Motoring: Practical and value for money Liana.(Features) From: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: January 10, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Century Newspapers Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Jonathan Crouch

THE Liana certainly isn't short on metal - it's 423cm length making it comfortably longer than a Ford Focus and only a smidgeon shy of a Jeep Cherokee.

Whilst most manufacturers aim to position a wheel at each corner for maximum packaging advantage, Suzuki has bucked this particular trend and instead opted for long overhangs and a short wheelbase to make the Liana turn on a sixpence.

Couple this with conservative styling tha...