SUZUKI VITARA 1.4 Mild Hybrid Ultra Allgrip

Towing with this small SUV will be rather restricted by its light weight, says David Motton

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TECH SPEC

Price £30,799

What Car? Target Price £30,799

Retained value after three years N/A

Kerbweight 1290kg

85% of kerbweight 1097kg

Gross vehicle weight 1720kg

Max towing limit 1500kg

Gross train weight 3220kg

Towball limit 75kg

Price of towball TBC

Boot size 362-642 litres

Payload 430kg

Test conditions Dry

Engine size 1373cc

Power (hp/rpm) 129/5500

Torque (lb ft) 173/2000-3000

Official combined economy 52.3mpg

Towing economy 26.2mpg

CO₂ emissions 128g/km

First year car tax £440

Second year car tax £195

Insurance group 22A

Euro NCAP overall protection rating Expired

What's new?

Suzuki has updated the Vitara, providing it with new looks and revised safety tech. Further tweaks reduce emissions and improve fuel economy.

We have been driving the 1.4 Mild Hybrid Ultra Allgrip, priced at just over £30,000.

What are we looking for?

The Vitara has been one of our favourite small tow cars for many years. Is the vehicle starting to feel its age, or are these updates enough?

Towing ability

As a rule, cars just keep getting heavier. The Vitara bucks that trend, and in this specification it's one of the lightest-weight four-wheel-drive cars on sale.

With a kerbweight of just 1290kg, the Vitara Allgrip has an 85% match figure of 1097kg. So if you take a belt and braces approach to matching car and caravan, your choice of tourer will be quite limited.