it too costly... the car look great in n out but tht antenna yakkkk
+Sai Chandra I suppose it's cheaper. They can put the same antenna on all cars, and ordering/designing a new one costs money. Probably shark fin antenna will come one day to all cars, or maybe the antenna will be completely integrated in the car window, like some carmakers already to.
+Marek Drives.. thnx for the reply... yaaa may be but integrated r shark fin antenna gives more awesome looks to Car...
You did not mention anything about fuel consumption, which is an important thing.
PL. Nie wspomina Pan nic o spalaniu, co jest dosc wazne.
Ależ oczywiście, że powiedziałem.
Jacek Sikorski 1.6 petrol on highway with a constant speed of about 120 km/h is consuming 6.0l/100km. In city is about the same 6.5-7l/100km I had a/c all time on because temperature was around 40*C.
I would like to try diesel with automatic gearbox (dusl clutch).
Anyway this car is excellent value for money.
Really envy the car price in Poland. In Singapore, this car cost S$113,000 (>70,000 Euro)
Are you sure that's right? Here in Hungary, prices start from 17000 SGD with a dealer discount. Admittedly, the car is made here and Suzuki Hungary is basically like Proton in Malaysia or Maruti in India, considered the main "Hungarian" local car manufacturer. I'm actually considering buying a mid-specced version with red-black dual paint. Ironically I will be buying it from the money I made working in Singapore a few years back. Love your country by the way, but, boy, is the cost of living super high.
Unfortunately he's right. Now Vitara prices start at 105k SDG, which is 71k euro. Crazy!
Marek Drives Here in Finland the basic model starts at 24K €.
Rear seats DO NOT fold flat why say that they do.
+delorean117 And how to they fold? With a double floor you get a flat loading space.
+Marek Drives Yes about as flat as the Port Hills in Christchurch.
When seats are folded you have at least a 15 to 20 degree rise, unsuitable if you do need a flat bed
for your load. Some cars do provide a flat floor space, others do not. The Vitara you have reviewed, does not.
delorean117 C'mon, that's as flat as it gets ;)
+Marek Drives
I guess so Marek, very frustrating trying to buy a new crossover or SUV that does have rear seats that fold flat.
Only one I have found that is almost perfect in that respect is Subaru Outback and New Mondeo Wagon, though obviously the Mondeo is a long way short of a crossover or SUV, which is a pity as it goes rather well.
Where I live one needs a vehicle with plenty of ground clearance, as the roads are rubbish. Due to the load I need to carry, I need a flat floor cargo bay, at least 1.75 m in length, but don't want a van or light truck. Thanks for your Vitara review, pity they have made it smaller and given little thought to the angle of rake of the rear seat backs when folded.
delorean117 I suppose Touareg is not within your budget?
Weird music man
Stephen Hawkings cousin?
Suzuki are stuck in the 90's .. shame.