2023 Suzuki S-Cross Review: Why I’m So MAD About This Car!

The 2023 Suzuki S-Cross now has All-Wheel-Drive and an (apparently) all-new interior! So why am I so mad about it?

Today we will be taking a look at the top-spec Suzuki S-Cross AllGrip Prestige, to see if all the changes are worth the EXTRA $14,000! We’ll see everything that is new with this Crossover SUV and let you know if it really holds up against stiff competition like the Toyota Corolla Cross, and the Kia Seltos! Let’s talk about it!

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[lorantlukas]

The best fantastic, little SUV ever. You don't need more car than a SUZUKI S-Cross GLX. 10 years warranty, reliable like all Suzuki cars, very economic, durable etc. I just bought one two month ago. I had before a 10+year old E-Class Mercedes, but this car is much more, very practical and capable for all road relations. What is sure, I can tell to everybody, you really can forget repair cost for 15 years !!! .I like it. It is real fun to drive it. I am very very proud on my Suzuki S-Cross. (A proud owner from Europe)

[christopherbutler]

It would be my opinion that your review was somewhat unfair. You consider that the S Cross has excessive road noise. I think that is subjective and depends on what you are comparing with. So perhaps you had stood out of a Mercedes S Class or similar.. that's fair enough. I purchased the same model S Cross as reviewed this year here in Ireland and traded in a 3 year old Hyundai Tuscon N Line. No difference in road noise whatsoever: thats the opinion of two drivers. I am really pleased with my choice to date, performance and fuel consumption is excellent. A really nice car to live with and not just drive for a short while to review. You paid scant attention to the extra large sun roof. What a brilliant feature and lacking in many of the comparison cars you obviously favour. I would have thought with your climate this would be a very welcome feature ! Did I mention the Hyundai I traded in ?? 2.5 years old with 35000Km and yet in that time it had 4 replacement fuel pumps fitted, ( yes 4 ) the 'fuel gauge sender' in the fuel tank corroded and 'stuck' at quarter full leaving us stranded. From start to finish it failed the Main Dealer to get Android Auto operational. from the same Korean stable as KIA?? You gave the latter brand a mention I believe..By contrast we had a Suzuki Swift in the family for 4 years without a single warranty issue. The marque's reliability is legendary, I missed out if you gave that particular vital point a mention. My one and only complaint: like a lot of cars it comes with the rather silly puncture repair kit and no spare. This is €300 extra. On another Australian revies the car supplied was actually supplied as standard with a spare. I missed out if you mentioned the inclusion / exclusion.
Overall, great car to date and if it proves as reliable as our Swift we will be best pleased with our choice... .. even if it has some " scratchy plastic " and no Air Vents for rear passengers. . . my Hyundai had lovely passenger air vents, when it was working and not having warranty work done !

[superniceJeffLee]

In Europe, we have LKA (Lane Keep Assistance) and upgraded LDW (gives vibrations while departing the lane) on new S-Cross

[sergiopte]

I have a 2023 in Budapest, Hungary, premium edition with sunroof but manual transmission, we paid 26k € brand new. 🧐 And definitely loving it 😎

[Vinterfrid]

Really, you guys must be out of your mind - "the previous S-Cross looked so ugly and outdated"? On the contrary, it looked very attractive and a pleasure to look at, whereas the new design is a step backwards. As always - beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

[GavinByrneLand]

I have a 2023 one here in Ireland, where it's much cheaper than equivalent models from other manufacturers. Mine is the Ultra model (the top spec one) and cost €36.5k which is probably the highest price you'd pay for one in Europe because Ireland has exorbitant taxes on cars. I agree it's difficult to justify at Australian prices, but I absolutely love my one. Such a pity it's way over-priced for yourselves in Australia.

[haydosh]

I actually quite like the look of it!
Outside restyle has made the world of difference and the interior, particularly the dash feels like a homely slice of yesteryear and I’m ok with that.

I also kinda like the subtle hint back to its SX4 lineage, but the old SX4 from 2006 actually had more power from its NA 2.0 and went really well.

I looked at the new S-Cross myself a few months ago, it wasn’t really on my radar because it’s spec list even at Prestige level really doesn’t sit well for its $44, 000 asking price but I ADORED the enormous panoramic sunroof.
I placed my order for a Seltos GT-Line a week later and while that’s even more expensive than the Suzuki, it’s a much better car overall despite a few equipment oversights itself, for instance, I noticed the S-Cross has a 12v outlet in the boot, something the Seltos is denied.

The Suzuki doesn’t really do anything wrong expect price itself out of contention, a near $10, 000 cheaper SsangYong Korando Ultimate (something else I drove and it was very good!) would be a better buy at this level

[mikroll]

Enjoyed you review . Well done! Would like to see not only 0 -100 times but also overtaking such as 50 to 90 or 80 to 100 . Where quick is important.

[thecustompropper]

I bought the Indian version of this car here in India it's called Grand Vitara. The one I bought is second from top variant with K15C mild hybrid engine and 6 speed Torque Converter automatic transmission. It costed me around 34, 000 AUD equivalent on road

[jacobbeattie]

You can buy a demo for $36, 000 AUD. That’s $8000 less than the price you said here. I think at $36, 000 it’s a good buy.

[bankatlau]

On your side, Matt
And you're right there - I tried a couple of Suzuki's and chose to buy a Mazda instead. The Suzuki's felt cheap, but cost similar money.

[maxd]

SX4 is what the first gen was called. (The first gen was more a fwd, awd hatch or a fwd sedan) for some reason they added s-cross

[tiberiodimartino]

I don’t know the Australian market but here in Italy the s-cross price is very competitive. For a Corolla cross and/or a Kia Sportage you need respectively 10, 000 or 7, 000 euros more.

[strangermaniacos]

You didn't disconnect the ESP when doing the acceleration test, if you do you'll get better figures.

[mitchreeves]

I'm from England, and we definitely get a better spec and price here to you guys. The S-Cross and Vitara are great used buys here. I got my Vitara SZ5 1.4Turbo, mild hybrid and AllGrip with 12000 on the clock at 18 months old for £18500 (£29000 new) and i still have 5.5 years warranty left. I chose the vitara as it's more SUV like than all of its competitors which are all basically jacked up superminis, and has better colour options than the S-Cross.

[ianking]

Tell 'em they're dreamin - that price is ridiculous for such a small engined car for just a new skin version of the older car.

[aabhaspandit]

Can you also include some fuel efficiency details as well please in your video. Like real life numbers based on tour driving
Thanks

[Alixpressdeals]

Here in Europe, its same price has Peogeot 2008, which has much worse engine, its on same price has renault captur 1.0, 2008 1.2, which are much inferior

[MyGroo]

9:30 Suzuki Vitara is not bigger than S-Cross though

[Concionator]

Really nice, reliable and agile crossover/SUV; well-driving, universal!