Suzuki SX4

Suzuki SX4

Suzuki Motor Corporation

Production2006–present
EnginePetrol: / 1.5 L Suzuki M engine#M15A / M15A Straight-four engine / I4 / 1.6 L Suzuki M engine#M16A / M16A I4 / 1.8 L Suzuki M engine#M18A / M18A I4 /

This is the catalogue record of the Suzuki SX4, one of 68 models Suzuki Motor Corporation has placed in the historical record and one of more than seventeen thousand cars the MotorJury library tracks. The record places its introduction in 2006. The photography on this page is hotlinked from Wikimedia Commons under an open licence, with the photographer credited on every frame.

The era it was born into

To read the Suzuki SX4 properly it helps to place it in its decade. The 2000s were the decade of electronics — stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids arrived while platform-sharing consolidated the industry into a handful of giants. Any car launched into that world was shaped by it — by what materials, engineering and regulation allowed, and by what buyers of the day demanded. Its direct contemporaries in this catalogue, introduced within three years of it, include the Audi AG Audi R8, the Nissan Nissan Qashqai, the Hyundai Hyundai i30 — the cars a buyer of the period would actually have cross-shopped.

The numbers, read closely

On paper, the Suzuki SX4 reads like this: the record lists its engine as Petrol engine / Petrol: / 1.5 L Suzuki M engine#M15A / M15A Straight-four engine / I4 / 1.6 L Suzuki M engine#M16A / M16A I4 / 1.8 L Suzuki M engine#M18A / M18A I4 /; kerb weight is recorded at 1170-1425 kg; drive goes through 5-speed manual transmission / manual / 6-speed manual / 4-speed automatic transmission / automatic / Continuously variable transmission / CVT (2010 model); the layout is Front-engine, front-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive. Every figure above is a manufacturer specification carried by the Wikipedia infobox or the open Wikidata record for this model — nothing on this page is estimated, and where a source is silent the row simply does not appear.

Its place in the Suzuki Motor Corporation story

Within Suzuki Motor Corporation's own catalogue the Suzuki SX4 sits alongside the Fuji Cabin, the Geo Metro, the Suzuki A-Star Concept (2005), the Suzuki APV. The record names the Suzuki Aerio/Liana / Suzuki Forenza/Reno as its predecessor and the Suzuki Ciaz (sedan) as its successor, fixing its place in the model line's chronology. Design is credited to Giorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign. Assembly is recorded at Hungary: Esztergom (Magyar Suzuki) / Japan: Sagara, Shizuoka / India: Manesar, (Maruti Suzuki) / China: Chongqing (Changan Suzuki) / Indonesia: Bekasi Regency / Bekasi (Suzuki Indo.

How this catalogue works

This library is generated, verified and rebuilt from the open record on every deploy. The catalogue skeleton comes from Wikidata, specifications from Wikipedia's infoboxes under CC BY-SA, photography from Wikimedia Commons under each file's own licence, and the ownership data from United States federal safety records. Nothing is written by hand and nothing is invented: every fact on this page traces to a public source, and every page is rebuilt nightly as those sources improve. Errors in the source record will appear here too — and disappear the night the source is corrected.

From catalogue to ownership

The catalogue records what the Suzuki SX4 was; the ownership database records what it is like to own. MotorJury computes a verdict for every model year the United States federal record covers — complaints, recalls, real economy — refreshed nightly, with no opinions involved. If this car reached the American market, its verdicts are in there.

Specifications

Transmission5-speed manual transmission / manual / 6-speed manual / 4-speed automatic transmission / automatic / Continuously variable transmission / CVT (2010 model)
LayoutFront-engine, front-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive
Body style5-door hatchback / 4-door Sedan (automobile) / sedan
Kerb weight1170-1425 kg
Wheelbase2500 mm
AssemblyHungary: Esztergom (Magyar Suzuki) / Japan: Sagara, Shizuoka / India: Manesar, (Maruti Suzuki) / China: Chongqing (Changan Suzuki) / Indonesia: Bekasi Regency / Bekasi (Suzuki Indo
DesignerGiorgetto Giugiaro at Italdesign
PredecessorSuzuki Aerio/Liana / Suzuki Forenza/Reno
SuccessorSuzuki Ciaz (sedan)
Catalogue IDQ751540

Specifications come from the Wikipedia infobox for this model (CC BY-SA) and the open Wikidata record, and are shown only where a source actually carries them — nothing here is estimated. Figures are manufacturer specifications, not measured results.

Rate your love

Tap a star. Ratings are kept on your device and feed the most-loved list.

What it costs to run

Ownership verdicts are computed from NHTSA complaint and recall records plus EPA economy data, re-priced for your country. Verdicts are published per model year as the data is ingested — browse them live, or open the true-cost calculator to price any year yourself.

More from Suzuki Motor Corporation

Rivals of its era

Contemporaries from other marques, introduced within three years of this car.