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2003 Suzuki Vitara 4-Door

2003 Suzuki Vitara 4-Door
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The 2003 Suzuki 4-door Vitara is not your average sedan, nor your average SUV. It's a sensible compact-SUV. A little more rugged than the Vitara 2-door convertible, Suzuki's 4-door Vitara sacrifices nothing for style and a savvy ride. With varying configurations to play with, interior volume is a roomy 112.6 cubic-feet. Pack everyone and everything in…everything but the kitchen sink that is.

Available Models
As with the Vitara 2-door convertible and Grand Vitara, the 2003 Suzuki Vitara 4-door hard-top lets you choose from two basic trims: rear 2-wheel drive, and 4-wheel drive both dressed with the same interior, exterior, and under-the-hood features.

Interior Features
Standard interior treats for the 2003 Suzuki Vitara 4-door include air conditioning, micron air filtration system, AM/FM stereo with in-dash CD player, automatic lighting, map lights, variable-intermittent wiper control, tilt steering wheel, tachometer, split-folding rear seat, and cargo cover. More power to you with standard power windows, power door locks, power mirrors, a 12-volt power socket.

Exterior Features
16-inch sport-styled steel wheels come standard, but you can opt for aluminum wheels. Other standard features include handy roof rails, rear wiper/washer, and multi-reflection halogen headlamps.

Performance
Under the hood of the 2003 Suzuki Vitara 4-door is a 2.0-liter DOHC 4-cylinder engine with 127 horsepower @ 6000 rpm, and 134 lb-ft of torque @ 3000 rpm. Fuel mileage on the 2-wheel drive 5-speed manual takes you an estimated 420 miles with 23/26 (city/hwy) mpg, while the 4-wheel drive 4-speed automatic gets 22/25 (city/hwy) mpg. Further along, find a zero-maintenance, self-adjusting, two-stage metal timing chain designed to save you money down the road. MacPherson strut front suspension and a five-link, coil-spring rear suspension system helps to smooth the bumps. Choose the 4-wheel drive model, and find yourself exploring off-road opportunities with 'shift-on-the-fly' ease.

Safety and Security
Standard safety and security features of the 2003 Suzuki Vitara 4-door consist of second-generation dual front airbags, height-adjustable shoulder belts, rear door child-safety locks, child seat LATCH system, energy-absorbing steering column, daytime running lights, and remote keyless entry. Power hydraulic vented front disc and rear drum brakes are standard as well. Structural safety manifests with reinforced side-impact beams, a steel-reinforced passenger compartment, and integrated front and rear crumple zones to reinsure impact safety.

2003 Suzuki Vitara 4-Door Highlights

The bigger, roomier Vitara 4-Door has a full steel hardtop and a quiet, comfortable interior.
As anybody who's done serious off road exploring will tell you, the toughest terrain is always on the way to the best campsites and most secluded swimming holes: soft sand, rock crawling and technical climbs. How can the four-wheel-drive Vitara get through when some others can't? Because in low range at low speeds, special drive ratios keep the Vitara's engine spinning comfortably in the heart of its powerband and the engine torque is multiplied to keep the wheels turning. Single range all-wheel-drive systems don't have the right gear ratios for very slow speeds, so their engines lug down to low revs and power fades. When the going gets tough, these systems simply can't keep going.
Exterior colors for Vitara 4-Door models for 2003 are Bright White, Platinum Silver Metallic, Satin Black, Cranberry Metallic, Indigo Blue Metallic and Ivy Green Metallic.
Like all 2003 Suzuki models, the Vitara covered by the best warranty in the business, Suzuki's new 7-year/100,000-mile powertrain limited warranty. Fully transferable to succeeding owners and free of deductibles for covered items, the warranty is designed to underscore the corporation's confidence in product quality. The powertrain warranty covers the engine, transaxle, transmission and transfer case and front- and rear-wheel-drive systems. Although Kia and Hyundai offer a 10-year/100,000-mile warranty, theirs is not fully transferable.

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Fast Stats
Seats
4
MSRP from
$16,799
Engine
2.0L DOHC 4-cyl.
Horsepower
127 @ 6,000
Transmission
4-speed auto
5-speed manual
MPG: City/Hwy
2WD man.: 22/25
4WD man.: 22/25

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