Vitaras can be pretty good offroad. In standard form they are pretty much the same as a standard sj. They are a lot better on road though apart from liking to go sideways a bit more
they drift pretty well though
The bad points
The Independant front suspension, its pretty weak and doesn't like large tyres or to be lifted more than 1.5" without lots of mods.
Modifications aren't as simple or as cheap as they are on an SJ, for the same amount of money you can do a lot more to an sj than you can a vitara.
Also it's not as easy to lower the gearing for large tyres because of the transfer box set up internally and the fact the diffs ratios are already pretty low.
And well that's about it really
to :S:cuk and the dark side, or is that light side 
as they weigh less than all the other 4x4s 
