The new S-Cross from Suzuki to be released in October

The S-Cross from Suzuki goes on sale on 1st of October this year and has a starting price of £14,999.

This Suzuki models the rival for the Qashqai from Nissan, which has a starting price of £16,895, the Kuga from Ford, which costs from £20,900 and the CX-5 from Mazda, which has a price of £21,595.

The model will be available with four trim levels, SZ-T, SZ3, SZ4 and SZ5. Ever model gets ESP and seven airbags as standard. The SZ3 specification also includes 16 inch alloys, electric door mirrors, cruise control, air conditioning and an MP3 compatible stereo.

The SZ4 S-Cross models start from £16,249 and have keyless go, 17 inch alloys, bluetooth, front fog lights, automatic air conditioning and a leather wrapped steering wheel.

The SZ-T model gives rear parking sensors and camera, a DAB radio and SAT-NAV and a chrome exterior styling package. This model has a starting price of £17,749.

Top specification SZ5 models have a starting price of £19.749 and get leather seats and heated front ones, a double sliding panoramic sunroof, automatic lights and an auto dimming rear view mirror and projector headlights.

The S-Cross was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March and will be available with either an 118 brake horsepower 1.6 litre petrol engine or 118 brake horsepower 1.6 litre diesel. The car as standard is front wheel drive, though if you opt for the SZ-T or SZ5 trim, then you have the option of ALLGRIP four wheel drive system.

A five speed manual gearbox or CVT transmission on SZ5 models is available with the petrol engine, whilst the diesel engine is only available with a six speed manual gearbox.

Suzuki claim that the two wheel drive manual Petrol S-Cross model will return 51.3 miles per gallon and emit 127g with a manual transmission, or 125g with the CVT. The four wheel drive petrol manual is claimed to return 47.8 miles per gallon and emit 135g, whilst the CVT version can manage 49.5 miles per galon and emits 130g.

The two wheel drive diesel model has a claimed return of 67.2 miles per gallon and emits 110g of CO2, whilst the ALLGRIP four wheel drive model is said to return 64.2 miles per gallon and emits 114g.