Overview & Reviews
A versatile wagon model joins the lineup. Side airbags are now standard on all Forenzas.
- Lots of standard features for the price, comfortable cabin with unexpected conveniences, solid construction, predictable handling.
- Subpar fuel economy, similarly priced Aerio makes more power.
User Reviews:
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Competent, but uninspiring - 2005 Suzuki Forenza
By aposak - October 30 - 10:34 pmFor basic transportation and cargo hauling, this car is great! It has been rock-solid reliable at 135k miles. Anything over basic transportation, though, and you should look elsewhere. Although a lot of nice features and afterthoughts are included, Suzuki overlooked many of the basics. The lower dash and doors are soft plastic, which scratch and mar easily. The seats arent particularly comfortable, though they feature several adjustments. Handling, acceleration, and braking are competent, but feel disconnected. Ive averaged 24-26mpg combined throughout the life of the car.
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Served us well - 2005 Suzuki Forenza
By firstimebuyer - June 27 - 11:33 amWe bought our Forenza new and have been driving it for 5 years. Its not as comfortable as our older bigger car but we expected that. Its always been reliable, no issues. Never noticed a problem with the power and I spend a lot of time on freeways. Dealerships keep selling out and we end up making a day trip to get checkups, warranty stinks - charge an arm and a leg just for normal stuff thank God nothings gone wrong.
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Decent.... - 2005 Suzuki Forenza
By MIke - May 24 - 3:40 pmThis car is very fuel efficient. I can usually get almost 400 hundred miles on a full tank of gas. The engine is a little rough, but its only a 4 cyclinder so that is expected.
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Not an Econo Auto - 2005 Suzuki Forenza
By Cliff Ray - December 23 - 12:53 amThe Forenza is not a bad car. However the gas mileage is not good. In the city the best I was able to get was 15 MPG.
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Decent car/ great price. - 2005 Suzuki Forenza
By Gabe - October 21 - 7:50 pmI bought the car because it was so cheap. i received a killer warranty and great service from the dealer. I financed the car for 60 months, but as long as i owe money on it it is covered because they gave me a 7 year/100000 mile bumper to bumper. who could beat that. it gets good mileage and is a fairly decent looking car. They beat everyone elses price by thousands and gave me a car easily as nice.
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Forenza Review - 2005 Suzuki Forenza
By Mary Tinsley - June 26 - 11:56 amThe car is roomy in the front but less leg room in rear seating area. Easy to handle and rides very smooth. One drawback on the interior is the steering wheel blocks the speedometer. The seats adjust easily and are quite comfortable. Controls are easy to reach and use. Gas mileage is great I get around 34-35 hwy. It is an attractive looking car with many pluses when you compare it with the price of the vehicle. It handles well in heavy traffic and stopping is not a problem and has a good turn radius. Easy to parallel park. Overall the best vehicle I have owned and really liked the price.
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A lot of car for the money - 2005 Suzuki Forenza
By john - April 29 - 12:23 amgood more than basic transportation.Comfortable interior with a really good sound system. A nice riding car for its size it does have 4 wheel independant suspension. It seems hard to grow tired sitting in this car on long drives. One nice feature is that the car comes complete no options other than auto or manual trans. My dealership was a very pleasant no hassle dealer.It could use more power on long grades (126 hp) and the fuel economy is alittle short on what I hoped for averaging about 23 mpg with mixed driving. I was very surprized at how many people approached me to tell me how much they really liked the way it looks. Insurance was also cheaper ( no one steals suzukis I guess
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forenza sedan "S" - 2005 Suzuki Forenza
By Jean - February 28 - 5:40 amThis car has so many features I doubt I could list all of them. With the automatic transmission it a takes off really fast with a sufficent amount of pedal pressure, but then it seems to shift to low in order to keep the same acceleration. Other than that its a great car. It has alot of cabin room, great looking interior, and a sleek looking exterior! Everything is automated like windows, gass cap, mirrors (heated) trunk...etc. Seats are manual and uncomfortable. Has driver/passenger, and side airbags. I like the 15" wheels with P195\55R15 Kumho touring tires. Also has very stylish high intensity headlights. 2 cooling fans on radiator. Has 4 wheel disc brakes. Its a great car for the $.
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Lasted 260K miles. - 2005 Suzuki Forenza
By JofNoho - February 21 - 4:13 pmI averaged 50K miles a year since I bought this car brand new. No problems until I had to replace the lifters at 110K, not bad. Suzuki recommends timing belt replacement at 60K but I pushed it to 100K and then 200K. It ran great to 260K, it proved to be extremely reliable. There were a few electrical problems, the passengers air bag light came on pretty early on and the headlight switch shorted out at about 150k. Also, suzuki charges a lot for parts and the two mechanics I took it to knew nothing about these cars. Other than that, it was a surprisingly durable car that got me back and forth from work for almost 5 years.
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Warranty not good enough - 2005 Suzuki Forenza
By Allen Holloway - February 15 - 3:53 pmI bought the car new in 05 and didnt have any trouble the first year. In the last 12 months, Ive replaced the exhaust system due to catalytic converter failure and the entire a/c system which isnt covered under the 100,000 mile warranty and cost me $2,000.00. I dont get the gas mileage that is advertised either. The ride is okay. A lot of extras come standard on this car such as power windows, cd player and tilt wheel. Overall Im satisfied with the car, I would like to see the 100,000 mile warranty cover everything.
