This post was originally published on Autocar
Suzuki finally comes up with a much-needed EV in the form of a compact crossover
You could hardly come up with a clearer example of collateral damage caused by sweeping legislation than the way Suzuki has been affected by the UK’s ZEV mandate.The noted manufacturer of affordable, compact, efficient cars has had to effectively stop selling some of its cars, not because people didn’t want to buy them but because it was going to be fined otherwise. Is a 60mpg, sub-one-tonne Swift really worse for the environment than a three-tonne SUV? Debatable at best.Be that as it may, it does seem like an oversight not to have an electric car in your 2025 model line-up, so rather than sulking, it has now come up with exactly that: the Suzuki eVitara.