I think those rear seats places this car at the bottom of the list. They are raised to give more leg room but decreases head room and hinders the useable extra space.. This is beneath Suzuki enegeneering. Other then standard AWD, there are better choices out there.
Indeed, it is a bit dissapointing from the company that brought us the Swift/Metro/Firefly. The latest hatchback has gained 25cm in length, 14cm in width, 22cm in height and packed on a whopping 430kg compared to the 1989-1994 5-door Metro. On the inside, front headroom is up 2cm, rear headroom is down 1cm, rear legroom is up 8cm (but only 5cm of that is actually useable as front legroom has dropped by 3cm so the front seat occupants will be shoving their seats further back), front hiproom is identical and rear hiproom is up 11cm (why bother, it's not like it's enough to put 3 people back there without squishing). Cargo dimentions are pretty similar as well, although there is a somewhat more height. The Metro's hatch came within 5cm of bing wide enough to swallow a standard sheet of plywood, but judging by the pictures none of that extra 14cm of width made it's way to the SX4's hatch. On top of all that, the price has doubled while inflation since 1992 has only been 30% (even energy prices are only up 60%).
