WIf a car has been built practically unchanged for years and still sells well, it could be because the shape is timeless. And indeed, the little Ignis from Suzuki, which has been around in the third generation since 2015, still looks like it would be happy about a big biscuit. There was a subtle revision two years ago, the engine was a little smaller and weaker, now the mild hybrid delivers 83 hp (61 kW) instead of 90, and it only has 107 Nm instead of 120, fortunately it has remained a four-cylinder .
Whereby the “mild” is to be taken literally, because the starter generator contributes a breathtaking 1.94 kW. What the drive is doing, namely recuperation or not, can be called up on the information display, it acts as if the battery is always full to the brim and is a bit sad. This is in stark contrast to the pretty round instruments next to it. The mild hybridization already existed in 2017, but not in combination with the four-wheel drive that was used at the time. Now it was the turn of the front-wheel drive, which with an average consumption of 6.1 liters is certainly not more economical and struggled to a top speed of 153 km/h, the old one ran 170 in the test.
Maybe there was a slight headwind, and the pace drops significantly even on otherwise hardly noticeable inclines. That’s perhaps a good thing, because the Ignis handles the freeway like a rabbit on the run, the oversized and thin steering wheel is no help there. Hopping is also popular with the smallest bump. As luck would have it, it had snowed heavily at the test time, the Ignis was stuck in a snowdrift, and we wondered what the disadvantage of the now also hybridised all-wheel drive vehicle was – apart from the approximately 1500 euros extra.
In the Comfort version we drove, the Ignis is still sparingly equipped, 20,000 euros are quickly reached with a few extras. For that you get a tiny car that has reasonable space inside and everything else a young or old couple in the city needs.
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