Suzuki has a well deserved reputation for getting all the bits that have nothing to do with the car absolutely spot on. There’s a comprehensive three year, 60,000 mile warranty and on the rare occasions it does have to visit a dealer, you can expect impeccable service. Suzuki has also done a good job in not letting its residual values plummet the moment the ink’s dry on the cheque, no mean feat for a small importer with an unfashionable and rather off the pace product to sell.
And, so long as you don’t have to drive it anywhere, the Liana’s static qualities make quite a good account of themselves too. Certainly its tall and upright shape, while falling some distance from being a style icon, is inoffensive on the outside and impressively spacious within. There’s great headroom in the front and back though even Suzuki describes room in the back as merely ‘adequate’ for four adults. The more usual cargo of kids will find it more than accommodating enough for their needs.
The rear seats fold flat to reveal a quite spacious loading area but the boot itself is quite small and difficult to load thanks to an unusual degree of intrusion from the suspension turrets.
Build quality is what you’d expect: a car extremely soundly constructed from rather average materials. But if Suzuki’s performance in reliability tests is any guide, you can expect it to run and run without giving the slightest reliability issues.
The Liana is available in two grades, the £9999 GL and £10,999 GLX. As you’ll not even score alloy wheels, a CD player or air-conditioning with the GL, we’d direct all interested parties to the GLX which also boasts side airbags and front fog lamps.
