Out of all the cars you've bought it probably has the most 'potential'... what a shame to break it. It's a lowish volume homologation special built for rallying, check out the one that James at Chops Garage (on KZfaq) is currently running and finding hard to let go of! Should we start a "save the Ignis Sport" appeal yet??

Had a red one with the standard white alloys. Very underrated! Great power>weight ratio and very grippy when sorted. Great for throwing around with the go-kart handling.

I had a black one years ago with fog lights and standard white alloys. Lovely little cars and criminally underrated. Should become a classic not too long from now.

Looks like JDM import by the square plates, probably a decent car before it was ragged to death, might make a good DIY resto project👍

Those petrol vvt engines are bulletproof if maintained. I've had 4 Suzuki's all have been very reliable and cheap to run.

I’d love an Ignis sport, I had a 1.3 a few years ago and it was an awesome little car!!!!

I bought my 8yr son Jensen a 5 door ignis 2002 with 45k on the clocks for 300 quid to learn the basics of car repair/maintainence after he repaired it and passing its mot he is the proud owner of an immaculate little ignis he is looking into some more tasteful mods touch screen head unit upgraded lights ect so we will be following the progress of this little gem for ideas he prefers the alloys on yours to his so there's 1 idea you gave gave him

My wife had the 1.3 ignis for 8 years and loved it she only sold it because it was a little small to get the 2 grandchildren in and by the way it never went wrong and virtually nothing for mot.

I would love to see you work on this car. 👍

I have mine since 2003,bought brand new. Same mileage as this, black without the fog lights. Bone stock, I've done everything and went everywhere with it, including some quite hardcore off roading, surprisingly. Never said no, never had a hick up. Love it to bits! 😁

Yes definately get it fixed up. As you said quite rightly no one wants another typical UK car that everyone sees its good to be different.

I love the "Barryboys" reference. Tis a shame the old forum disappeared. BTW that is not the Ignis we got here in Oz.

These cars are worth saving, they were popular in the day. The brothers the swift sport were equally just as great.

Love this car very much. Small, light and very² cute. Sporty style. 👍👍

pls keep and fix it up such a fun car

Indicator is on the correct side, past japanese cars had the Indicator on the right. The only reason they changed it was because of European car makers taking s left hand drive cars, drivers console and transferring it to the right without changing the Indicators over. We all got used to this. Jdm cars have the indicator on the right.

It's worth saving on rarity value alone however this needs a serious de bling and a lot of work. That mileage is a lot by any standards. Sometimes you have to let go mate and I would with this. 🤔

If you got it cheap enough mate well worth saving as sorted they are massive fun! Retail is prob £1995 so if you can sort and at least break even you will have a cracking toy

i have one of thise i love it... it could be in better shape outside. ( scratches in the painting and stickers are worn to ) but other then that it's great. got it turbo'et and got it to just under 190 hp with the 1.5...... what is really great though is the fact it's only driven 80k miles, so still in great shape. edit: if you just go full ham, it dose 0-100 km/h or 0-60 mp/h in about 6 sec ( minde you it's still 190 hp in a car that is around 950 kg and not mean for that amount of power ) so it goes wrom if it gets floored

Fix..!!An interesting vehicle to restore.. 😁😎

Proper Barry boys car lol not seen that shit box in Barry ever keep up the good work 👍

I love these little gems, I say fix it.

Oh yes.. the Nismo rad cap did it for me

Grill and gearknob are swt (suzuki works techno) and quite rare , those along with seats will fetch over £400

Steering stalks. Suzuki LHD mass built model. Now imagine needing a RHD as cheap a design change as possible. Move the steering stalk block to the opp side and rotate it 180deg. I had one, brilliant for indicating only to turn the washers on. The washer electronics was also arse about face (err, reversed operation). Car also had an electric powered steering rack, light steering but also prone to early failure. Good economical work horse though. Same idea as motorcycles. Grab a British motorcycle gearbox, rotate it 180deg and move it to the other side of the bike. Once everyone gets used to the Japanese way why would you want to go back to a British 1 up and 4 down. Kills off the competition overnight.

The seats are called Fishnet Recaros

Absolutely save it please!!!

From the view of a Japanese car fanatic, saving it should get you on the list for an OBE :)

Can't believe someone would swap off the stock enkei wheels for worse aftermarket ones 😂 what a dumb thing to do.

These are becoming classic hot hatches with rally pedigree but this one has been through a boy racer and neglected. Worth keeping and breaking for spares as values go up.

Better than the new Ignis, as far as I'm concerned.

@5:28 It looks good but it feels tacky but the Suzuki of today sells a loaded 100 horsepower offroad vehicle for about 30 grand. Lifestyle vehicle seem to sell for a premium, especially fully loaded. You get a Toyota Landcruiser for this price, lol. 😊

Salvation for this little gem. Please save it.

Does this have a cam belt or cam chain ?

For what it would cost, it's worth doing to sell on to a new driver and make a small profit. I say keep and repair.

Save it and get it up to scratch. There becoming a collectable car. Good content too.

Does anyone know where I can find an exhaust system for one of these?

I enjoy the cheap crap cars much more than the flash stuff. I actually quite like this!

Do it up please...

Fix it. Too many being broken. Future classic

Worse come worse those fishnet recaros are worth a small fortune so you could always make your money back! All in all though they're great little cars just a shame it's not a gti

These are fetching good money now if it was sorted.

Do it up and see how long you can run it and what miles you get out of it before it gives up .

i bought my Ignis sport 3 years ago. i was cheap, but i spent a lot (more than double) to make it fun and safe to drive. IMHO it worth it! in the end, if the engine and frame is good you should fix it. i think its very underrated and its the most cheap/fun to drive liitle nugget. 😍 i don't want to sell mine but i have to couse i need a car with much more space. the driving part, i have to forget it. it costs a lot for a car that combines everything good 🙂

Definitely save it

Adjust ur steering wheel same as my vauxhalll aliga

Even if this particular car is an import, it was sold in Europe and it looked identical, so this is probably the most JDM looking non JDM car

Its a Suzuki of corse fix it up and 175000 is not much on any Suzuki you are thinking of UK and European cars which at 175000 miles are on there last legs but Japanese cars aren't especially Suzukis they are good as Toyotas and you worked out why the indicator stalk in Japanese cars is on the right side of the steering colum so you can use it and change gear at the same time because like a lot if countrys Japan have right hand drive the same as the best country in the world Australia

Never fails to amaze me how people don’t realise you slow to a crawl to pass a horse and give as much room and care as you can .

Yes I would, then again I am not paying for it.

Save it. Get all parts,used, from eBay and do it as cheap as possible

Not worrying about the wheels thats mounted with 3 nuts😂

Fix it up. I have an ignis and they are great

Did you actually go to Barry boys school 🏫 in South wales

Save it

Mate for £400 put a couple of days into it you’ll shift that for 2k

save it

What did you do with this?

Japanese engine , reliable as the sunset.

fix it

Save it I got mine for 500

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Late to the party on this one, but remove the 17 year old's mods (stickers, crappy blacked out glass, silly bumper appendages) and it becomes a car that would do as a runaround. Shame.