FIRST DRIVE: Suzuki eVitara - did we get it all wrong?

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The EV Vitara, at just under 4.3 meters long, competes with cars like the Jeep Avenger, Hyundai Kona, and Ford Puma. There's a choice between a 49 or 61 kilowatt hour LFP battery, offering a range of up to 267 miles for the larger battery and 214 for the smaller. The smaller battery front-wheel-drive version gets 142 horsepower. The bigger battery will be offered with either front or four-wheel drive, with 172 or 181 brake horsepower respectively.

The Vitara's ground clearance is 185 millimeters, which may not be very good for an off-roader car.

Charging is confusing. It will peak at 150 kilowatts, but charging time from 15 to 70% will take 30 minutes. This may suggest the car charges slower than 150 kilowatts.

The car offers a 10-year warranty on the whole vehicle. It requires services to be done at Suzuki dealers.

The interior has a 10 1/4 inch infotainment screen.

The all-black interior looks a bit basic. The interior has different versions of plastic.

What may bother people is the asymmetrical design in the front - the center console is a bit off-center, compared to the driver and passenger's seats.

There are physical buttons for climate controls and volume, along with wireless charging on higher-spec versions. There are couple of cupholders and door bins, and decent space. The version with the front seats all the way back, you've got 238 liters of boot space back there.

It's not particularly powerful, but it will do 0 to 62 in 7.4 seconds for the all-wheel-drive and around 9.6 in the two-wheel drive.

Road noise and overhead noise is considerable, requiring one to turn up the radio's volume.

You can put it in trail mode if you want to take it off-road. This vehicle is really good at all grip. The 2-wheel drive has an advantage.

If going for the 2-wheel drive, that will do 4.2, where the 2-wheel drive will do 3.7.

The steering wheel feels quite big for a car its size, causing the inclination to chuck it a little bit more; this means there is some body roll in corners.

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