Suzuki Across SUV

2.5 PHEV E-Four 5dr CVT [2023]

Are you looking to lease a family-sized, but not too big, SUV?

If so – and if Suzuki isn't on your radar, but Toyota is – stop before you scroll past all this: don't overlook the Suzuki Across.

You see, underneath, it's a Toyota RAV4– the first such car to be developed under a partnership between the two Japanese manufacturers.

The same collaboration has more recently seen the emergence of the Swace – a Suzuki-badged version of the Toyota Corolla Touring Sports estate car.

Toyota’s reputation is generally superior, so this united front is no bad thing at all, although Suzuki will be returning the favour by making some smaller cars for Toyota at some point.

Nevertheless, it’s the Across that we’re interested in here.

It’s aiming to take on other large-ish five-seater crossover SUVs such as the Ford Kuga and the Skoda Karoq – and, of course, it’ll naturally compete with the RAV4, too.

Suzuki has yet to really embrace electrification of its vehicles, so piggybacking on to Toyota, which is much further down the road with its hybrid programme, is a good idea.

Unlike the RAV4, which is also available as a self-charging hybrid (HEV), the Across is available purely in plug-in hybrid (PHEV) form.