Overview & Reviews

The 2008 Suzuki Forenza features very minor changes from last year, including chrome inside door handles and available Bluetooth.

• Low price, spacious cabin, available wagon model.

• Below-average fuel economy, leisurely acceleration on models with the automatic transmission, sloppy handling, lack of refinement, discouraging crash test scores.

User Reviews:

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  Suzuki the other Japanese Auto Company? - 2008 Suzuki Forenza
  By DK - November 15 - 8:50 am

  I have purchased a Suzuki product once before and was please with the quality and performance. I was looking for a car for my daughter and found the Forenza, its quality and performance match that of the previous 1995 Esteem. Suzuki has one of the best car warranties around.

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  It gets me where I need to go (: - 2008 Suzuki Forenza
  By mwaskey - June 24 - 2:14 am

  I love my little baby car she gets me where I need to go. I live in Alaska so that is kind of saying something havent gotten stuck or had problems with the car starting up in the freezing cold.

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  Airbags did not work on impact - 2008 Suzuki Forenza
  By D Ybarra - April 11 - 11:03 am

  I got hit by a person driving a Chev Tahoe on my passenger side and got pushed into the highway concrete barrier. I got some stiches, cuts and bruises. Had to be cut out of car with the jaws of life. Interesting thing and concern was that none of the front airbags or seat side airbags deployed.

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  My Forenza - 2008 Suzuki Forenza
  By john - May 2 - 4:06 am

  This car is economical with gas. It gets you to where you want to go in a relaxed way. I love it so much.

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  I like mine. - 2008 Suzuki Forenza
  By brian171 - July 10 - 2:33 pm

  I bought my 2008 Suzuki Forenza last October with 30,400 miles on the odometer. My car has the 2.0 liter 4cyl and 5 speed manual transmission. I use the car daily for a 33 mile commute. I am pleased with the gas mileage I get. I am averaging 29-30 mpg and my commute is includes mixed city/country driving. The car now has about 36,800 miles. A few things have required repair - two new rear struts, new drive belt on the engine and new valve gasket on the engine. All of these items were repaired at no cost to me under the warranty.

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  Review - 2008 Suzuki Forenza
  By Amr - October 16 - 2:43 pm

  I bought this car as A Chevy "Optra" its an automatic 1600CC 107 HP,with only 2 front Airbags & audio control. I luv the Hold button it makes the car go crazy giving you high acceleration. The only thing i hate is the left side mirror, alot of blind spots.. i had an A4 Skoda and the left side mirror showed me whole 3 lanes, the optra shows you only one & miss leading data on the cars position, some time i look at the left mirror & deside to change lanes and i find a car beside me!! id say its soo narrow, but all in all, i luv this car.Just dont fool your self, your not driving a benz.. what you pay for you find, no high expectations. Thats why i like it.

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  Best Deal Ever - 2008 Suzuki Forenza
  By Pittsburgh Kid - November 3 - 2:53 am

  We bought this for my wife, after looking at numerous cars and sitting behind the wheel, she like this the best. She was happy with the styling, performance and handling. No other manufactor could come near the price and the warranty is great. I have owned Suzukis before and Im very happy with their reliabilty. She wanted the sunfoof model but they were sold out.

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  Happy Anniversary, Suzi - 2008 Suzuki Forenza
  By RAYT721 - June 14 - 6:40 pm

  Our first year anniversary with the car just passed on Feb 5th. Im upset that we missed the tax credit by 12 days or so but got a great price on the car ... around $12,000 new with only 8 miles on it. I cant say about the airbag issue that others mentioned but would be a concern. The gas mileage is fine for my family ... 10K average yearly miles, around 20 mpg. I mostly drive city. I would recommend the car to others. The car came loaded with air, CD, defroster, cruise, etc. We got a 6% interest rate through credit union because the purchase price had built in equity. Former car was a Hyundai Accent. I liked that one too. For me a car is transportation, not for status.

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  I like it - 2008 Suzuki Forenza
  By joakes66 - January 25 - 3:46 am

  This is my second Suzuki car. I liked my 01 Esteem so much, I thought Id try another Suzuki. So far I have been very satisfied. I am a large person, and this is the first car I have owned where I could not slide the seat all the way back; it was too far from the wheel to be comfortable! It has all the extras I was looking for, has enough get-up-and-go for my style of driving, and the controls are laid out nicely. I do think I will spend a few bucks and get some nicer wheels; the steel wheels w/hubcaps have got to go.