The new Suzuki Grand Vitara has been designed to perform rather better on-road, starting with the fundamentals. The ladder-frame chassis has gone, replaced by a monocoque structure. It looks very different, too, with a much sportier and more modern shape mixing cues from Suzuki's new swift and Toyota's very successful RAV4. The Grand Vitara's got bigger and 180mm longer than the old car but it doesn't look much larger. Bugger wings give a more aggressive stance and there are LED tail lights and a colour-coded cover for the spare wheel mounted, like on today's Vitara, on the rear door.
