I used iridium plugs in one of my previous Trackers. There wasn't a whole lot of difference, I noticed a slight drop in fuel mileage when I switched from copper to iridium, 5 or so miles less per tank on average.
On other vehicles I've owned, switching from platinum or iridium plugs (installed by POs) back to copper plugs has made slight seat-of-the-pants improvements in throttle response and power. These, however, were much higher-performance cars - one with a high-compression V6 and a 100hp nitrous oxide system, the other with a tuned-up V8. I never did any kind of objective testing, though, so take that for what it's worth.
In a tracker/sidekick/samurai, I don't think that the plug type is going to matter all that much. Iridium and platinum plugs last quite a bit longer than copper plugs do, so that cuts down on the regular maintenance you'll have to do.