The Suzuki Swift is a subcompact car produced by Suzuki. Prior to this, the Swift nameplate had been applied to the Suzuki Cultus in numerous export markets.
Space inside: The Suzuki Swift began in 1985 as a marketing and manufacturing rebadge of the Suzuki Cultus, a supermini ( or subcompact) manufactured and marketed worldwide across three generations and four body configurations—three-door hatchback, four-door sedan, five-door hatchback and two-door convertible—and using the Suzuki G engine family.
The Swift was marketed in the Japanese domestic market ( JDM) as the Cultus and elsewhere as the Suzuki Swift, Suzuki Forsa, Suzuki Jazz, Chevrolet Swift, Chevrolet Sprint and Sprint Metro, Geo and Chevrolet Metro, Pontiac Firefly, Maruti 1000, Holden Barina and Subaru Justy. Versions of the second generation Cultus were also produced until 2007 in India and the car remains in production today in Pakistan and China. For more information on the initial versions of the Swift, see: Suzuki Cultus and Geo Metro.
Fuel consoption: Images of this model have leaked on the Internet at the middle of March 2016. The fourth generation Swift debuted in Japan on 27 December 2016. The Hatchback is built on the 'HEARTECT' platform which made its debut in 2015 and is the same lightweight platform used for the production of hatchbacks Baleno and Ignis and is equipped with a 1.2 l 4-cylinder Dualjet petrol engine and a 1.0 l 3-cylinder Boosterjet Turbo petrol engine for the Japanese market. In India though, it is expected to come equipped with a 1.2 l 4-cylinder K12B petrol engine and a fiat sourced 1.3 l 4-cylinder DDiS 190 diesel engine. It is also anticipated that the India spec car can also get the 1.0 l 3-cylinder Boosterjet Turbo petrol engine.
Comfort: Sales of the Swift had reached cumulative worldwide sales of four million units in August 2014 ( nine years and nine months since the start of sales in 2004) .[30] Especially in India, ever since its launch in 2005, the Swift steadily increased its sales in line with the market expansion due to economic growth, such as by adding diesel variants and sedans. Of the four million units, units sold in India account for approximately half of them. Also, approximately 19% were sold in Europe, and approximately 11% were sold in Japan. By June 2008, cumulative sales of the Swift reached 1 million[31] and in January 2011, cumulative sales totaled at 2 million.
Reliability: The Suzuki Swift has won more than 60 Awards including car of the year awards since its introduction as a global model.
Most fun to drive car in Japan car of the year awards 2006[32]
RJC Japan car of the year 2006 & 2011[33][34]
Indian car of the year 2012[35]
2011 small car of the year by BBC Top Gear India[36]
Goldstar award by Wheels magazine Australia[37]
Best buy hot hatchback by whatcar magazine UK for Swift Sport[38]
Best model in city cars by Largus magazine France[39]
2011 Small car of the year by AMI insurance autocar magazine New Zealand[40]
Best Small Car' by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers in Scottish Car of the Year Awards 2010
Looks: The new generation is expected to feature a 1.2-liter VVT petrol engine developing 92 bhp. In some countries, the 3rd generation of Suzuki Swift uses a 1.4-liter VVT petrol engine ( K14B) which produces 95 hp.
In Thailand, the Swift is built locally and is part of the Thai government's eco-car program. The car is sold with a CVT automatic transmission on GA, GL and GLX variants; GA and GL variants are also offered with a five-speed manual transmission without anti-lock brakes.[13]
For the Malaysia Market the Swift was released on 12 July 2013.[14]
As with the previous generation, a four-door notchback saloon model was developed for India by Maruti in 2012. This is shorter than the previous generation; now at 3.99 m ( 157 in) it falls underneath an important tax threshold at four metres of length.
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