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Vehicle: Suzuki Alto Hatchback 1.0 Sz2 5dr
Cash price of vehicle £ 6,666.00
Deposit £ 1,499.00
Amount of credit £ 5,167.00
Interest £ 1,281.57
Total charge for credit £ 1,281.57
Interest rate (fixed for the duration of the agreement) 5.11%
Representative 9.9% APR
42 monthly payments of £ 99
1 optional final payment of £ 2,239.75
The guaranteed future value is £ 2,239.75
Total amount payable £ 7,947.57
Duration of the agreement 43 months
INTRODUCTIONThe Alto model was first introduced in Japan in 1979 to provide motorists with a city car which combined fun, practicality, affordability and low running costs. During the last 30 years, this ethos has been maintained, and these values remain at the heart of the new seventh generation Alto.
With outstanding performance in terms of fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions, the latest addition to the Suzuki range meets the lifestyle needs of today's motorists and the pressing global need for a reduced impact on the environment. Furthermore, it is one of the most fun-to-drive city cars available, a great new example of Suzuki's "Way of Life!" philosophy.
As the second model in the second phase of Suzuki's world strategy (a phase that's focused on user-friendliness and delivering expanded possibilities for family members), and the fifth to date, the car offers enhanced levels of comfort and convenience with a design that combines sporty, European-inspired looks with great aerodynamics.
The five-door Alto is available in three levels of specification; SZ2, SZ3, and SZ4. The SZ3 is equipped with air conditioning as standard, whilst the top of the range SZ4 model adds ESP®, curtain airbags, 14-inch alloy wheels, front fog lamps and body-coloured door handles as standard.
The car is manufactured at Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar assembly facility near Delhi, India, and is the first Suzuki to be exported since the last generation Alto ceased production for Europe at the end of 2005. Suzuki aims to achieve annual sales of 60,000 units in Europe of which around 8,000 will be for the UK market.
Maruti Suzuki India, in which Suzuki Motor Corporation has a 54.2 per cent stake, is India's largest carmaker with a domestic market share of 51.0 per cent and celebrated its 25 year anniversary in December 2008. Since 1994, 300,000 cars have been exported to Europe, and 7.5 million Suzuki cars have been produced and sold in India since the launch of the Maruti 800, India’s first affordable world-class car, in 1983. There are almost four million Alto’s on the roads there.
ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION
The new Alto shares the highly efficient normally-aspirated 1.0-litre 3-cylinder K10B petrol unit with the European built entry-level Splash GLS model that went on sale in the UK in January of this year.
The Euro 5 compliant 12-valve engine is light and compact with low friction characteristics. Maximum power output is 50KW/68PS at 6,000rpm with a maximum torque of 90Nm/66lbft at 3,400 rpm. An impressive combined fuel consumption of 64.2mpg and CO2 emissions of only 103g/km (with manual transmission), makes the Alto one of the lowest emitting petrol-powered family cars on sale in the UK.
The Alto is offered with both a five-speed manual gearbox, and a four-speed automatic transmission, a proposition not often seen in the A-segment.
STYLING Design work for the new Alto was conducted by a team based at Suzuki's headquarters in Japan but involved extensive studies in Europe.
The design programme began in February 2005 at styling clinics in Paris and Milan. By showing European customers four minivehicle models that it was marketing in Japan, Suzuki learned that there were great differences in styling preferences between the Japanese minivehicle, and the European compact-car markets. To identify European styling tastes more clearly, Suzuki designers then stayed in Paris and Milan, observing the latest design techniques and making numerous sketches with a view to creating a Suzuki compact car that would look fresh and distinctive on European city streets. This work created the basis for all subsequent aspects of the design for the new Alto.
Amid growing international efforts to reduce carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions, Suzuki sees the new Alto, the smallest of its world strategic models, as its flagship low-carbon vehicle. Consequently, the product concept for the new Alto gave top priority to fuel economy, and to a design that was both light weight, and compact. The design team also faced the challenge of creating a concept which incorporated appealing, user-friendly packaging and styling.
An effective means of improving a car's fuel economy is to reduce the car's drag coefficient (Cd) through the optimisation of aerodynamic performance. Suzuki saw aerodynamic efficiency as an important design consideration, and as a result, the Japanese manufacturer adopted a development technique (the first of its kind for Suzuki) whereby the design team's creative work took place in parallel with an aerodynamic-analysis programme conducted by engineers.
Aerodynamic analysis requires three-dimensional data, and therefore the design team rapidly produced one-third-scale physical models based on its ideas. Moving away from Suzuki's normal in-house approval process, the design team's presentations to management included not only sketches but also one-third-scale models and their Cd figures.
After producing a huge number of design sketches, the team selected its seven best proposals and conducted design clinics with them in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, and Italy. In addition to asking the opinions of European Suzuki distributors, the team presented a series of sketches. As a result, they were able to concentrate on a single design proposal that had earned particularly high praise for its unique styling, and subsequently create a full-size clay model.
EXTERIOR STYLING
By refining the shape of the body, the design team achieved Suzuki's performance targets in terms of aerodynamics and other attributes whilst achieving the required styling for the new Alto.
A smooth flowing profile from the windscreen to the roof line combines with wedge-shaped side windows to provide a sporty look. The door mirrors further promote aerodynamic efficiency by means of a shape that encompasses a compact, but high visibility design.
Positioning of the wheels at the four corners of the chassis coupled with eye-catching wheel arches and a trapezoid-shaped body, create a strong presence on the road. Rigid contours on the bonnet and doors convey refinement by generating emotionally appealing contrasts of light and dark.
At the front end, a "face" based on a single-frame grille, communicates a bold, sporty personality. The pronounced headlamps reflect exclusivity and a sporty image.
INTERIOR STYLING
Key steps were taken by the design team to give the new Alto a fresh, casual-looking interior. The team also looked to create an appealing design which encompassed ease of use and storage.
The upper part of the instrument panel has a slim, taut-looking, wing-like shape, which gives the front of the cabin a sporty image characterised by light weight and rigidity. In addition, the newly designed audio unit sits within silver-coloured panels, and the centre of the instrument panel features an illuminated storage compartment suitable for an iPod or mobile telephone, enhancing convenience.
On the passenger side of the cabin, the bottom of the instrument panel incorporates a pocket with sufficient capacity for six 500ml drink bottles, handbags, magazines, and similarly sized items.
The contours of the centre console merge with those of the passenger-side pocket in a way that creates a stylish look and an impression of width. Furthermore, the door trim is shaped to complement the instrument panel with a dynamic wraparound look.
ENHANCED ACTIVE AND PASSIVE SAFETY
The Alto's body shape reflects Suzuki's Total Effective Control Technology (TECT) concept in the form of crushable structures that absorb impact energy, frame members that disperse impact energy away from occupants, and a strong cabin design. Use of high-tensile steel for major body components means that the resulting high level of occupant safety does not add excessive weight.
SRS front, side, and curtain airbags (on the SZ4 variant), are fitted to reduce the severity of impacts suffered by occupants in the event of a collision. Energy-absorbing trim materials provide further head protection.
ESP® is included as standard on the high specification SZ4. ESP® uses selective wheel braking and controls engine output as necessary to stabilise the vehicle if it detects understeer or oversteer situations which could possibly result in total loss of control. ESP® also incorporates a traction control feature to prevent wheelspin during standard starts or a loss of grip during sharp acceleration.
* ESP® is a registered trade mark of Daimler AG
30 YEARS OF THE SUZUKI ALTO The first generation, 543cc, three-cylinder Alto model was launched in 1979, designed for the Kei Class of the Japanese automobile sector, which allows small vehicles with an engine capacity of up to 660cc to benefit from cheaper tax rates, and other incentives, a regulation which still stands today.
A 40 bhp three-cylinder 796cc version of the Alto was also produced, which proved more popular with export markets including the UK where the car went on sale in 1981. The two-speed automatic variant of the Alto FX which arrived in 1983, was the country’s cheapest vehicle with this type of transmission, costing only £4,000.
A three-door and five-door GL model available with both a manual and automatic transmission went on sale in the UK between 1986 and 1992, powered by a 53 bhp 933cc engine. The fourth generation Alto was launched in 1994 in Europe and into the UK in 1997 where it remained on sale until the end of 2002. The fifth generation car was not introduced into the UK.
The Alto returned to the UK in January 2003 with the arrival of the much improved sixth generation five-door hatchback.
The sixth generation Alto GL and GLS variants featured an all new platform and 1.1-litre (1,061cc) engine, which built on the immense popularity of a small car series that provided millions throughout the world with practical, low cost, common sense motoring. Sales of the Alto increased significantly, and exceeded 8,600 units in the UK in 2004, the highest annual volume since the vehicle’s introduction in 1981.
The model remained on sale until early 2006 after recording total sales of nearly 42,000 units since the model’s UK debut 25 years prior.
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