Suzuki Fronx Hybrid from $29,999 Driveaway (Exclude Northern NSW & QLD) @ Suzuki Dealers

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Suzuki Fronx Hybrid from $29,999 Driveaway (Exclude Northern NSW & QLD) @ Suzuki Dealers
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1.5L DualJet hybrid engine
4.9L / 100km fuel economy
combined^
9-inch HD Display Audio with wireless Apple
CarPlay® & Android Auto™
360-degree view camera
Wireless smartphone charger
Heads-Up Display
Heated front seats
Adaptive Cruise Control with Lane Keep Assist‡
Rear parking assistance via cameras
and sensors
6 airbags: front, side, and curtain
Electronic Stability Program (ESP®)
Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)
Traffic Sign Recognition‡
Dual Sensor Brake Support II‡
Lane Departure Warning and Prevention±
Blind Spot Monitor‡
Weaving Alert±
Rear Cross Traffic Alert‡

*Driveaway pricing shown includes registration, compulsory third party insurance, estimated dealer delivery and stamp duty. Driveaway pricing may vary at any point prior to vehicle delivery. On-road costs will vary according to individual circumstances, choice of insurer, options and accessories selected. Premium and two-tone paint available at additional cost. If a driveaway price is not published, please speak to an authorised Suzuki Australia automotive dealer to confirm pricing. Suzuki Australia Pty Ltd does not operate in Northern NSW or Queensland, please visit https://www.suzuki.com.au/dealer/ to find an authorised Suzuki Australia dealer. Pricing shown for private buyers only, excludes fleet, government and rental buyers.

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Comments

  • damnable on 27/08/2025 - 13:47
    +51

    Looks like this is another Suzuki fake hybrid with only a very limited 12v battery to justified the 'hybrid' in the title.

      • freeb1e4me on 27/08/2025 - 15:28
        +5

        It’s not a true hybrid. It’s what they call a mild hybrid…

        • daft009 on 29/08/2025 - 20:01

          If Prius and Camry are hybrid then so is this?
          Serious question

    • wryun on 27/08/2025 - 14:46

      Does it matter what tech they use if the fuel consumption is reasonable? 4.9L/100km is decent if it's achieved. Having said that, it does seem like Suzuki's fuel measurements are a little optimistic…

      • dwbr on 27/08/2025 - 15:17
        +17

        My 2008 Honda Jazz can do that, also 1.5L engine.

        • Aldonis on 27/08/2025 - 15:42
          +6

          I just bought a 2010 Jazz with the 1.5l. looking forward to this economy

          • WhyAmICommenting on 27/08/2025 - 16:06
            +13

            @Aldonis: On the highway. Down hill.

            • JIMB0 on 27/08/2025 - 16:56
              +3

              @WhyAmICommenting: It will get that on the flat with the lethargic CVT, provided you keep it under 100km/h, which you will to avoid going deaf from the tyre roar.

            • MuddyRubber on 27/08/2025 - 18:31
              +1

              @WhyAmICommenting: Towed by a truck uphill

          • andyfc on 27/08/2025 - 17:58
            +2

            @Aldonis: Great choice in car, dead reliable , practical (mini - van) and the 2010 had a 5 speed, not CVT.

            Unlikely to get that economy though. In suburban traffic, in the high 7s. Freeway low 6s. If manual, aware of how cars work, you could probably probably shave off another 0.5L/100km.

            • Aldonis on 28/08/2025 - 09:29

              @andyfc: I made sure to get it in a manual as I've also heard it's actually a pretty fun drive for what is a gutless car on paper

              • andyfc on 28/08/2025 - 09:37

                @Aldonis: The manuals are tonnes of fun and will be bullet proof. They are gutless, but it's enjoyable driving slow cars fast. Enjoy!

          • fitr on 28/08/2025 - 10:24

            @Aldonis: used have 1.5 VTIS jazz with 18inch wheels , about 6.5L/100 very happy days

        • ONEMariachi on 27/08/2025 - 16:50
          +2

          2008 Honda Jazz is stated at 6L. So if you were getting 4.9L with where and how you drive. you’d probably go even better in this car.

          • dwbr on 27/08/2025 - 17:53

            @ONEMariachi: Manual transmission. I mostly drive on a highway that goes between 70 and 90km/h.

      • Mokr on 27/08/2025 - 17:47
        -1

        You get hybrid for the drive experience and cheaper brakes and good fuel economy.

        Compare to ice

    • Perth027 on 27/08/2025 - 14:56
      +7

      Yup, the fuel efficiency figures are coming from having a severely underpowered engine, which most people will just attribute to the hybrid system.

      • SanguinarySeraph on 27/08/2025 - 15:49
        +2

        I agree it’s nothing to do with the hybrid system, but saying it’s ‘severely underpowered’ is likewise disingenuous.

        It’s mostly due to the light weight, something that’s been abandoned in favour of bigger and bigger SUVs and dual cabs. The power to weight of the Fronx is about the same as your average dual cab or SUV (and actually higher than a base Ranger or Prado for example).

    • anthp on 27/08/2025 - 16:27
      -2

      Hard to justify a fossil car (even a hybrid) in the context of the EVs available today. Unless you're bereft of power access or regularly do enormous daily kilometers, the use case is limited. Once you include total cost of ownership, hybrids are more expensive to run and you're unnecessarily carting around and maintaining two drivetrains.

      • wheelieb1n on 27/08/2025 - 16:47
        +9

        If you actually crunch the numbers on TCO, you will find that EVs can be twice the insurance cost, and three times the depreciation, that erases the lower fuel/charging and maintenance costs…

        • anthp on 27/08/2025 - 16:52

          Agree there's wild variation in insurance quotes between providers. But, comparable quotes are easy enough to locate for ICE/EVs of similar value. Perhaps you're comparing a Taycan with a Tiguan?

          • wheelieb1n on 27/08/2025 - 19:29

            @anthp: Yep, it definitely depends on the model!

            Here are the numbers for my 2022 Rav4 hybrid cruiser AWD:

            5 year capped price servicing $240 per year
            Comprehensive insurance: $724
            Depreciation so far ~3% per year
            Real world fuel econ ~5.5L/100km (we do about 12K kms per year)

            From what I can tell, the approx TCO of a similar sized car e.g. model Y, ioniq 5 etc over 5 years is worse?

        • Daabido on 27/08/2025 - 17:05
          +8

          We don't need your stinking facts when we have feelings.

  • MrZ on 27/08/2025 - 13:49
    +12

    In India the Fronx costs $13,000 AUD. No deal.

    • smartazz104 on 27/08/2025 - 13:57
      +3

      It's built there isn't it?

      • MrZ on 27/08/2025 - 13:58

        Yes.

          • MrZ on 27/08/2025 - 15:29
            +1

            @eddyah: Why did 6 people upvote this idiotic comment?

            • Yummy on 27/08/2025 - 15:53

              @MrZ: Please refer to Truck-kun.

              • MrZ on 27/08/2025 - 15:54

                @Yummy: Link?

                • Yummy on 27/08/2025 - 15:58

                  @MrZ: Google.

                  And also Truck-kun from USA. RIP those 3 people.

                  • MrZ on 27/08/2025 - 15:59
                    +4

                    @Yummy: I have very little interest in anime, not my thing.

                  • frewer on 28/08/2025 - 06:26

                    @Yummy: Why u turn in high way though?

                    • Yummy on 28/08/2025 - 09:42
                      +1

                      @frewer: No one u turn in highway especially with double B. Raj can!

                      /$

    • thrillho on 27/08/2025 - 14:23
      +5

      But lacks a LOT of safety features required in Australia.

      • Perth027 on 27/08/2025 - 14:54
        +1

        I suspect that would be the catch. A lot of our "base spec" are actually midrange compared to all manufacture options. Wasn't long ago you could option a base model Corolla in Japan had steel wheels, manually winding windows, older infotainment systems. I suspect the $13k models you can get in India would be the same, lacking in tech and safety features.

        Given how small of a country we are we usually get less variants.

        • Kommodore on 27/08/2025 - 15:25
          +8

          On the other hand it is another excuse to keep gouging us, we didn't even have the requirement for rear view camera until recently, still doesn't go into effect until 2027 when most other countries already have it. And these are $20 cameras, your phone comes with 5 of them now, but they will say regulation raising prices.

          We get bad deal either way and people eat up the excuses.

      • MrZ on 27/08/2025 - 15:39
        +1

        Fair point - it lacks active safety features. They're not even optional in India - they're just not available. However it still has 6 airbags and ESC as standard. For many people that's probably enough.

    • desibaba on 27/08/2025 - 15:30
      +5

      Which place in India have this variant of fronx for 13000$ AUD? Base variant Turb AT costs 12 lakh INR ex show room which is equivalent to 21k AUD.

      • MrZ on 27/08/2025 - 15:40

        Right, and the 1.0L turbo engine is a better engine than what we get. And yet we're paying 42% more??

  • chickenchipsgravy on 27/08/2025 - 13:51
    +13

    1.5 litre DUALJET engine - (profanity) yeah, nothing is more ferocious in 2025 like lightning quick 75 kilowasps and 130 isaac newtons — pretty sure their bike engines have more power

    • Zahn on 27/08/2025 - 14:26
      +2

      That's what they use in Jimny RRP $38000

      • adrianhughes1998 on 27/08/2025 - 15:38
        +3

        Absolute slow piece of crap. Good for light off roading but funny when one tries to launch itself at the lights

    • SanguinarySeraph on 27/08/2025 - 15:53

      Some models of Lotus Elise only had 89kw and 168nm - never slowed them down.

  • justcallmeboss on 27/08/2025 - 13:55
    +5

    Hasn't been tested by ANCAP yet..

    • jamesvdm on 27/08/2025 - 16:40
      +2

      Ignorance is bliss.

      • frewer on 28/08/2025 - 06:28
        +1

        Would you like a life insurance for that bliss?

  • johnn on 27/08/2025 - 13:56
    +6

    Know they were working with a budget but 76kW of power and 137Nm of torque is pitiful, even if it is small and light.

    If they had put the 1.4L turbo from the Swift Sport in there it'd be a much better option (even if you had to push the price up a bit). Probably worried about cannibalising the Vitara.

    The underwhelming Kia Stonic at least has a 1.0L turbo with 172Nm torque.

    • banterbants on 27/08/2025 - 15:54

      Agreed. As someone who owns both a swift sport turbo and a vitara turbo they are fantastic engines.

  • Inyokuchi on 27/08/2025 - 13:59
    +5

    Saw carexpert reviewing this, it's a fake hybrid

    • spiinl on 27/08/2025 - 15:18
      +1

      we have a swift hybrid, and yes it is a fake hybrid.
      but it does have its positives.
      1. engine start stop - don't have the annoying engine crack when it goes stop-start. Its lots smoother, so you can actually keep it on.
      2. you still can drive the car after the battery is done/dead. so effectively it will be just a normal car, unlike some hybrids you will have to replace the battery to get it moving again. *not sure how true is this.

      • rooster7777 on 27/08/2025 - 17:10

        It's a long time since I saw a crank handle on a car….. or would this be a cord pull start?

    • Big L on 27/08/2025 - 17:56

      Like they'd know 😜

    • raperozbargain on 27/08/2025 - 18:20

      Typical comment of those who dont understand different types of hybrid 😂 It's like SUV can come in different sizes and shapes. They are all classified as SUV, but that doesn't mean they are exactly the same :)

  • Doineedthis on 27/08/2025 - 13:59
    +7

    It's funny that this includes a 360 camera which is not even standard in a $70k Kia EV5 Earth (built in China).

    • serpserpserp on 27/08/2025 - 14:30
      +6

      Yeah there are a lot of things Kia don't include in their expensive EVs that they should

    • DaveD on 28/08/2025 - 10:59
      +1

      Kia and Hyundai's have started considering themselves amoung premium cars

    • eddyah on 27/08/2025 - 14:06
      -2

      OzRRP

    • Big L on 27/08/2025 - 17:58

      Most of your posts are OzGumtree, so tell your story walking

  • totom on 27/08/2025 - 14:04
    +3

    The Swift is rated 1 star by ANCAP. Hopefully this one will be a little safer.

  • turtleCatcher on 27/08/2025 - 14:06

    OzInfo

  • jv on 27/08/2025 - 14:08
    +6

    Exclude Northern NSW & QLD

    As it should…

    • ricadam on 27/08/2025 - 15:32
      +5

      We're smart enought not to buy this anyway…

  • thatguyfromthatplace on 27/08/2025 - 14:15
    +7

    If it was $15,990 driveway then sure. At $30,000 Suzuki are having an absolute laugh.

    • serpserpserp on 27/08/2025 - 14:32
      +5

      What cars are $15,990 drive away at the moment?

      Any marketed as a hybrid?

      • Drakesy on 27/08/2025 - 15:12

        Key word

        Marketed

      • Gavman on 27/08/2025 - 15:22

        MG's are close - not hybrid but around same fuel eff.. not sure how this is called a "hybrid" just because it uses battery to help the petrol engine get better economy.. Thats not a hybrid in my book. A Hybrid is more of something that can run on either or both. i.e. the petrol engine charges the battery (PEEV) to get great milage not just extra 50km or the car is capable of switching between battery power and petrol.

      • thatguyfromthatplace on 27/08/2025 - 17:05

        None. But that's all the Fronx is worth, to me at least. $30k for a third world model with all the power of a lawn mower is a complete joke.

  • Raynes on 27/08/2025 - 14:22
    +10

    contender for worst name ever?

    • Big L on 27/08/2025 - 18:07

      The interview with the head of Suzuki Australia about this mobile road block was hilarious, excuses and whinging galore.

      https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/suzuki-is-sick…

      • mskeggs on 27/08/2025 - 23:45
        +2

        Wow. Basically suggesting Suzuki safety tech is a decade behind current 5 star, so that is fine, no need to have modern safety features.

        • Nom on 28/08/2025 - 10:35

          50% of the cars on the road, don't have any modern safety features and have a 2025 ANCAP score of zero.

          Picking a random state - Victoria - that leads to 200 road deaths a year, from a pool of 5 million registered vehicles, driving a total of about 60 million kilometers.

          Your odds of being killed in an unsafe vehicle, while not zero, are very very low.

          • mskeggs on 28/08/2025 - 20:40

            @Nom: Sure, and people can choose whether to buy a safe car, that passes all the ADRs, but scores 1 star, or a safer car that scores 5 stars.
            The idea there is no need to progress safety because cars from 5 years ago are less safe would have meant no seat belts or air bags, if the same logic applied in the past.

  • Wiadro on 27/08/2025 - 14:29

    My e-bike is faster than this

    • serpserpserp on 27/08/2025 - 14:33
      +3

      Hope you wear a helmet

      • JIMB0 on 27/08/2025 - 14:37
        +8

        Won't make any difference.

        • Wiadro on 27/08/2025 - 19:23

          not much up there to protect

          • JIMB0 on 28/08/2025 - 07:25

            @Wiadro: With the speed those things go you're dead regardless.

    • CocaKoala on 27/08/2025 - 17:08

      0 to 100 in 13.5 seconds. Good lawrd.

  • PiperDan on 27/08/2025 - 14:39
    +2

    Suzuki aren’t as good as they used to be. There are 96 listings on Carsales for Yaris cross under 30k. Some are only 2 years old. Or even a 2024 kia stonic GT-line with 6 years warranty remaining.

  • blitz on 27/08/2025 - 14:40
    +4

    How I do pronounce 'Fronx'? Is it like Frunks? Or like Gronks?

    • eddyah on 27/08/2025 - 14:53
      +3

      Bronx except with an F

    • doperst on 27/08/2025 - 15:21
      +1

      Apparently it's a mix of frontier+crossover

      • blitz on 27/08/2025 - 15:34
        +1

        In that case, "Frossover" or "Crontier" come to mind

        • jackary on 28/08/2025 - 04:07
          +1

          Well, that's it. I will forever call this car the Crontier. Thanks.

    • mousie on 27/08/2025 - 17:06

      Fah-wronx

      Stupid brand

    • yamumma on 27/08/2025 - 18:32
      +1

      I think a Fronx is like the automotive version of a gunt.

    • scottishdave on 28/08/2025 - 06:32

      What about Haval's Jolion?

  • sophiie on 27/08/2025 - 14:41
    +1

    Is it a plug in hybrid? What makes this fake?

    • GreenGuava on 27/08/2025 - 16:33
      +3

      Generally speaking, a regular hybrid is one that can be powered solely by its electric battery/motor system under certain conditions, such as low speed driving, as well as together with the main petrol engine at higher speeds.

      So-called mild hybrids on the other hand (like the Fronx) have a much smaller electric battery/motor system that only has enough power to assist the main petrol engine, such as during stop-start acceleration. Because these mild hybrids can't be powered only by electricity, they're technically not true hybrids which is where the 'fake' comes into it.

  • shxhshzhz on 27/08/2025 - 14:41
    +2

    Not a real hybrid. Chery Tiggo 4 Hybrid or Haval Jolion Hybrid are real hybrids for $29990 which aren't so weak. This only has 76kW of power

  • yht on 27/08/2025 - 14:43

    They promote it as a perfect car. They have to tell us the definition of perfect from their side as each person has different definition of perfect.

    • voltex on 27/08/2025 - 22:01
      +1

      They have to promote it as a perfect car. Every brand does it. If you don't believe your product is the best in its segment, you're failing before you start.

  • JuryWheel on 27/08/2025 - 14:52
    +2

    I'm kinda surprised the haven't managed to get a small, affordable hybrid down to 2l/100km or something similar. Sure, 4.9 or whatever this is is good, but surely they can do better, no?

    • Naigrabzo on 27/08/2025 - 15:08

      Yes but only if the weight is reduced. You can't really beat physics. Case in point; Silly EV batteries that take 25 minutes to go from 20-80%. Meanwhile you can refuel in 3 minutes be on your way.

      • JuryWheel on 28/08/2025 - 11:04
        +1

        True, but cars are getting heavier and heavier. A Corolla size that's closer to 1tonne and not 1.5 with good aero should be able to bring it down further. I also think cars could do with being less powerful….

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