Suzuki SX4 S-Cross: Second-generation soft-roader enters the family crossover fray

摘要

There is almost certainly a parallel universe somewhere, not too dissimilar to our own, in which it was Suzuki and not Nissan that reaped the financial rewards for the invention of the crossover. The previous SX4, a five-door, Giugiaro-penned hatchback, predated the original Qashqai, already traded under the correct name and sported that oh so familiar 4×4 look now seemingly craved by an ever-growing number of buyers. But Suzuki's offering was too small, too feebly marketed and probably still too quirky for it to reach the tipping point that would be Nissan's decade-defining automotive achievement.