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Tour to Portugal?
THE Classic & Sportscar
Club of Andalu cia are putting on a special fiveday
Tour d’Algarve starting on Monday April 24 and finishing on Friday April 28.
The start will be from the Marbella area where breakfast is supplied, and will finish at a spectacular restaurant near Ronda.
The event features two nights in a fivestar hotel with its own private beach on the Algarve in Portugal. There will be a Gala dinner in Jerez on the first night, the lead in model, as it should be with new Suzuki models and the S Cross is no excep come vocal. This is a characteristic of this kind of driving that’s soon second nature. Performance from the 1.5 litre engine isn’t sparkling (go for the manual 1.4 litre boosterjet that’s much quicker) but that said it feels anything but pedestrian.
Suzuki produce some very underrated cars in my view and the SCross, despite at this price being up against stiff competition, is certainly one of them.
Facts at a Glance
• Model: Suzuki S-Cross Ultra Hybrid AWD
• Engine: 1.5-litre, 4-cylinder, normally aspirated petrol
€37,067/£32,649 price tag, and includes a super, full length sliding panoramic glass roof.
There is a distinctly more upmarket feel, the Vitara is well built but uses a lot of not very tactile plastics on the interior, to out and everything from the auto gear shift lever to the touchscreen works crisply.
On the road it’s smooth, refined and quiet, unless you floor the accelerator when the automated manual gearbox does be
• Gears: 6-Speed automated manual.
• Price: €37,067/£32,649
• Performance: 0-100 kmh (62 mph) 13.5 seconds/Maximum Speed 175 kmh (108 mph).
• Economy: 5.8l/100km (48.7 mpg) Combined driving.
• Emissions: 132 g/km
Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets
