Suzuki Balenoa is a joyous motor that’s a hoot to drive

THEY once called themselves the “biggest small car maker in the world” and, in many ways, it summed up Suzuki perfectly.

It could even be argued that they have not changed, though they stopped using that tag-line many years ago.

Small cars and small 4x4s are the meat and drink of the Suzuki menu and, though the company has tried — vainly, it has to be said — to make bigger cars and bigger 4x4s, it never really cracked it and eventually realised it was only kidding itself and stuck to what it was good at.