Car Review - 2009 Suzuki Sx4 Sedan Features & Specifications

2009 Suzuki Sx4 Sedan - Success plays hear games on people. Sometimes it pushes you lot to exercise greater things, sometimes it makes you lot complacent in addition to sometimes it makes you lot exercise featherbrained things. Take Michael Phelps for example: the sheer weight of 8 Olympic gilded medals hung closed to his cervix had caused him to smoke pot. In front end of the photographic television receiver camera no less. And much similar Phelps, Suzuki is leaning towards downright silliness. The sheer success of their Swift sub-compact has caused them to motility upwards the automotive ladder. They railroad train their sights on the Mazda3 in addition to the Honda Civic amongst (drum rolls please) the SX4 Sedan. That’s a pretty tall monastic tell considering that the SX4 has a wheelbase of just 2,500 mm—making it fifty-fifty shorter than fifty-fifty Honda City.

Whether you lot encounter it equally a sub-compact or a compact sedan, you lot can’t ignore the rarity of the SX4. And that’s non meant inward a positive way. It’s definitely non sporty because of the tall man child proportions. The roofline looks oddly raised compared to the dinky ends. There are attempts to shroud it including slapping on a sports kits, but to lilliputian effect. Even the 15-inch alloys facial expression deceptively pocket-size adjacent to the metallic element work. However, the exterior check in addition to complete equally good equally pigment piece of work (the pearlescent white doesn’t come upwards at extra cost) are just exceed notch.

Though the exterior exudes quality, the 2nd you lot mensuration inside, the SX4 reverts dorsum to its Plain Jane econobox roots. The cabin looks quite alright amongst the layout precisely equally you’d await from a Japanese sedan, but at that topographic point are just besides manifestly inexpensive in addition to flimsy parts inward here. The dash itself, amongst its nicely grained designing is genuinely stone hard. Then the major controls (power window switches, stalks, ventilation knobs) experience similar they’re going to snap off afterward sometime. But the biggest shame goes to the round off air vents which experience they’re going to curvature or fissure past times just staring at them. Go ahead, essay out it. You may give the Silvia Mind Control method a run for their money.

And that’s the lamentable part since at that topographic point are yet some things to similar amongst the SX4 similar the thick-rimmed steering wheel. Even the instrumentation amongst its vertically resting tachometer is bold in addition to unique. At black they glow sporty red, something you lot just wouldn’t expect. And there’s the modular good system, which despite beingness devoid of an aux-in jack, delivers first-class good through its eight-speaker system. But the most likeable affair is the usage of high-gloss metallic element cut down on the middle console. It’s yet made of plastic, but it looks similar the existent deal.

The whale-like proportions enable the SX4 to gratuitous upwards a lot of interior space. Despite the aforementioned wheelbase in addition to the lack of fancy infinite saving features similar a flat-rear floor, this automobile offers generous occupant space. The tall roofline equates to a feeling of airiness similar that of an MPV. Plus, the seating is generous for all occupants. Even those seated at the dorsum volition similar the supportive seats, ample human knee room in addition to headrests for all. The strange torso job also hides an enormous cavity plenty to swallow a 6-foot human being plus a weekend’s worth of shopping. And that’s fifty-fifty earlier activating the 60/40 split-fold function.

Ergonomically, you lot sit down high inward the SX4. Coupled amongst the large A-pillar in addition to curt dash, it gives a towering experience compared to other cars on the road. The A-pillar windows should conduct maintain theoretically eliminated blind spots, but because of the oddly shaped A-pillar itself (where it drops nigh vertically rather than sloping) it hampers visibility quite a fleck peculiarly close the three-quarters front end of the car.

The un-carlike driving topographic point serves equally a precursor to the SX4’s on-road performance. Though you lot don’t larn anything sporty, you lot exercise larn a rattling comfortable, rattling serene driving experience—something you’d come upwards to await inward traditionally tuned sedans. This automobile isolates route imperfections rattling well. The long locomote in addition to softly sprung recess larn inward glide through whatever it is on the route from dead cats to potholes. Even the tires, amongst the 65 side profile were definitely chosen to a greater extent than for comfort than cornering. The excessive usage of good insulating foam makes the cabin extra quite too, but thicker windows could conduct maintain been used to eliminate the excessive amounts of air current racket at cruising speed (60-80 km/h). The biggest irritant though has got to live the 1.6-liter motor which produces an ear shattering drone-like noise.

Those wanting a fleck of cornering fun should facial expression away correct directly equally the SX4 doesn’t similar to live pushed. Despite having a relatively large motor for its size, the SX4 struggles amongst its heavy curb weight in addition to hence it feels no faster than a 1.5-liter car. The asthmatic good of the engine doesn’t assistance either. In addition, this automobile struggles through tight corners because of body ringlet in addition to nether steer. However, it yet feels rubber in addition to planted, though you lot exercise conduct maintain to piece of work the steering much harder to continue it inward line. Despite the disc/drum brake handicap, the SX4 manages to halt rattling well, but pedal modulation could live better.

It’s slow to dismiss the SX4 equally utter rubbish, but it does conduct maintain its saving graces. It’s a automobile that doesn’t similar corners, in addition to it’s non something you’d tell is built similar a tank. But it does conduct maintain first-class room in addition to a comfortable driving experience. What ruins the SX4’s chances for mainstream success is that Suzuki marketing pundits conduct maintain classified this equally a Mazda3 challenger. And you lot can’t conduct maintain the SX4 seriously at that. Meanwhile, its P 814,000 toll tag doesn’t larn inward a serious threat against the Vios. Even if you lot opt for Toyota’s expensive leather seating option, you’ll yet relieve some cash inward the process. The SX4 is stuck inward a very, rattling pocket-size niche slotting in-between top-of-the-line sub-compacts in addition to entry-level compacts. It tin exercise good inward that segment, assuming no 1 else would come upwards into the fray.