Grand Vitara oozes style and comfort

The previous-generation Grand Vitara was very popular and had a particularly long life cycle in South Africa thanks to its popularity.

The new model is a reinterpretation of the Grand Vitara concept and has been completely redesigned from the ground up, with a focus on style, technology and ride comfort.

It is the newest model from the partnership between Suzuki and Toyota for the development and production of a range of compact vehicles.
In this instance, the model has been designed and developed by Suzuki, and it is manufactured in the Toyota Kirloskar factory in India.
Suzuki Grand Vitara will be offered with the choice of two versions of Suzuki’s K15 engine.

The first engine is the K15B, a naturally aspirated four-cylinder petrol engine that delivers 77kW at 6 000 rpm and 138Nm at 4 400 rpm.
This engine uses multipoint fuel injection and variable valve timing to offer the largest amount of torque from low engine revolutions all the way to the torque peak.

The second engine on offer, and a first for Suzuki in South Africa, is the K15C petrol engine with mild hybrid electric power (code named SHVS or Smart Hybrid Vehicle by Suzuki).

This engine uses a much higher compression ratio than its sibling (12.0:1) and an always-on mild-hybrid system with a power output of 75.8 kW at 6 000 rpm and 136.8 Nm at 4 400 rpm.

The mild-hybrid system works continuously to support the petrol engine to deliver similar power to a naturally aspirated engine across a wide torque band, while dramatically lowering fuel consumption and emissions.

In the Grand Vitara Hybrid, this system lowers the average fuel consumption from 6 litres/100km to 5.6 litres/100 km, despite the additional 125kg of the all-wheel drive system.

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