(Photo by Kurt Niebuhr)
Acceleration
0-30: 4.1
0-45: 7.1
0-60: 11.7
0-60 (with 1 foot of rollout like on a dragstrip): 11.4
0-75: 17.5
1/4 mile (ET / MPH): 18.3 @ 76.3
Comments: Yikes it's been quite a while since I've driven something this slow. It didn't matter what I did (esp on/off, brake torque or not) it produced 12-sec 0-60 times. Gear spacing seems quite wide for such a torque challenged vehicle.
Braking
60-0: 125 feet
30-0: 30 feet
Comments: Noticeable dive and ABS action, but good fade resistance.
Skid Pad
.78g
Comments: Steering feels a little "springy", but offers some road feel as well. Understeers on the limit even in "Auto AWD" mode. Some marginal ability to rotate/steer with throttle.
Slalom
62.3 mph
Comments: Pretty lenient / sophisticated ESP system when on. Subtle and early corrections. Shutting it off, the rear will step-out considerably left in FWD, switching to Auto AWD settled it down a bit, but then you really need to know how to throttle while sliding. The mere fact that this is possible is pretty remarkable and says something about its tuning.
Tires: Bridgestone Turanza EL400 205/60R16 91H
Weight: 2,982
Mike Magrath, Vehicle Testing Assistant @ 1,356 miles
good_2_go says:
11:10 AM, 01/21/09
1/4 mile (ET / MPH): 18.3 @ 18.3
Huh?
boxermike says:
11:24 AM, 01/21/09
1/4 mile (ET / MPH): 18.3 @ 18.3
Huh?
Fixed, good eye.
-mike
cx7lover says:
11:52 AM, 01/21/09
Why they saddled this with an anemic 4cyl for AWD is beyond me. They should slap the 4cyl from the GV in this thing. It would be much happier.
dderosa says:
12:44 PM, 01/21/09
Nom nom nom.
cx7lover says:
12:57 PM, 01/21/09
it dus need MOAR hp's. Getting beat by a Prius is nothing to smile about
dragonflight says:
01:06 PM, 01/21/09
love the picture with this one.
also refreshing to see that there's another "slow" car in the garage- should be quite the shock from GT-R, M3, 135i, Evo X (x2), Sti, and R8!
subytrojan says:
01:13 PM, 01/21/09
Sweet p-chop, d00d!
I can has ur skillz?
dougtheeng says:
01:13 PM, 01/21/09
I'm sure that in reality, its fine. We don't all need to burn M3s off the line :P
desmolicious says:
01:43 PM, 01/21/09
Myabe if itz gotz sum cheezburgrz then it getz horzpwrz.
jm1212 says:
01:49 PM, 01/21/09
i hate the i haz
billt9 says:
04:40 PM, 01/21/09
Wow this car is fast look it's all blurry in the photo thx
MS3lvr92 says:
05:11 PM, 01/21/09
Pretty pathetic. Is this the slowest car on the market behind the Smart? I still like it though, and would consider one over the Fit, and most defidently over the Yaris.
firstwagon says:
05:57 PM, 01/21/09
It doesn't need more power, it needs the manual gear box.
I've seen 8.9 seconds 0 to 60 with a stick shift.
jahfakin says:
08:27 PM, 01/21/09
firstwagon is correct.
Motorweek tests: 0-60 mph: 9.1 seconds
http://www.mpt.org/motorweek/reviews/rt2716a.shtml
http://www.mpt.org/motorweek/reviews/rt2612a.shtml
I think they screwed up the gearing on the auto tranny....but hey, that's the price you pay for convenience.
lazyhater says:
08:03 AM, 01/22/09
So this car's 0-60 time matched the 1/4 mile time of the GTR!
lazyhater says:
08:17 AM, 01/22/09
And the speed is exactly half, when the SX4 get to 60, the GTR get to 120!
gearhead1977 says:
01:32 PM, 03/ 9/09
Most of the folks buying Suzukis are buying them for the Value, possibly the uniqueness, not the performance.
How about a Turbo version? Like the old Turbo Swift?