Hitting the showroom floors August 1st, the Alto is Suzuki’s, smallest, safest and cheapest offering yet.
With a price tag of under $13,000, the 885 kilogram Japanese lighweight does boast good value for money.
Safety features include ABS along with EBD and brake assist, front and side driver and passenger airbags. The higher-spec, SV4 also has curtain airbags, fog lights and electronic stability control.
A quick glance similarly priced options in the ’small hatch’ category is quite glorifying; nothing comes close to the edgy little Alto. The $14,000 Proton Savvy or Kia Rio is nowhere close in terms of safety, performance, efficiency or appeal.
If you couldn’t look at yourself in the mirror after buying a Suzuki, will have to dig a fair bit deeper to get something with the same safety features. Think Smart, Civic or Fiesta. But still, nothing has close to 6 airbags for this kind of money.
In the value stakes, one of the Alto’s closest and most value-conscious competitor is infact part of the same brood: the Swift.
