2020 Suzuki Ignis: a Great City Car

A city car is one designed fit into teeny spaces, as Ignis is.

So often, they’re utterly rubbish at everything else. Even the shortest journey is one of the most desperate misery. With pews as hard as stone, and the suspension of a BBQ, even the most stoic driver turn puce with rage.

Ignis is different, it is cute, and fun.

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Ignis is a reasonably priced 2nd car, or something for the beginner.

It comes as a GL and GLX, with our car being the range-topper. It is all relative though, because Ignis is not a more expensive car made cheaply. Instead, it was designed to be inexpensive car from the ground up. There are places where this is definitely more obvious than others.

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ABOVE: 2020 Suzuki Ignis

Is Ignis Cute?

Take a look at it.

It has the face of an angel, albeit a cheeky one. LED projector lights eject a brilliant day-like glow to an evening. The wheels are 16” alloys on GXL. It gives the profile a certain je ne sais quoi, especially in this festive season.

The cheery little box is just the ticket for modders. You know the type. Their fake Burberry caps are set at jaunty angles, and gold-plated chains jangle as they saunter. They want big wheels and decals, and whale tails the size the QMII. But I digress…

Ignis even has a couple of buttons on the doors for smart entry, and another button on the dash to start. That’s dead posh that is.

ABOVE: 2020 Suzuki Ignis

Is Ignis Spacious?

Oh my wordy lordy yes.

There is oodles of room, for short trips of course. Luggage is limited to a snug 264L with seats up. You’ll get bigger bags in the back with rear seats down.

Look, you’re not going to be doing road trips, and that’s flat. It is David Jones bags at 20 paces, and nothing more.

Rear passengers are trussed up like Christmas turkeys, but those up front are far comfier. Seats feel small for bums of a more generous nature. Remember, you’re only going to and from work, so suck it up buttercup.

The driver has a little more adjustment with an extra lever for height.

There is a surprising amount of headroom, but I wouldn’t mind the doors being just a touch higher.

If you get a chance, have a look at the floor coverings in the front. They couldn’t be bothered to get one that fits. This felt-like fabric is just pushed in to place and is scrunched up over the wheel arch. That really gives me the irrits.

The plakky bits are hard to touch and while it feels a trifle cheap, it also feels like it will outlast Cliff Richard.

Has Ignis got lots of goodies?

Ignis is chockers full of goodies to make even the quickest jaunt a joy. A generous touch screen lets you direct proceedings from the cockpit. You have navigation on all models, as well as Apple CarPlay/Android Auto.

You get dusk sensing headlights on GLX, but wipers are a manual affair. Climate control is fully automatic, but limited to a single zone.

Cruise control is manual, and comes with a speed limiter. I don’t think speed is ever going to be a major consideration, so there’s that.

Safety gear is limited. Ingis Scored just 3/5 stars on EuroNCAP because there are no active safety gizmos. There is no: active cruise control, lane departure, blind spot monitor etc. You need these at a minimum for 5 stars. Yaris has all this, but costs many more monies.

You still get 6 airbags, hill hold, ESC, ABS and a brace of ISOFIX points, well, 2 of them anyway. There are 2 child seat anchorages, with all this topped off by a quite decent reversing camera.

What’s Ignis Like to drive?

Ignis has a teensy 1.2L Duojet 4-cylinder, sans turbo. You won’t set the world on fire with only 66kw and 120Nm, especially with the anaemic CVT fitted. This particular automatic has the little 4-pot screaming its tits off every time your foot gets anywhere near the floor, which you have to do anytime you want to move. But it is fun. Just put your foot on the floor and leave it there until you get to your desired speed.

Suzuki claims 4.9L/100k, but this is obviously the figure for a small earth-child driving Ignis downhill. We managed 6.8l/100k at best.

Ride is ok most of the time, but the Macpherson Strut front end is tethered to a Torsion Beam rear end. Add to that, a set of rear drum brakes from the 19th century, and you’re in no doubt that your cheap city car is exactly that.

The cabin is fairly quiet most of the time, but the engine frequently raises to a less-than-thrilling crescendo. It sounds like it is trying to beat itself to death.

Despite the modest power, and distinctly low-rent surroundings, Ignis is so much fun, because it is so nippy. There is not a po-faced expression to be seen. You dart in and out of traffic like a demented dragonfly on a pond.

You take up so little space with a mere 3700mm of length, and a tiny 1660mm of width. In the season of festive friskiness, your face will light up every time you park. It takes no effort to whip yourself into a space no bigger than a mouse.

Is Ignis Worth the doh?

Ignis is not the kind of car that makes you look for excuses to go for a spin.

But it is the kind of car that never complains, and never lets you down. It is cheap enough not to be precious, and cheeky enough to cute and fun.

Despite the slightly disappointing 3star EuroNCAP, you don’t mind paying 20 grand for it. Private buyers get 5 years of warranty with unlimited K’s, or 160,000 K’s if you insist on being an Uber driver.

I like it for its looks, economy, and size. It does what it says on the box.

2020 Suzuki Ignis

Price: $20,990 (GLX)

Engine: 1.2L 4-cyl

Power: 66kw/120Nm

Econ: 4.9L/100k

CO2: 114g/k

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