I remember that test.
My question would be......did they test other SUVs in the same manner?
Was the Suzuki much worse than the others under the same test? That would
influence how I buy.

Several SUV's did badly in that particular test. The Samurai was the worst,
probably due to a relatively highg ground clearance and narrow track. If you
remember news coverage about rear wheels of SUV's leaving the ground during
certain maneuvers, this was the test those reports
referred to.

Personally, I tend to agree with Suzuki and
some of the other manufacturers who cried "foul" at the time. If you found
yourself in a situation where you were required to dodge
a series of consecutive obstacles and slalomed back and forth between them,
would you continue at full throttle? I'd hazard a guess that few people are
often at full throttle in a motor vehicle to start with, and most would slow
down if encountering such a situation.

The tests proved only that if a vehicle is driven in an extremely stupid manner
a disastrous accident could result. Maybe CU expects all manufacturers to build
products that are totally idiot proof under any circumstance.