RE: Shed of the Week: Suzuki Ignis Sport

[GT Glee]

jzakariya said:

It's a Suzuki, nuff said.
They're all cheap pieces of crap.

Cheap but not crap.

A German car impresses in the showroom while a Japanese car impresses with its reliability and longevity.

[Cambs_Stuart]

smithyithy said:

I've owned some older Japanese stuff and this is definitely true. It might be cheap-feeling plastic and hard, basic surfaces, but they stay in one piece and generally everything electric will continue to work for a long time.

I've had VWs with perceptibly better interiors that have actual fell apart over time.

Purely anecdotal in my example but it does seem a not-uncommon trend.

Same in my impreza. Basic and plastic, but really hard wearing and always scrubbed up well.

[E36Dan]

These are great fun to drive. Like a slightly more modern 106 rallye on the back roads. Really enjoyable to keep the momentum going with the short ratio 3rd/4th/5th gears.

[172]

I bought one of these and was disappointed, despite liking the one I tested new

gutless engine and on limit handling which was a toss up between oversteer or tipping over

I may have had a bad one?

[BricktopST205]

Nigel_O said:

The Ignis might be slightly quicker, slightly lighter and slightly more powerful than the Panda 100, but its a whole lot uglier.

Panda for me every time if I was in the market for a fun n/asp rollerskate (actually, I'd probably go with a Grande Punto T-Jet for the extra grunt, but the Panda has infinitely more kerb appeal)

Panda parts bin special? The Suzuki Ignis Sport has genuine motorsports heritage winning the JWRC in 2004 and was one of the last homologation cars. Its engine and gearbox are completely unique to the car as are many of its parts. Gearbox is one of the best I have driven and is super short ratio which makes it excellent to stir. Coupled with a kerb weight of 900KG it is magnificent down country roads. They do look a little boxy but with a few factory options transform the look. We bought ours 6 years ago as 1 prev owner on 40k miles. Now on 90K with just a track rod end and lower arm to replace. Ours has the factory option 16 inch wheel which fill the arches a hell of a lot better and the front fog lights. I have added a powerflow exhaust system due to the fact the old one rusted out after 12 years (on a fiat that would have been 12 months) which made sense as no patern parts available and genuine suzuki was very pricey.




If you want an 80's hot hatch but want working air con, do not want to worry about rust, the thing not starting and constantly worrying about residuals you couldn't pick something better at this price. It is driven 365 days a year as a commuter work horse out in the countryside. My commute only being 13 miles each way it makes total sense. Redlined daily and still brings home 40MPG.

Edited by BricktopST205 on Monday 8th October 09:46