2021 Suzuki Vitara SUV review | What Car?

Jul 27, 2023

2021 Suzuki Vitara SUV review | What Car?

The Suzuki Vitara is a small SUV that has always been brilliant value. However, after a recent facelift which included a bit of a price hike, is it still a bargain? Watch our review to find out exactly what the new changes are, what the Vitara is like and, to save thousands on your next new car visit: https://www.whatcar.com/new-car-deals/

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0.03 -> this is the Suzuki Vitara a small SUV in

2.97 -> a super competitive class up against the

4.98 -> likes of the Sailor owner Renault Kaptur

7.14 -> and Volkswagen T cross this fourth

9.33 -> generation model first went on sale in

11.21 -> 2015 but it's recently had a facelift to

14.37 -> update its styling bring in a new engine

16.26 -> and tweak its pricing now in the past

18.75 -> the Vitara has always stood out from the

20.91 -> crowd thanks to its low pricing but is

23.49 -> that the case now and is it still a good

25.41 -> choice well that's what we're going to

26.789 -> find out in this review and if you want

28.68 -> to buy Avatara or any of its rivals head

30.929 -> to work on where you can find the best

33.03 -> new car deals around go to the new car

35.489 -> buying section when you're there click

37.079 -> on the Vitara and you'll be able to see

38.61 -> all the deals available to you and if

40.739 -> you want to stay up to speed with the

41.94 -> latest new car video reviews then please

44.129 -> do subscribe to the wot car Channel so

49.2 -> let's first talk about those styling

51.03 -> changes that the facelifted model gets

52.62 -> and if you look at the front you can see

54.059 -> that it gets a slightly redesigned light

56.16 -> cluster grille and bumper while at the

58.53 -> rear there's again a more intricate

60.42 -> design for its tail lights inside Suzuki

63.6 -> has really tried to lift the quality of

65.339 -> the interior so for the first time the

67.56 -> Vitara gets soft touch materials on top

69.75 -> of the dashboard and there's no doubting

72.39 -> that the Vitara looks as good as it ever

74.46 -> has inside however it's not all good

77.369 -> news because these soft touch materials

79.65 -> here are the best that you'll find

81.72 -> because elsewhere it's pretty cheap and

84.54 -> especially inside the door here the

86.61 -> plastics you can hear pretty scratchy

89.13 -> brittle hard and just generally not very

91.74 -> good and these air vents especially are

94.68 -> quite flimsy too but to be fair to the

97.29 -> Vitara all the other cars in this class

99.54 -> also have a similar mix of quality in

101.939 -> their interiors for the materials that

103.59 -> are used at least and in the Vitara

105.659 -> finding a comfortable driving position

107.25 -> is really easy there's loads of

109.11 -> adjustment in the seat and in the

110.7 -> steering wheel to adjust for height and

113.13 -> reach and these front seats are pretty

115.799 -> comfortable as well plus the facelifted

117.869 -> model now gets a central armrest here

120.09 -> there is though still no adjustable

122.46 -> lumbar support the books like body and

124.59 -> large glass area mean it's easy to see

126.869 -> out of the Vitara but a big drawback of

129 -> the interior is the infotainment system

131.129 -> SNT and i said 5 models get this

133.56 -> touchscreen

134.069 -> display as standard but perhaps the

136.26 -> kindest thing you can say about it is

137.489 -> that at least it does get apple carplay

139.439 -> and android auto as standard the

141.989 -> infotainment system itself is easy

143.67 -> enough to navigate but the icons are

146.76 -> pretty small and it can be pretty slow

150.12 -> to respond to your touch inputs as well

152.51 -> so as you can see these shortcut buttons

155.219 -> are on the small side and not that easy

156.989 -> to hit when you're on the move but

158.28 -> actually the worst thing about it is

159.81 -> this touch sensitive pad on the side

162.03 -> here for the volume it's really fiddly

164.37 -> trying to turn up the tunes when you're

165.9 -> driving so actually a physical dial

167.939 -> would be much easier but there are at

170.219 -> least some helpful buttons on the

171.389 -> steering wheel to help control it All

173.129 -> Things Considered though rival systems

175.29 -> are much better space up front is good

179.849 -> with lots of head and legroom and we've

182.099 -> already shown the adjustability that you

183.659 -> can get in the driver seat but the

184.949 -> storage compartments are a bit on the

186.569 -> small side

187.109 -> these cubby holes here aren't

188.849 -> particularly big although what is good

190.739 -> is in the central armrest actually

192.989 -> there's a decent amount of storage under

194.459 -> there in the back legroom is very

198.93 -> generous even if you're sat behind a

200.579 -> tall driver and Headroom is really good

202.739 -> as well but it's worth bearing in mind

204.81 -> that if you have a panoramic sunroof

206.25 -> fitted then it really cuts into Headroom

209.189 -> that's available in the back and in the

210.989 -> front and so a panoramic sunroof is

213.12 -> standard on s-said 5 so that might be a

215.31 -> trim that's worth avoiding but if you

217.56 -> really want a small SUV that's generous

219.54 -> in the back then this is impressive but

222.12 -> a Kia Soul is bigger still the boots

224.97 -> pretty good by class standards as well

226.47 -> and it's been thoughtfully designed so

228.599 -> there's no load lip there's decent

230.909 -> underfloor storage and the boot floor

233.459 -> itself isn't actually that high off the

235.29 -> ground plus you've got some helpful

236.909 -> storage pockets on either side the rear

239.43 -> seats are split folding in a 60/40

241.59 -> configuration but they don't slide or

244.109 -> recline like they do in some rivals like

246.54 -> the Citroen c3 err cross and when

248.549 -> they're down the boot space is generous

250.229 -> but the c3 air cross is bigger still

254.51 -> the Vitara now has a very simple engine

257.91 -> line-up of just two engines so for the

260.459 -> facelift

261.06 -> Suzuki's ditched the 1.6 liter petrol

263.61 -> and the diesel option from before and

265.65 -> now you've got 1 liter and 1.4 liter

268.52 -> turbocharged petrol engines

270.479 -> so this 109 brake horsepower 1 liter

273.78 -> petrol engine is definitely the Pick of

276.15 -> the range and it's borrowed from the

277.35 -> Suzuki Swift so the 1.6 liter engine

279.93 -> from before had to be revved really

282.81 -> really hard to get anything from it at

285.18 -> all really

285.84 -> but this 1 liter turbo pulls much better

288.27 -> from low revs so actually even getting

290.37 -> up to motorway speeds is no drama for it

292.53 -> at all it's a very impressive engine and

294.69 -> actually it can definitely go toe-to-toe

296.639 -> with equivalent units and its rivals if

299.699 -> you do want a bit more power and

301.11 -> regularly do long journeys then the 1.4

303.479 -> liter is still an excellent option but

306.06 -> it is a little bit pricey this 5-speed

309.3 -> manual gearbox is pretty not G compared

312.15 -> to the Sailor owners which is just

313.53 -> slicker and also more precise and be

316.5 -> aware if you go for an automatic or

318.36 -> indeed all-wheel drive in the Vitara

320.28 -> then it does blunt the performance

322.59 -> somewhat the Vitara has firm but well

325.41 -> damped suspension big bumps or potholes

327.78 -> will send a dull thud through the

329.28 -> interior but the road rarely gets

331.38 -> unsettled and never becomes jarring all

333.63 -> things considered this is one of the

335.52 -> more comfortable small SUVs on sale you

338.43 -> can even have some fun hustlin the

339.78 -> Vitara along a twisty b road thanks for

341.639 -> its tight body control but the steering

343.979 -> does let it down a little bit it's very

346.11 -> light and there's no real connection

348.21 -> with the front wheels but that's no

349.919 -> problem around town and Vitara is very

351.78 -> comfortable and relaxing at lower speeds

353.94 -> but if you are driving quickly you'll

356.19 -> definitely notice that a set or honor is

358.53 -> more controlled

363.61 -> [Music]

366.93 -> one of the reasons the Vitara was so

369.25 -> popular in the past was because of its

371.2 -> excellent value but has the facelift

373.15 -> changed that well these are the most

374.68 -> important things you need to know about

376.3 -> buying and owning a Suzuki Vitara well

379.12 -> the facelift has brought some punchy of

380.95 -> pricing for the Vitara so whereas before

382.93 -> it used to undercut the vast majority of

385.39 -> cars in this class now it's actually

387.91 -> similarly priced to the sale aronia

389.68 -> Citroen c3 air cross and Renault Kaptur

392.32 -> so it's not quite the bargain it once

394.72 -> was but if you go to what calm we can

397.39 -> save you up to a thousand pounds off the

399.19 -> cost of it new Suzuki Vitara click on

401.26 -> the link in the top right corner to find

402.58 -> out more it does help the economical

404.95 -> engines reasonable insurance groups and

406.9 -> sensible servicing costs all mean the

409.15 -> Vitara is an inexpensive car to run but

411.88 -> the Vitara doesn't hold on to its value

413.68 -> as well as other rivals like the aronia

415.63 -> so that does offset some of the savings

417.73 -> you might make elsewhere on the plus

419.83 -> side it makes up for this by offering

421.21 -> much more equipment than similarly

423.13 -> priced rivals the best trim is s-said T

426.28 -> which gets cruise control 17-inch alloys

428.68 -> a sat-nav with smartphone mirroring

430.42 -> Bluetooth da B digital radio and a

433.09 -> rear-view camera the Vitara is also a

435.73 -> reliable car in our latest reliability

438.4 -> survey suzuki was rated the most

440.71 -> reliable manufacturer and the Vitara was

443.29 -> third in its class behind another Suzuki

446.05 -> the SX 4s cross and the Peugeot 2008 as

449.95 -> with many of its rivals a three year

451.69 -> 60,000 mile warranty comes as standard

453.64 -> while a 12 year anti perforation

456.19 -> warranty should stop any concerns about

458.32 -> rust the Vitara got the full five-star

461.11 -> safety score from Euro encap but that

463.6 -> was on the older style of testing in

465.4 -> 2015 if it was tested today it might not

468.94 -> score so highly because the two

470.68 -> entry-level trims don't get automatic

473.23 -> emergency braking

475.38 -> so the suzuki vitara is better than ever

478.35 -> inside and on the road but an increase

480.48 -> in price and increase in the competition

482.61 -> means that it doesn't look like such a

484.53 -> bargain now compared to cars like the

486.9 -> class-leading Sailor owner but if you

489 -> want a comfortable small SUV with a

490.98 -> spacious interior some off-road styling

493.35 -> and capable engines then the Vitara is

495.78 -> certainly worth considering to save

497.79 -> money on a new suzuki vitara head to

499.59 -> walk on and while you're there you'll

501.33 -> find our full extended written review of

503.73 -> it and all of its key rivals and if

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