Suzuki has gone to the dark side with a new Shadow Edition of its tiny Ignis light SUV.
The jacked-up city hatch is on sale now and sits at the top of the Ignis line-up.
The Shadow is priced from $27,990 drive-away, which is $4500 more than the drive-away price of the GL manual, and $1500 more than the auto-only GLX.
On top of standard gear in the GLX, the Shadow only adds dark visual styling cues, including black side decals, a black roof edge spoiler and Shadow badges.
Already standard in the Shadow is keyless entry and start, digital air conditioning, power windows, cruise control, a leather-covered steering wheel, a 7.0-inch touchscreen with sat-nav, voice command and Bluetooth connectivity, a four-speaker stereo and a reversing camera.
Under the bonnet is the same powertrain from all other Ignis grades – a 1.2-litre four-cylinder petrol engine delivering 66kW/120Nm, driving the front wheels only via a continuously variable transmission (CVT).
Just before Suzuki discontinued the Baleno light hatch, the carmaker launched a Shadow Edition of that model, but it is all but sold out in Australia now.
With the Baleno gone, the Ignis is the entry point to the Suzuki line-up, with the Swift GL hatchback starting from $24,990 drive-away.
Despite its place in the popular light SUV segment, the Ignis was the second slowest selling Suzuki model in 2022, with 1878 units sold last year. Only the S-Cross found fewer homes – 360 to be precise.
The top-selling Suzuki in 2022 in Australia was the Baleno on 6124, followed by the Jimny on 5697.
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