If my experience driving around Chicago is any indicator, there's quite a market for small, sporty-looking hatchbacks. Most of them are heavily modified used cars, and against this benchmark the SX4 performs quite well, if for no other reason than it has up-to-date safety equipment.
It's when the SX4 is compared with other new offerings that it suffers. Is it as crisp, poised and refined as the segment leaders? Nope. And while it's fun to drive on twisty roads, it's not the most fun. The SX4 doesn't look like many other cars on the road, and the SportBack version is well-differentiated from its siblings. For some people, that plus good handling will be enough. I'm not convinced, though, that I wouldn't be happier in day-to-day use with something different.
Bulb Replacement
WARNING:
• Light bulbs can be hot enough to
burn your finger right after being
turned off. This is true especially
for halogen headlight bulbs.
Replace the bulbs after they
become cool en ...
Important
WARNING/CAUTION/NOTE
Please read this manual and follow its
instructions carefully. To emphasize special
information, the symbol and
the
words WARNING, CAUTION and NOTE
have special meanings. ...
Safety
The Grand Vitara received the highest-possible overall score, Good, in
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety frontal-offset crash testing. It received
the second-best score, Acceptable, in side-i ...