It appears Suzuki has copied Toyota’s homework and produced an EV that is already behind the curve even before it’s been launched. Sounds like they plan to sit back, watch the sales not hit their internal target and then claim that EVs don’t sell so they’re sticking to hybrids….. Sorry, I’ve got my cynical hat on 😅
Thanks for this Electrifying. As an owner of a 2019 Vitara from new I believe I understand what Vitaras are about: cheap, go-anywhere small crossovers/SUVs. You were spot on with that remark. They are not off-road cars but are miles better than the typical small crossovers with 2WD and 1 liter engine. Mine has gone up mountain trails leading to various ski resorts with cheap Hankook tires, where fancy xdrives and the likes made a fool of themselves. If this is the main difference between e-Vitaras and the rest (as it is for the ICE version), then it’s a winner for many. But it’ll still be a second or a third car for the wealthy family, as any other EV. Or the only car for a city person who prefers the train for long trips. Also, Suzuki reliability seemed even better than Toyota, as per the latest Carwow video. We also own a 2024 Highlander, so we’ll see about that.
This isn´t going to be cheap. All electric cars are at least +30/35k euros, witch is A LOT of money compared with ice previous models of "the same" cars.
This car uses blade batteries manufactured by BYD. Therefore, the real-world range should be similar. A 61kWh battery may provide about 450-500 kms of range. This is merely a "compliance" car. I do not believe that any Japanese manufacturer has taken EVs seriously.
Aside of Nissan with the Leaf but that thing has been around for a while so doesn't count, and Nissan's other EVs are even worse. So yeah you're right.
Another great video Nicola, and you must be clocking up some air-miles with what you have reviewed recently, great work, much appreciated and enjoyed :-)
Wait a minute, for a run of the mill family SUV I actually think that’s a really smart looking car. It has some rather unique lines and creases that actually work really well together, the front and rear light signature gives the car a more upmarket look too. Even more surprising, the interior looks fairly premium also! Fair play Suzuki, fair play. Shame about the small boot and not so great range figures though, bit of a let down there.
You're doing a disservice to AWD EV’s - the Toyota bZ4X/Subaru Solterra - are amazing off road vehicles! I took my AWD bZ4X on a proper off road day and it was absolutely unstoppable!
An electric Jimny would be a mayor succes.💰💰💰 Many people buy the Jimny because of its looks not because they are offroaders. Many of us would buy a Jimny EV as a daily driver.
That'd add atleast another Jimny's worth of weight unless they somehow got help from Lucid to package things up nicely instead of... Toyota, who doesn't like EVs, or Mercedes, who somehow doesn't know how to give a big EV sedan a frunk. A heavy Jimny would basically just be a tepid Jimny.
Thank you for the preview. If you do not like the handle “city car” (I don’t) you might coin the phrase”country car”. This has a solid use case for anywhere in the countryside which has bad lanes and B roads in winter, muddy fields and tracks, a farm to get round, an emergency to get to in all weathers. It does some of the job the old Landrover Defender did before it got too huge and complicated. As the review suggests price will be important but Landrover have left a gaping space where the old Defender used to be, so maybe the 4WD version can be a bit more expensive than you might think. I think this might do something which other EVs simply do not.
Its a handsome looking car, really liked the concept and this seems to have stayed true to the original design, looks nice inside too. Let's wait and see what the range figures actually are when launched. Suzuki knows how to create a proper small off road workhorse.
The only off-roaders were the (old) Grand Vitara and the Jimny. The AWD ones (Vitara, S-Cross) can be taken off-road but for anything more than light off-roading you need to modify the suspension (lift, shocks, etc), and a bunch of other things too (these cars don't have any rated recovery points - and you definitely need some for off-roading, and of course also no way at all to mount a winch, etc). And, the last thing you'd ever want to use off-road is an EV.
@@ZookOffRoad-l3k Where I live, in the hills, we have no petrol stations, this means every couple of weeks I have to drive the Suzi to a petrol station to fill up, meanwhile the MG4 is 'refueled' at home which is much more convenient.
Regarding efficiency. I see they haven't done their homework. All efficient EVs hide widescreen wipers a bit behind the bonnet so they are out of the airstream. It makes it a bit painful to clean on my BYD because you can't just fully lift them up unless you select wipers service mode in the infotainment screen and they move up and stop there. But this is not a big deal. Here I see they have wipers exposed. My guess suzuki efficiency won't be great. And those screens on different levels, just why. If they separated them and removed this big empty black space above instrument cluster, it would look much better.
The Indian EV car market is already too competitive with value for money options from MG and Tata, combined with Mahindra's plethora of options coming in from 2025 onwards and Hyundai's Creta EV. But Suzuki has the brand name and service value advantage. It can only succeed if priced much below 25,000 USD.
@@chasf3433 Suzuki isn't looking to try on making an EV anyway. With this one it's clear it's mostly Toyota and other company's parts are thrown together inside semi haphazardly just to catch some of the EV wind. Their specialty afterall is in making efficient small/compact ICE cars, not... This.
Another brilliant review Nicola. I loved that you are confused by all the numbers put out by Suzuki and are prepared to say so. I agree that these Suzuki numbers make no sense but then nothing to do with certified range testing, whether liquid fuel or electrons, makes any real world sense anyway. Since when does a hybrid do 200+ mpg? What a stupid figure! As for the electric numbers, pure tosh anyway. Sure we have WLTP figures but who drives like that? What's it going to get at 70mph on a wet British motorway over 200 miles at 6 degrees celsius? That's what a lot of people do in the British winter (or worse in Scotland!).
@@contra_plano Hang on a minute. I've got the Niro down as either 64kwh @ 282 miles (=451km) or 38kwh @ 180 miles (=288km). Are you saying the 38kwh does 400km+ or 250+ of our finest British miles? If so, that's rather outstanding. Can you send me a link to the TH-camrs that have done this.
The range for a 61 battery is disappointing and a deal breaker. My VW ID3 with a 58 battery has an official range of 266 miles and only just today I managed 255 miles in cold 10'c driving. It will do less as it gets colder but in the summer it will go over 266 miles.
But your car is a hatchback and this is a 4x4/SUV/crossover. So I would have guessed about 250 miles and 200 miles for the 49kWh one. Which is similar to what you get out of a BYD Atto 3 60.5kWh or a Vauxhall Mokka-e 50kWh respectively. So definitely not class leading but in the general ballpark area of similar cars to itself.
I guess maybe you could argue the floor is high because they've added extra shielding for the battery when off-roading? But man, niche car company makes car with niche appeal.
Suzuki isn't that niche. They are huge in South Asia and also do well in S.E Asia. Having said that, I hoped that their first EV would have had a bit more range, but I am sure it will sell well in Asia.
@PlatinumNath The Suzuki Swace is only sold in Europe I think, to satisfy EU regulations needing to have hybrid models. Like I said the biggest markets are south and south east Asia. Europe too of course and South America.
The raised floor is probably to protect the battery whilst off-road driving. It's a shame it's so small in the back seats, it looks fabulous but not as practical as you would imagine it should be.
It’s an EV version of Grand Vitara. But the ICE grand vitara has very cheap interiors. Only if they’d give this kind of premium interiors in Grand Vitara, Brezza and other Suzuki Cars that’d be awesome.
Très beau en que le coffre est manuels avec un petit litrage et deux batterie qui ne sont pas aussi énormes le prix sera j espère competif en dessous de 25000€ pour la petite batterie de 49 kWh et 30000€ pour la 60kwh, sais mon estimation en plus sur une base de 400w
It looks like a Honda HR-V, which is the opposite of rugged, and who in their right mind would take an EV off roading? The battery is the lowest part of the vehicle. Damage it at all and the whole vehicle is a write-off. It's strictly a grocery getter and commuter and there's nothing wrong with that. That's more than adequate for most people.
Range seems perfectly fine to me there seems to be an obsession with having huge miles when they simply won’t be called upon by most. Anyone doing just a once weekly trip of 170 miles will be doing 8000 miles a year UK Average annual miles is now 7500. Plus if its pushing itself as off road car and they went say 350 miles that’s an extra 200kg
EVs don't consume while idling and can regenerate what's lost going uphill. Distances are far less too, so all in all range anxiety isn't really a problem when off-roading.
I see some Citroen eC3, Jeep Avenger, Ssangyong Tivoli and Alfa Romeo Junior in there, but it looks good. It doesn't really stand out, but it's a decent EV with the option for AWD.
Huge bonnet, no frunk. What's under there? Also whatever piece of plastic trim they have low down on the front needs to go for better approach angles. Off roader with no spare wheel/tyre. What are they thinking? Get a Jimmny to follow you with a spare?
Ah yes, work with Toyota, that manufacturer famous for their game-changing efficient BEVs. FFS. Why don't they just get Hyundai or Kia to electrify the Jimny for them, that would've been a better plan. This car is DOA.
Suzuki doesn't have close contact with either you've mentioned - they're Korean companies who's basically the same underneath if you look a bit deep, and they have no interest working with Suzuki much either (they are willing to work with Toyota though, if you've heard of the racing festival both held in Korea a few weeks ago). Suzuki has closer ties to Toyota, which doesn't have any trust in making EVs. Don't even say Mazda or Subaru or Nissan or Mitsubishi either, Mazda is kinda lazy on this regard aswell despite reviving the rotaries to be a range extender for EVs, while Subaru is just following Toyota's game, Mitsubishi is basically a zombie now, and Nissan... Well, you'd be hard pressed to find many Kicks and Leafs out in the wild now. If there's any good manufacturer that can help with good EVs, they'd have to look way over seas to either Lucid or Rivian.
What a beautiful car... the back side design is a bit strange, but why not... I'm looking for small cars... very small and powerfull full cars even for 2 people like a motorbike shape. Not like a Smart ForTwo.
Well, you're not going to be invited back for the next one! One of my principles when choosing an EV recently was not to take a car that was that brand's first or only model - I wanted them to have some experience with them before I considered buying one. I think this illustrates my point!
Regarding charging -- it is unfair to judge charge time against charge rate. As an EV reviewer, you should already know that EV makers always quote peak charge rate, but in reality, most if not all EVs achieve that maybe only for a few minutes. Next, this car has a relatively small battery, so the average charge rate will be quite low. Therefore, to satisfy your demands, the car would need a bigger battery, which will be more costly, and less appealing to the buyers, etc....
Hmmm. The Citroen eC4 can charge from 10-80% in 26 mins despite having a lower peak rate. This will add around 181 miles of official range whereas the Suzuki will take 4 mins longer to add just 136 miles of range. If anything, it’s Suzuki who are trying to impress with their 150kW peak, not Electrifying. Saying you need a bigger battery to have better recharging times just doesn’t ring true when you look at some of the Suzuki’s competitors. It’s just another out of date from a Japanese manufacturer who will profess that EV’s are selling well because they make crap EV’s
The range is simply not enough when you think what it could drop down to in cold winter weather...and the lack of boot space is a disappointment. This is a big shame because overall the actual design is appealing and practical.
Oh, Nicola, you chose your outfit for this review to match the car! Can't fool us! The specs are lacking. The brown bits are nice, but… way too much piano black for an otherwise useful console. I wonder how your impressions will change once you get to drive it…?
This is going to be the basis of the bZ3X. Considering how expensive the new facelifted ICE Vitara is this version electric Vitara will be comfortably over £30K.
@@oliverstemp9132 Marked up Mk4 Jimny's sitting in the dealer lot meanwhile because everyone hyped it up way too much nobody can afford it anymore without complaining the price is not worth it anymore:
It has got a blade battery - that is a BIG plus - you can rapid-charge it "to death", therefore having less deprivation of the battery in the long run. However when it comes to that Suzuki is late to the party - that has somewhat to do with japanese carmakers being conservate when it comes to EVs. They will wait to see what other carmakers do before deciding "to go full Tesla". The car looks cool to me imho - shouldn't this make the Suzuki the first japanese carmaker to dipping their toes in the EV-water? Albeit Toyota (and Subaru) half-assing it with their bZ4x (Solterra)....? It will be very popular in Norway depending on the price, although we love everything 4x4.
Marketing has understood that nowadays you can't sell a charging time over 30 minutes. So they are just cheating when reducing the percentages. Often that is 20-80% instead of the usual 10-80%. But 15-70%, wow, I've never heard those numbers. That's just an incredibly poor charging performance. If they were brave and honest, they would say the 10-80% charging time is 45 minutes. Which was the norm 10 years ago. But that wouldn't sell.
It has some slightly (new model) Dacia Duster looks.... The brown interior looks good. Audi did a study decades ago, and it found shades of brown in car interiors promoted a more relaxing feeling while you drove..... Make of that what you will.... There didn't appear to be any under knee/under thigh support when you sat in the back Nicola. I can't imagine it being too comfortable on longer trips....
Suzuki and Mitsubishi were very similar in essence that I’m pissed we in us abandoned Suzuki, cuz Mitsubishi ain’t it at all 😭 damn I had no idea Suzuki could pop off with modern design
With such a low range it should be cheaper than the leaf to get buyers interested, because if there is one main concern customers have about EV's, that would be range.
Don't knock it NICOLA your in Milan You could be on an ice rink in Birmingham In respect of the boot you can't see it when you are driving. Range anxiety is built in Making it up as they go along a bit like the brown interior back to the 70s
Suzuki is only doing it because they want to have an EV so they have the rights to say "here, we have an electric car now. Happy? Good. We'll be continuing to make the Jimny and Swift as usual, don't bother us anymore." If you notice, all Japanese car companies seem skeptical with EVs and isn't giving their full might in developing EVs. At most, for example Toyota, will only go as far as PHEVs and Hydrogen, while not giving much thought in their EV (coughcough bZ4x)
If it starts at £30k, it has a chance of selling, in spite of mediocre EV bits. The interior is more interesting than the exterior, but you are right that screen surround is rubbish though. As for not making a BEV Jimny, yet more proof that that Japanese manufacturers have lost the plot. If Suzuki think that a crappy combustion engine is what makes a Jimny any good, they are clueless. A BEV Jimny would be awesome, a BEV soft-top Samurai would be even better
Not making the jimny an EV is just leaving money on the table. They could update the interior. Stick a 45kw battery in it and sell millions of the things.
Not mentioned in the video but you'll also be able to buy this later on as a Toyota, since they're too lazy to develop EVs. Judging by the concepts they'll just swap the front bumper out and call it a day, like a reverse of the Suzuki Across.
Feels like a ZEV mandate compliance car. As Nicola says it'll need to be cheap. I also agree that Suzuki are missing a trick by not doing a Jimny EV. It would sell far better than the Vitara that's for sure.
It appears Suzuki has copied Toyota’s homework and produced an EV that is already behind the curve even before it’s been launched. Sounds like they plan to sit back, watch the sales not hit their internal target and then claim that EVs don’t sell so they’re sticking to hybrids…..
Sorry, I’ve got my cynical hat on 😅
Funny thing is this car is based on the same platform as Toyota’s next EV.
@ exactly. I’ve already heard elsewhere that it is.
for the size and its expected price, the range and even the estimated range on the base version isn’t actually bad and I think it’s comparable
Love the way you try to be positive about a car that looks likely to be lacking and outdated even before it's available to buy 😂
Hopefully it’s cheap
Thanks for this Electrifying.
As an owner of a 2019 Vitara from new I believe I understand what Vitaras are about: cheap, go-anywhere small crossovers/SUVs. You were spot on with that remark.
They are not off-road cars but are miles better than the typical small crossovers with 2WD and 1 liter engine. Mine has gone up mountain trails leading to various ski resorts with cheap Hankook tires, where fancy xdrives and the likes made a fool of themselves. If this is the main difference between e-Vitaras and the rest (as it is for the ICE version), then it’s a winner for many. But it’ll still be a second or a third car for the wealthy family, as any other EV. Or the only car for a city person who prefers the train for long trips.
Also, Suzuki reliability seemed even better than Toyota, as per the latest Carwow video. We also own a 2024 Highlander, so we’ll see about that.
This isn´t going to be cheap. All electric cars are at least +30/35k euros, witch is A LOT of money compared with ice previous models of "the same" cars.
This car uses blade batteries manufactured by BYD. Therefore, the real-world range should be similar. A 61kWh battery may provide about 450-500 kms of range. This is merely a "compliance" car. I do not believe that any Japanese manufacturer has taken EVs seriously.
Aside of Nissan with the Leaf but that thing has been around for a while so doesn't count, and Nissan's other EVs are even worse. So yeah you're right.
@@PlatinumNathThe Nissan Ariya is a nice car, an option to look at.
Shame the Japanese take so much pride with their ICE motors that they're half-assing any EVs they make
their full hybrids are the best !
@@bettermarketer hybrids don't count - they are for fence-sitters
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Don’t knock the back of the car. It has a rear wiper!
Most cars still do lol
So did King George
This is a car primarily designed for the Indian market where the price is a bigger deal, it could be why the specs are underwhelming
Another great video Nicola, and you must be clocking up some air-miles with what you have reviewed recently, great work, much appreciated and enjoyed :-)
I love the green sweater. 👍🏼
We all said the same!
Wait a minute, for a run of the mill family SUV I actually think that’s a really smart looking car. It has some rather unique lines and creases that actually work really well together, the front and rear light signature gives the car a more upmarket look too. Even more surprising, the interior looks fairly premium also! Fair play Suzuki, fair play. Shame about the small boot and not so great range figures though, bit of a let down there.
You're doing a disservice to AWD EV’s - the Toyota bZ4X/Subaru Solterra - are amazing off road vehicles! I took my AWD bZ4X on a proper off road day and it was absolutely unstoppable!
An electric Jimny would be a mayor succes.💰💰💰
Many people buy the Jimny because of its looks not because they are offroaders.
Many of us would buy a Jimny EV as a daily driver.
Indeed, a lot less noisy on the road and EVs are great for off-roading.
They can't sell it as a ice as a passenger car so why not a ev it would sell
That'd add atleast another Jimny's worth of weight unless they somehow got help from Lucid to package things up nicely instead of... Toyota, who doesn't like EVs, or Mercedes, who somehow doesn't know how to give a big EV sedan a frunk. A heavy Jimny would basically just be a tepid Jimny.
Sincerely appreciate your Honest Reviews💖
This American wants an electric Jimny and Swift, please.
Suzuki's are very underrated,they are very reliable.
Love Nicolas reviews.. so normal but real person
Poor camera work... We need to see the car, not the lady....😑😑😑😑😑
Thank you for the preview.
If you do not like the handle “city car” (I don’t) you might coin the phrase”country car”. This has a solid use case for anywhere in the countryside which has bad lanes and B roads in winter, muddy fields and tracks, a farm to get round, an emergency to get to in all weathers. It does some of the job the old Landrover Defender did before it got too huge and complicated. As the review suggests price will be important but Landrover have left a gaping space where the old Defender used to be, so maybe the 4WD version can be a bit more expensive than you might think. I think this might do something which other EVs simply do not.
Its a handsome looking car, really liked the concept and this seems to have stayed true to the original design, looks nice inside too. Let's wait and see what the range figures actually are when launched. Suzuki knows how to create a proper small off road workhorse.
The only off-roaders were the (old) Grand Vitara and the Jimny. The AWD ones (Vitara, S-Cross) can be taken off-road but for anything more than light off-roading you need to modify the suspension (lift, shocks, etc), and a bunch of other things too (these cars don't have any rated recovery points - and you definitely need some for off-roading, and of course also no way at all to mount a winch, etc). And, the last thing you'd ever want to use off-road is an EV.
@@ZookOffRoad-l3k Some of us use 4x4's on a daily basis off-road, not tarting about on byways at weekends.
@@fredbloggs72 Lol, good for you. (So do I; no road where I live in the mountains.)
@@ZookOffRoad-l3k Where I live, in the hills, we have no petrol stations, this means every couple of weeks I have to drive the Suzi to a petrol station to fill up, meanwhile the MG4 is 'refueled' at home which is much more convenient.
Regarding efficiency. I see they haven't done their homework. All efficient EVs hide widescreen wipers a bit behind the bonnet so they are out of the airstream. It makes it a bit painful to clean on my BYD because you can't just fully lift them up unless you select wipers service mode in the infotainment screen and they move up and stop there. But this is not a big deal. Here I see they have wipers exposed. My guess suzuki efficiency won't be great. And those screens on different levels, just why. If they separated them and removed this big empty black space above instrument cluster, it would look much better.
Covers the badge looks like every other suv you ever saw lol
Sorry Suzuki, I need a frunk. Great video Nicola! 👍
The ICE is not the best part of the Jimny, so what is the best part being taken away? Live axle? Weight maybe?
Being produced in India, I wonder if it is specifically made for that market. Hopefully it will sell well there.
The Indian EV car market is already too competitive with value for money options from MG and Tata, combined with Mahindra's plethora of options coming in from 2025 onwards and Hyundai's Creta EV.
But Suzuki has the brand name and service value advantage. It can only succeed if priced much below 25,000 USD.
Don't like the outside, don't like the interior, don't like the small boot and lack of frunk. Hope the second try is better.
Not just a small boot but far too high a load lip. Plus cramped in back. Big fail compared to say new Kia EV3.
@@chasf3433 Suzuki isn't looking to try on making an EV anyway. With this one it's clear it's mostly Toyota and other company's parts are thrown together inside semi haphazardly just to catch some of the EV wind. Their specialty afterall is in making efficient small/compact ICE cars, not... This.
Its the wierd screen set up that tilts me the most
Wait for the toyota ev which is rivalry of vitara ev although design and production will be in same place😂😂
Don't watch the video or buy it then 😂😂😂
Another brilliant review Nicola. I loved that you are confused by all the numbers put out by Suzuki and are prepared to say so. I agree that these Suzuki numbers make no sense but then nothing to do with certified range testing, whether liquid fuel or electrons, makes any real world sense anyway. Since when does a hybrid do 200+ mpg? What a stupid figure! As for the electric numbers, pure tosh anyway. Sure we have WLTP figures but who drives like that? What's it going to get at 70mph on a wet British motorway over 200 miles at 6 degrees celsius? That's what a lot of people do in the British winter (or worse in Scotland!).
With my E-niro, the WLTP are wrong, the car does more km.
@contra_plano More? Do you just drive downhill and then push it back up again?
@@idavidmcclune Nop. TH-camrs tested it. At least 400km it do.
@@contra_plano Hang on a minute. I've got the Niro down as either 64kwh @ 282 miles (=451km) or 38kwh @ 180 miles (=288km). Are you saying the 38kwh does 400km+ or 250+ of our finest British miles? If so, that's rather outstanding. Can you send me a link to the TH-camrs that have done this.
Glad to see another EV without a panoramic glass roof. Use half the battery on AC, the work model 3 is like a furnace.
It's just awesome to see EV Vitara love it, now just waiting for 4wd version to be sold here in Europe ❤❤❤
U R simply great at this. I love who you present the videos. Let's see the price!!!!
The range for a 61 battery is disappointing and a deal breaker. My VW ID3 with a 58 battery has an official range of 266 miles and only just today I managed 255 miles in cold 10'c driving. It will do less as it gets colder but in the summer it will go over 266 miles.
But your car is a hatchback and this is a 4x4/SUV/crossover. So I would have guessed about 250 miles and 200 miles for the 49kWh one. Which is similar to what you get out of a BYD Atto 3 60.5kWh or a Vauxhall Mokka-e 50kWh respectively. So definitely not class leading but in the general ballpark area of similar cars to itself.
My head is touching the roof in the back seat....Nicola, you have 6 inches of high hair tho ..😂
Love your work Nicola... but what happened to your hair? Rough night 🤪?
This is nice pity no petrol model
Nicola is the best 👍🏻
I guess maybe you could argue the floor is high because they've added extra shielding for the battery when off-roading? But man, niche car company makes car with niche appeal.
Suzuki isn't that niche. They are huge in South Asia and also do well in S.E Asia. Having said that, I hoped that their first EV would have had a bit more range, but I am sure it will sell well in Asia.
@@breaky73 doubt. It'd probably "sell" as well as a Suzuki Swace which is just a rebadged Corolla wagon.
@PlatinumNath The Suzuki Swace is only sold in Europe I think, to satisfy EU regulations needing to have hybrid models. Like I said the biggest markets are south and south east Asia. Europe too of course and South America.
@@breaky73 That's correct and I know that already, I just want to give an example of a Suzuki that barely sells in recent times.
@@PlatinumNath I would also buy the Toyota Corolla instead of the Suzuki Swace. In any case, this EV will also be sold as a Toyota.
The raised floor is probably to protect the battery whilst off-road driving. It's a shame it's so small in the back seats, it looks fabulous but not as practical as you would imagine it should be.
So cutely she explained the car, i like that, although it can be much more technical
In which country production will be done?? @Electrifying
I like your review style. The car brings to mind a vehicle that is built to meet compulsory emissions targets..
It’s an EV version of Grand Vitara. But the ICE grand vitara has very cheap interiors. Only if they’d give this kind of premium interiors in Grand Vitara, Brezza and other Suzuki Cars that’d be awesome.
Check out Mahindra’s upcoming EV SUV ‘BE 6e’ and ‘XEV 9e’. They’re way better than this.
Vitara is again the best b-suv of the world 🏆
They said, "We don't see the point of a frunk!"???? Does not compute.....does not compute.....does not...Kaboom!!!!!!
Suzuki should really pick up the challenge to create a cool small off road EV! I guess it is their only way to survive.
Is it bigger than the old Vitar Would it be KIA Sportage size or smaller?
The boot is smaller because it's made with 4WD (rear motor taking up space)
Its boot is still like 30 litres smaller than my Volvo V40, which is a much smaller car. I’d expect closer to 400 litres
@@MigV40 Don't get me wrong, but last gen of V40 is 9cm longer than this car. I wouldn't consider it much smaller.
Très beau en que le coffre est manuels avec un petit litrage et deux batterie qui ne sont pas aussi énormes le prix sera j espère competif en dessous de 25000€ pour la petite batterie de 49 kWh et 30000€ pour la 60kwh, sais mon estimation en plus sur une base de 400w
It looks like a Honda HR-V, which is the opposite of rugged, and who in their right mind would take an EV off roading? The battery is the lowest part of the vehicle. Damage it at all and the whole vehicle is a write-off. It's strictly a grocery getter and commuter and there's nothing wrong with that. That's more than adequate for most people.
Great car, and review ❤
Range seems perfectly fine to me there seems to be an obsession with having huge miles when they simply won’t be called upon by most. Anyone doing just a once weekly trip of 170 miles will be doing 8000 miles a year UK Average annual miles is now 7500. Plus if its pushing itself as off road car and they went say 350 miles that’s an extra 200kg
It will weight 1.8-1.9 ton. Comparing to 1.3-1.4 of gasolin version. The biggest benefit of low weight for off road is not there anymore.
I am a bit disappointed.
If you plan on taking this off-road. won't there be anxiety about the range. Won't it force more charging stops ?
EVs don't consume while idling and can regenerate what's lost going uphill. Distances are far less too, so all in all range anxiety isn't really a problem when off-roading.
Thank you camera man.
Perv….
I see some Citroen eC3, Jeep Avenger, Ssangyong Tivoli and Alfa Romeo Junior in there, but it looks good. It doesn't really stand out, but it's a decent EV with the option for AWD.
I'd love an electric Jimny! 👏👏
Huge bonnet, no frunk. What's under there?
Also whatever piece of plastic trim they have low down on the front needs to go for better approach angles.
Off roader with no spare wheel/tyre. What are they thinking? Get a Jimmny to follow you with a spare?
Ah yes, work with Toyota, that manufacturer famous for their game-changing efficient BEVs. FFS. Why don't they just get Hyundai or Kia to electrify the Jimny for them, that would've been a better plan. This car is DOA.
Suzuki doesn't have close contact with either you've mentioned - they're Korean companies who's basically the same underneath if you look a bit deep, and they have no interest working with Suzuki much either (they are willing to work with Toyota though, if you've heard of the racing festival both held in Korea a few weeks ago). Suzuki has closer ties to Toyota, which doesn't have any trust in making EVs. Don't even say Mazda or Subaru or Nissan or Mitsubishi either, Mazda is kinda lazy on this regard aswell despite reviving the rotaries to be a range extender for EVs, while Subaru is just following Toyota's game, Mitsubishi is basically a zombie now, and Nissan... Well, you'd be hard pressed to find many Kicks and Leafs out in the wild now. If there's any good manufacturer that can help with good EVs, they'd have to look way over seas to either Lucid or Rivian.
What a beautiful car... the back side design is a bit strange, but why not... I'm looking for small cars... very small and powerfull full cars even for 2 people like a motorbike shape. Not like a Smart ForTwo.
I like the look if the price is competitive then it could be a winner 😊
Well, you're not going to be invited back for the next one! One of my principles when choosing an EV recently was not to take a car that was that brand's first or only model - I wanted them to have some experience with them before I considered buying one. I think this illustrates my point!
I like the interior too.
As you say pricing is going to be critical to successful sales
Regarding charging -- it is unfair to judge charge time against charge rate. As an EV reviewer, you should already know that EV makers always quote peak charge rate, but in reality, most if not all EVs achieve that maybe only for a few minutes.
Next, this car has a relatively small battery, so the average charge rate will be quite low. Therefore, to satisfy your demands, the car would need a bigger battery, which will be more costly, and less appealing to the buyers, etc....
Hmmm. The Citroen eC4 can charge from 10-80% in 26 mins despite having a lower peak rate. This will add around 181 miles of official range whereas the Suzuki will take 4 mins longer to add just 136 miles of range.
If anything, it’s Suzuki who are trying to impress with their 150kW peak, not Electrifying.
Saying you need a bigger battery to have better recharging times just doesn’t ring true when you look at some of the Suzuki’s competitors. It’s just another out of date from a Japanese manufacturer who will profess that EV’s are selling well because they make crap EV’s
Hybrid is the future, not electric
Ehm no.
The range is simply not enough when you think what it could drop down to in cold winter weather...and the lack of boot space is a disappointment.
This is a big shame because overall the actual design is appealing and practical.
And EV Jimny with a small motor at each wheel would be the best off roader on the planet
So given the back seat space is so tight and the boot is more of a box, it’s an utter waste of even bothering to go to the dealer to look at
Oh, Nicola, you chose your outfit for this review to match the car! Can't fool us! The specs are lacking. The brown bits are nice, but… way too much piano black for an otherwise useful console. I wonder how your impressions will change once you get to drive it…?
Its the Lexus NX, right?
This is going to be the basis of the bZ3X. Considering how expensive the new facelifted ICE Vitara is this version electric Vitara will be comfortably over £30K.
Suzukis are all cheap
They're not.
@@oliverstemp9132 Marked up Mk4 Jimny's sitting in the dealer lot meanwhile because everyone hyped it up way too much nobody can afford it anymore without complaining the price is not worth it anymore:
Yes, if it’s £30,000 or less I would definitely consider it.
They just wanted to reveal it before mahindra BE 9e and BE 6e😂
Looking forward to the e Swift and e Ignis
The only reason I watched this video till the end is because of her... Nice green color btw.
It has got a blade battery - that is a BIG plus - you can rapid-charge it "to death", therefore having less deprivation of the battery in the long run. However when it comes to that Suzuki is late to the party - that has somewhat to do with japanese carmakers being conservate when it comes to EVs. They will wait to see what other carmakers do before deciding "to go full Tesla". The car looks cool to me imho - shouldn't this make the Suzuki the first japanese carmaker to dipping their toes in the EV-water? Albeit Toyota (and Subaru) half-assing it with their bZ4x (Solterra)....? It will be very popular in Norway depending on the price, although we love everything 4x4.
Can we just standardise 20-80% or something it feels like charging drops off a cliff after 70%
Marketing has understood that nowadays you can't sell a charging time over 30 minutes. So they are just cheating when reducing the percentages.
Often that is 20-80% instead of the usual 10-80%. But 15-70%, wow, I've never heard those numbers. That's just an incredibly poor charging performance.
If they were brave and honest, they would say the 10-80% charging time is 45 minutes. Which was the norm 10 years ago. But that wouldn't sell.
@ we need a mandated norm
It has some slightly (new model) Dacia Duster looks.... The brown interior looks good. Audi did a study decades ago, and it found shades of brown in car interiors promoted a more relaxing feeling while you drove..... Make of that what you will.... There didn't appear to be any under knee/under thigh support when you sat in the back Nicola. I can't imagine it being too comfortable on longer trips....
VW Id3 offers 80l more of boot space for the same lenght…
I've just read the rest of the comments, it appears more people are here to see Nicola than the Suzuki! 🤣
Not a fan of the car, but loving the dump truck though Nic - my word 😉
Suzuki and Mitsubishi were very similar in essence that I’m pissed we in us abandoned Suzuki, cuz Mitsubishi ain’t it at all 😭 damn I had no idea Suzuki could pop off with modern design
Shouldn't it be call an e-tara?
With such a low range it should be cheaper than the leaf to get buyers interested, because if there is one main concern customers have about EV's, that would be range.
Very cool car
Made in India. Hope it is built better than the Nissan Micra, which they ruined.
Don't knock it NICOLA your in Milan You could be on an ice rink in Birmingham
In respect of the boot you can't see it when you are driving.
Range anxiety is built in
Making it up as they go along a bit like the brown interior back to the 70s
Suzuki too? No doubt about it now, EVs ARE the future.
Suzuki is only doing it because they want to have an EV so they have the rights to say "here, we have an electric car now. Happy? Good. We'll be continuing to make the Jimny and Swift as usual, don't bother us anymore."
If you notice, all Japanese car companies seem skeptical with EVs and isn't giving their full might in developing EVs. At most, for example Toyota, will only go as far as PHEVs and Hydrogen, while not giving much thought in their EV (coughcough bZ4x)
Looks good
No word on price yet?
Huh. Not a good omen - this needs to be reasonably priced. We don't want another Across debacle.
if you cover the suzuki sign, we know it's a suzuki because it says vitara underneath
If it starts at £30k, it has a chance of selling, in spite of mediocre EV bits. The interior is more interesting than the exterior, but you are right that screen surround is rubbish though. As for not making a BEV Jimny, yet more proof that that Japanese manufacturers have lost the plot. If Suzuki think that a crappy combustion engine is what makes a Jimny any good, they are clueless. A BEV Jimny would be awesome, a BEV soft-top Samurai would be even better
Looks like the Alfa Romeo Junior
The reliable EV 's ARE COMING
Suzuki should have an ICE equivalent of this one under NEXA and name it Vitara, that way it can sit between Vitara Brezza and Grand Vitara
Not making the jimny an EV is just leaving money on the table. They could update the interior. Stick a 45kw battery in it and sell millions of the things.
Refreshing, that's what I wouldn't say. Not enough differentiation, unless the off-road capabilities are proven.
Thank you 🙏
Not mentioned in the video but you'll also be able to buy this later on as a Toyota, since they're too lazy to develop EVs. Judging by the concepts they'll just swap the front bumper out and call it a day, like a reverse of the Suzuki Across.
Can't remember anything of this size with 4-wheel-drive option. Will shortlist this at least.
Feels like a ZEV mandate compliance car. As Nicola says it'll need to be cheap.
I also agree that Suzuki are missing a trick by not doing a Jimny EV. It would sell far better than the Vitara that's for sure.
It's not a Frunk, it's a Froot (Front Boot!) 😂
The kerb weight of Grand Vitara is 1150-1185 Kg, the hybrid is 1,268kg and the EV is 1,702 kg kerb weight. No thanks brother.