The Suzuki Grand Vitara is truly a horse of a different color, but some reviews of the Grand Vitara just don’t get it. (We’ll avoid naming names, for the time being.) To be clear, this isn’t a poseur SUV … it’s an honest to goodness off-roadable 4×4 in a compact package. But it’s not just capabable off-road, it’s enjoyable to drive no matter where your adventures may take you.
Our Suzuki Grand Vitara review took place over a long weekend. While this was a good bit shorter than our typical review time frame, we were able to put more than two hundred miles on the Grand Vitara and still get in a bit of off-road adventure time.
Needless to say, with the clock ticking, this one drove off a tad muddy …
When doing research, it’s best to rely on a number of resources. Our modus operandi is to deliver the driver’s point of view in a tight segment. While this approach might miss some of the less obvious features, our goal is provide a real world review from the driver’s seat, rather than a checklist … there are other sources for that, and hence, we’ve included one of the best in this mashup of Grand Vitara reviews.
driverTV’s Grand Vitara review highlights the features of the little Suzuki in a thorough and methodical fashion …
AutoMotoTV’s Grand Vitara review gives us the eye-candy, with a pair of European Grand Vitara motoring through a variety of dirt roads, packed with scenic views:
And finally, CarAdvice.com.au’s Grand Vitara review teases us with what we can’t buy here in the States, the forbidden fruit: the Suzuki Grand Vitara Diesel. With fuel mileage of 7.6 liters per 100 kilometers (roughly 31 miles per US gallon) and plenty of torque, the turbo-diesel would be sure to win a legion of American fans, if Suzuki chose to undertake the emissions work to achieve 50-state compliance.
“If you’re thinking about buying one of these, you’d have to be mad not to consider the diesel” …
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I think the GV could use some work on the drive train after a few months it begins to whir annoyingly, it would’ve been greater with HID high beams, besides that it’s a great suv, spacious interior, wonderful dash, superb handling for a SUV
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