2016 New Suzuki Baleno review

This is the new Suzuki Baleno, another opponent for the VW Polo and Ford Fiesta that has been disclosed at the Frankfurt engine appear. 

What is it? 

The Baleno is a five-entryway little hatchback that is about the same size as any semblance of the Skoda Fabia and the Ford Fiesta. It's bigger than Suzuki's present offering, the Swift, and will really be sold close by that model as opposed to supplanting it. 

Suzuki is guaranteeing that the new auto will offer solid levels of common sense for the class and its beginning figures seem to back this up. The Baleno's boot limit is 355 liters, which is more than 70 liters up on both the Fiesta's and the Polo's - and 25 up on our present Car of the Year, the Fabia. 

What motors does it accompany? 

Two petrol motors will be offered: a 1.2-liter unit with 89bhp and a 1.0-liter three-chamber engine creating 110bhp. 

The 1.2 will likewise be accessible as a feature of a gentle cross breed set-up; it utilizes an electric engine to help the Baleno restart after stop-begin circumstances, and to pull far from a halt. There's no diesel choice, by the way. 

The standard transmission is a five-pace manual, however the 1.2 is accessible with a CVT programmed gearbox and the 1.0 will be offered with a routine six-velocity auto. The half and half (badged SHVS) is a manual just and it'll be the cleanest release at dispatch, with CO2 discharges of only 93g/km. The standard 1.2 manual will emanate 101g/km while the more intense 1.0-liter engine, badged Boosterjet, discharges 103g/km with a manual gearbox. 

What's it like inside? 

Suzuki claims the Baleno can adapt to five grown-ups in its lodge, despite the fact that the auto's plunging back roofline would demonstrate that headroom could be an issue in the rearward sitting arrangements. 

The dashboard looks flawless and uncluttered; Suzuki's dispatch pictures demonstrate a halfway mounted 7.0in touch-screen, yet this will more likely than not be discretionary on everything except the most noteworthy end versions. 

The LCD show between the rev-counter and speedometer is prone to be standard over the extent, however. That bigger screen infotainment framework will offer Apple CarPlay availability for iPhone clients, Suzuki has uncovered.