A lumbering plug-in hybrid SUV it might be, but technically the Across is the fastest car that Suzuki has ever built. And by ‘built’, we mean ‘replaced the Toyota badge on’. You see, the car’s 2.5-litre, four-cylinder engine combines with a pair of electric motors for 300bhp, and by working together they propel the Across from 0–62mph in six seconds flat. That’s more than two seconds quicker than the Swift Sport, a car that Suzuki had only previously bettered in terms of acceleration with the short-lived Kizashi saloon.