Driving of Suzuki Alto Visiting the Paris Motor Show in October 2008, I was surprised to see what looked like a facelifted Citroen C1 on the Nissan stand. Time for some re-education.
It’s best to remember at this point that the Alto is a cheap, urban runabout and not a hot hatch. With that in mind, the sloppy steering, excess body roll and a tendency to crash over pot holes become less of a sin. It does have plenty of grip so it’s not all bad.
The Alto comes with a one-litre petrol engine producing 67bhp. It’s hardly a ball of fire, taking 13.5 seconds to reach 62mph. That feels just about perky enough through town, but it does need to be driven quite hard to get the most out of it, thus provoking the three-cylinder into becoming loud and thrashy. The five-speed manual is slick, or there’s the option of an automatic transmission.
At 350cm in length, the Alto was never going to be palatial for rear leg room. Adults will find head room lacking as well, but it’s no worse than you’d find in budget rivals.
The boot is on the titchy side even for a city car; at 129 litres that’s 100 less than the Hyundai i10’s.
The Alto has excellent fuel figures on paper - over 60mpg - but that tails away quickly if you over-work the little engine. And while the C02 figure for the manual of 103g/km is excellent, putting it in VED Band B (£35), it’s just three grams away from Band A, which would have been free.
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