New Suzuki Swift

[smurfhead]

I don't think i've ever liked a small Jap car before but I seen a new Swift the other day covered in POS and with all the options on it. Looked really smart. I've just had a look on the website and the performance figures from it 2 engines and accessories range is very respectable. The pictures on the website don't do it as much justice as seeing one in the flesh. Comes in yellow too What do you think of it?

http://www.suzuki4.co.uk/swift_html/swift_framset.html

 

[James M]

Expensive for what it is...

They are reasonably quick, and well equipped, but that doesn't mean the interior is bargain basement, they reviewed one in Auto Express this week, the top of the range one, and it costs nearly as much as I paid for my Stilo, which itself is near top of the range (JTD Dynamic) and is two size catagories up

 

[smurfhead]

Just read this on Parkers too...
"The 70bhp 1.3 DDiS - available from September 2005 - is Suzuki's first small diesel and has been developed in conjunction with Fiat."
Is this a Multijet???

 

[AppleSei]

Expensive for what it is...

I beg to differ. Base model 1.3 GS starts from 7,799 according to adverts. Thats cheaper than a fiesta base model according to ford website and the ford doesnt come with a cd player. The top model 1.5 only costs 9,824, i didnt know you could get brand new stilo diesel top of the range models for under 10 grand.

I agree with smurfhead, i am impressed with it too. The interior looks very similar to the new Mitsubishi colt, which is another car ive bn impressed with.

Its about time Mitsubishi and suzuki had a kick up the arse and started producing summat modern and reliable, instead of the '4x4' we always see, and i dont rate those much cos the vitara is the worse car i have ever driven.

 

[dave]

no suzuki, suzuki bad

 

[James M]

Applesei, I got my Stilo off Jamjar, list price £13200 (when I got mine), I paid £9600, discounts like this are easy to find on the Stilo, and other similar sized cars.

A local dealer is doing the 1.4 active for around £8k, that or a swift hmm

 

[bad_boy_racer]

I like it - I may even consider it after I finish Uni second hand if they come out with a GTI type version as they did with the previous Swift, as the price will be even better in a few years, as I bet they won't hold their value.

 

[Nuova500]

Seen some at local suzuki dealer, well impressed. Its a nice looking car and once the newness has worn off youll get big discounts too.

 

[smurfhead]

That is exactly my plan Matt. I rekon they will depreiate like a falling piano, which is good news to me in my situation. The Parkers review is pretty good.

You can't really compare the Stilo and Swift. They are aimed at totally different markets and not rivals and my personal taste picks the Swift. I think Suzuki have a good car here and congrats to them.

Oh, the Sei would stay aswell. lol

 

[dave]

check out the insurance, the old Swifts were in a high group for a small car

 

[smurfhead]

Insurers don't treat the group system as a solid decider on premiums. A lot of big insurers don't evenrefer to them when generating their quotes and use their own statistical equivalent, so insurance group is only a guide and really shouldn't be a pivotal issue on car choice. There are so many other factors which decide premiums too such as age, experiance, Pass Plus, AIM, ADI, points, claims, NCB etc.

 

[dave]

i got quotes aswell when daryl was looking for his first car, he has passplus but none of the others, they was very high prices.

 

[smurfhead]

first cars are always stupid prices to insure. fiats i think are the cheapest to insure for young drivers. i was quoted a £800 more for a 1.1 Fiesta than my old Cinq Sporting. the same situation with the Sei too. I wouldn't get a Fi. I was just interested. so whatever else we look for is going to be hard to live up to on insurance.

 

[PhatAshKi]

Ill take an Ignis Sport anyday.

 

[serin]

second hand Daihatsu Cuore Avanzato TR-XX R4

permanant 4 wheel drive, and a turbo

and a fully rally prepared one is £4.999

 

[custard]

just did a bit of googlin' on that.looks fun

 

[dave]

am well old and full ncd clean licence atm, my insurance is peanuts, i still choose punto

 

[The Negotiator]

Old man stuck in his ways

You also choose a merc.

 

[Neofolis]

Couldn't be arsed to read anything about it, because it's fookin hideous.

As for the Cuore, I had one as a courtesy car once and they look like Postman Pat's van.

 

[dave]

Old man stuck in his ways

You also choose a merc.

only coz it was cheep and there was no nice auto puntos about at the time it lives in the garden now with a bale of hay in it, makes a good shed