Suzuki SX4 sedan test drive since 2010 sedan

Catching on live bait

Nissan Juke is one of the most discussed cars in the stream. Some are crazy about his individuality and brightness, others scold him for a awkward and strange design, but I am interested in everything at once, so it was decided to catch Juke for live bait Suzuki SX4.

 
Nissan Juke
On all-wheel drive versions of this minicrosover, one of the most advanced in the class of all-wheel drive systems with two electronically controlled multi-disable couplings in the rear bridge is placed. However, in this performance, Juke is equipped with only a 190-horsepower turbo engine with direct injection, and its cost approaches 1 million rubles. In this regard, most customers, including this time, choose cars with a front drive axis and a more modest engine of 117 liters. with. Many Juke captivates with its appearance, which, of course, depending on the power unit does not change.
During the test, I heard many different opinions regarding the design of Nissan Juke. With confidence, we can say that the car looks very interesting: in most angles, Juke is fun and energetic, and even beautiful from behind. Outside, due to convex shapes, it seems much larger than inside, so until the Nissan is next to Suzuki, it is difficult to realize that the machines have almost the same size, and SX4 is 15 mm longer, but looks much more modest.
With such a worked out, visually increasing size, you expect convenience and space from the interior, but the velor seats have a short pillow and insufficient lateral support, and the absence of departure adjustment in the steering column is interfered with the pedal perfectly.
The plastic of the finish looks good, but I would like to make it softer. The drums have the selection of temperature and the fan speed so weak fixation that by accidentally hitting them with your hand, you can throw off a few degrees and turn off the air flow.
The dashboard is read perfectly, the steering wheel petals are turned on softly, and what silence is here. The 117-horsepower engine is clearly audible only at the moment when it helpfully holds the tachometer arrow in the region of 5500 rpm. In response to a smooth change in the gear ratio of the variator. Noise insulation continues to delight up to cruising 130 km/h, in which the noise of air at the mirrors and front racks is just beginning to penetrate the salon.
Nissan Juke boasts the ability to change the settings of the engine, transmission and steering. Using buttons on the central console, you can select one of three modes: Eco, Normal or Sport. In an economical algorithm, the car behaves frankly sluggishly, the gas pedal is sorted out, the steering wheel is light, and the endless transmission constantly increases virtual transmission. In the Normal reactions of Juke, they become more lively, but it is especially pleasant to control the machine when the Sport key has always has a clear zero and predictably heavier with a set of speed. It is pleasant to realize that the Nissan Juke chassis has great potential, even if in the city rhythm the suspension is too gesture, but at speeds over 80 km/h there is completely no swing on transverse and longitudinal waves, and the steering wheel is always clean from parasitic vibrations.
   


Suzuki SX4
Suzuki SX4 last year only lost a little Nissan Juke by the number of sales: 13,889 versus 15 137. Despite the impressive age of the model, which has been made with minor updates since 2006, the demand for it is still high. This is largely explained by the verified design of the machine: a convenient and spacious interior, roomy trunk, excellent visibility. Unfortunately, when you transplant from Juke to the SX4, you wonder how conservative and sometimes even boring here. It is all the more amazing that the Suzuki SX4 is easily opposed by the Nissan Juke.
Despite the fact that in the SX4 the steering column is also regulated only in the angle of inclination, it is still easier to find a convenient position of the chair and softer. It is more convenient to operate a lever with a lever of a 4-speed guidrotransformer machine than the variator poker in Juke, since the slice of the selector in Suzuki shape, unlike the straight line on Nissan. Yes, and the SX4 gearbox works well, only occasionally accompanying the switching with barely noticeable jerks.
The SX4 reactions to press the gas pedal are more intelligible and fast than that of Nissan, even if the Sport mode is turned on. But there is no desire to go quickly: at speeds up to 60 km/h, Suzuki SX4, although it digests the irregularities more willingly Juke, on the highway it makes the car with maneuvers on a bad road begins to scour and leave the trajectory. In the parking lot, the steering wheel, perhaps excessively heavy, but in cruising modes it maintains good feedback.
The feeling of softness in Suzuki is lost due to poor sound insulation clearly heard blows and knocks when the suspension is operating. The decibels of the air flow and hum shin clearly conduct their broadcasting already 100 km/h, and the motor, leading the tachometer to the red zone, sings even louder than in Juke.
The brake system works more intelligible and it is easier to adjust the slowdown, because the force predictably changes with an increase in the pedal, which Nissan Juke cannot be noted.
To the honor of Suzuki, then a small number of problems that are in the SX4 is associated precisely with age, and not with engineering miscalculations. The car has verified ergonomics and simple logic for controlling on -board systems of comfort, good visibility and spacious interior. Another thing is that the plastic here is too hard and sometimes creaks on irregularities, the general architecture of the interior is far from as modern as in Juke, and the chassis is not so cool.
You need to understand that Suzuki SX4 has been coming off the conveyor for 6 years, and the successor should appear very soon. Even considering that Suzuki rarely relied on an energetic and bright design, the next generation is required to become close in spirit Nissan Juke to win a new audience. However, in this case, the main difficulty will be the retention of more conservative customers.
 


SUMMARY
Nissan Juke turned out to be a very high -quality and solid car, it is much more fun Suzuki SX4, but inside Juke is cramped and narrow. Suzuki SX4 liked the well -thought -out ergonomics and the capacity of the interior. It is upset that the SX4 model is already a solid age that you notice with close acquaintance: crickets are slipping on irregularities, the plastic itself is even tougher than in the Juke, and the general architecture of the salon is simple to disgrace.
The difficulties of choosing hardly arise, since Nissan Juke clients are younger than Suzuki SX4. The latter choose the car with the mind, based on the degree of its practicality, and the former are ready to sacrifice the luggage with the sake of style and shocking.
Frankly, I expected a slightly larger from Nissan Juke: a slightly softer suspension, a little better the interior and more space inside. However, even now, Juke is at a very high level, that you realize when you sit in the SX4 veteran.
Suzuki against the background of Juke is directly distinguished by its conservatism: everything is clear and clear in it at first glance, from which it becomes boring. Although this boredom does not apply to a convenient and spacious interior. Here, who trusts something more to reason or emotions.

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