New Suzuki Vitara 2019 Review Interior Exterior.
The Vitara, occasionally Grand Vitara, there is already in 1988. Initially a SUV, the car became more and more SUV. The fourth generation appeared in 2015, now follows the usual facelift. At 4.17 meters in length, the Vitara ranks in the above outlined group of small SUVs approximately in the middle.
The car is offered with two turbo gasoline engines, the 1.0 Boosterjet (111 hp) and 1.4 Boosterjet (140 hp). Optionally available for both four-wheel drive and automatic. The diesel accounted (as with the SX4 S-Cross ) already in August 2018, because of the tightened emission standards. So Suzuki is one of the twelve brands - a round of all brands at all - who do not want to offer more diesel.
Of course, first of all, the design. Striking are the six vertical teeth in the grill, which appear in the higher versions in chrome look, and the arcuate extensions of the previous "walrus teeth". Rear, there are now bulky taillights, which work with LED technology, while the turn signals still contain traditional bulbs. There is also a different shaped "underrun protection". The new front looks a bit more robust than before, I like it.
Not so successful, I think the beyond the body beyond reaching taillights and that the rear apron not far enough down - so the transverse muffler remains visible from behind. In the all-wheel drive, the Hintermann will perhaps wonder about the rotating parts on the underbody (the exiting axles on the longitudinal barrier). There are also two new colors, a dove blue-gray and an orange-yellow.
In the cockpit Suzuki worked on the materials. The dashboard is now backfoamed at the top. Most other surfaces are still made of eddy hard plastic. The hitherto bad gaudy plastic front panel in front of the passenger - in our test car of 2015 she was turquoise - became more eye-friendly. There is now silvery plastic with or without dots (depending on the equipment).
The general impression of quality has been improved a bit, but does not reach the level that is achieved, for example, in a VW Polo or Seat Ibiza. The general design is still pretty nice. For example, I like the three round elements in the middle of the dashboard (two air vents plus analog clock or "blind flange", depending on the equipment). Praiseworthy is also the good lateral support of the seats - they keep you on serpentines well in place. I like to accept the somewhat short leg support surfaces.
The navigation system with touch screen works well, I can zoom with a two-finger spread gesture, to get back to the automatic zoom, but I have to hit a fairly small area, which is not quite on a curvy and sometimes wavy road for the driver easy.
The main change is the engines. The 1.0 Boosterjet is new in the Vitara, the 1.4 Boosterjet has been used in the Vitara S already . Both keep according to press data sheet the emission standard Euro 6d-Temp, even if the official price list says only "Euro 6".
In addition, there are new assistance systems: The anti-collision system with emergency braking system is no longer based on radar, but on two sensors (mono camera and laser sensor). So she now recognizes pedestrians. Also new are the active lane departure warning system including lane departure warning, traffic sign recognition, blind spot warning and a reverse traffic warning for reverse parking. However, all these systems are only available for the all-wheel drive.
The combination of distance cruise control and active lane assisting system worked quite well in a few tests on our test tracks. Even the Vitara drives so now teilautonom.
The first driven 1.4 Boosterjet with four-wheel drive is a decent motor. Sporty feelings will probably not develop, but you also do not feel underpowered, at least not on the highway. Even if I let the revs fall below the 2,000 rpm mark, he bravely treads out of the rpm cellar. The 1.0 Boosterjet (also with four-wheel drive) we should test on the Roßfeldstraße, that is in an alpine environment with many gradients.
Whether that is not something much required, considering that the small three-cylinder has only modest 111 hp? No. I am amazed how well the small engine beats. He turns so cheerfully up that my colleague even considers whether he finds the Motörchen even better than the 1.4 Boosterjet. In the upper rpm range (which one often and often visits), the engine sounds a bit rough, but I belong to the rare species that likes that. Even my colleague, who privately drives a six-cylinder, finds nothing wrong with it.
The positive acceleration impression may have something to do with the fact that the 1.0 Boosterjet is combined with a five-speed gearbox, whose lower stages are translated rather short, while the 1.4 Boosterjet comes with six gears. In any case, I would not hesitate to opt for the smaller engine. The fact that only 180 km / h (1.4 Boosterjet 200 km / h) are possible, would not bother me.
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21 июн 2019
