2020 Suzuki Swift Sport review: As good as a Ford Fiesta ST?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- The 2020 Suzuki Swift Sport gains a mild hybrid system to lower emissions, as well as tweaks to the driving position and a few other detail changes. Dan Prosser gets behind the wheel to see if it's as good as the class-leading Ford Fiesta ST - and whether it still has the same magic as his old mk1 Swift Sport.
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I have a soft spot for the Suzuki Swift also. I love it. Truth be told I owned the standard Swift 4 years and only just sold it this year. Its a Great car!
It may fall a bit short against the class best, but it is bound to be more reliable in the long term. Many people love to drive it due to its Mini like upright windscreen that really gives great visibility.
Suzuki build tough cars. I had an old version of the Swift, went 7 years without a hitch. I'm buying a Sport tomorrow:)
Built in Japan 🤘🏿🤘🏿
Still a great car, It will hold it's value incredibly well & Is more reliable than every competitor I believe.
Great review Dan. It's nice for someone like you to actually drive it properly to truly understand that the new Swift Sport is actually a very good car to drive. Many other reviewers seem to give it a hard time without actually driving it anywhere near the limits. The car really does begin to shine the harder you drive it. I'm not sure what's going on with your particular test cars brakes. My 2018 car has great progressive brakes. I'm wondering whether that is a trait of the hybrid model - or perhaps the brakes need re-bleeding on the test car. Before my 2018 Sport, I had a 2016 car (normally aspirated). I had some work done on the rear brakes because of a recall. The brakes were not bled properly and had a longer travel after the visit. I ended up re-bleeding the brakes myself to get the pedal back to where it was before. Just a thought. Anyway, I've been enjoying the non-hybrid turbo variant since 2018. I find it is a very capable car when driven hard. Sliding around roundabouts has never been so much fun. Totally agree with your assessment of the Swift Sport's handling. It's spot on in my opinion. Thanks!
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Great report and one all the family can watch. Always being mindful of the audience. Outstanding.
Good review (almost poised to buy one) and I have watched a lot of reviews lately but I can't be the only one that groans whenever a review mentions the scratchy plastic. Who fondles the plastic dash in any car when you buy one but every reviewer on most cars always mentions it!
Agreed, there's no such thing as 'scratchy plastic'. Yes - you can scratch the plastic with your finger nails. But Suzuki don't advertise the car with 'scratchy plastics'. LOL. Thing is ALL cars have plastic in them. Even the 'soft touch' or rubberised ones are STILL plastic. Personally, I think it's very odd when car reviewers start touching the dash board like that. I NEVER touch my dash board unless I'm dusting it! LOL.
for some unknown reasons, there are people that love to touch the plastic interiors of a car instead of other more sensual things. ;-)
Its nice to see a positive review on this car as comparing to the likes of a Fiesta ST shouldn't be so. I like the old Swift Sport but this new one is much more friendlier and comfortable and being 6ft4" I could never fit in the old one... Hope to swap my wife's current 2014 Toyota Yaris for one soon...
Well said Dan! Don’t forget to mention the low weight : 1025kg
Some dealers appear to be selling this for about £3,000 off the list price for brand new examples, to £3,500 off for mildly-used demonstrators. If that's not enough, examples of the pre-hybrid model can be found for as low as £12,000 on AutoTrader, then again you can shave another few thousand off yet again for a decent example of the NA model.
Brief and interesting review. While it may fall short in power against the class best, it is has an outstanding driving position thanks to the mini like upright windscreen and should be far more reliable than the fiesta which has been black listed in the usa for appalling reliability.
I like this car, although would also be considering a Polo and a Fiesta alongside it
What color is this? Looks lighter than the Speedy Blue?
I don't like the looks of the fiesta: back to vertical, windcsreen to steeply raked, front looks like an old 90s ford escort with a dome shaped bonnet. Swift looks funky and practical.
I want one now!
Great car the Swift Sport. Shame it's so pricey now though
'Trepidacious'... love it!
I think all small cars these days are way overpriced. You emphasise that this car cost over 21k. When you factor in the kit you get for the money, and Suzuki reliability, it seems a relative bargain compared to the Polo/CLIO/208 equivalent. The Ford Fiesta is great to drive but ecoboost engines are renowned for being troublesome and suffer from long term reliability issues plus the stupid cambelt in oil is supposed to be changed every 10 years (if the car lasts that long) and when you replace them they cost a fortune. The Fiesta is OK if you buy new and keep for a couple of years, but long term the Swift is the better bet.
Agree, uncle Henry doesn't like his cars to last too long lol🙂
Performance figures are heavily varied from the reviews I've seen. Some say 0-60 in 9.1 seconds and others say 8.1 seconds with 140bhp?
That’s the older car. New car has 127 bhp. Nothing but a simple remap would sort that out.
I get 6.5 secs to 100 in my auto swift sport ...
why is it necessary to Nerf the car like that just because of the hybrid system it's such a shame !!
Basicly it has more options than the ST and it looks better and is tbh faster on curves..And yet some lunatics love that early 2000s hideous small SUV looking Fiesta ...4heads
Drove both and the siwft has something else (yeah many more options than stock ST too)
PS: Oh and fiy with a stage 1 repro at 350euros you up to 180PS wich is enough to almost kill any competition on road
Swift : 21k stock with all options + stage1 350 > around 22k > Insane look, not many on roads wich is great
Ford : 28k to get all options (LED beam, rear cam ect like the Swift..) > Average Ford look
hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Found this funny clip too with an M3 e46 :
th-cam.com/video/gy9SlwaapLo/w-d-xo.html
This is why I pay internet, to have a nice laugh at comments like this. How can you compare a 130hp mild-hybrid to a 200hp true pocket rocket that actually rivals cars from the segment above? You obviously never driven an ST of the current generation or you did but blindfolded. The Swift Sport is a good car but not even close to the ST. It is lighter than the Fiesta, everything else is a much worse car. 9.1 secs to 62mph? LUL, even a 1.0 TSI Seat Ibiza is faster than that. "Faster on curves", where is the limited slip diff? The ST has a chassis and a suspension setup the Swift could only dream of. Talking about equipment, Ford has FULL LED lights, unlike those 20 year old looking halogen main beam bulbs that the Swift has. Much more premium materials inside in the ST and true Recaro seats. Also, looks are subjective but the Swift to me looks like an ugly child's toy. Saying it has an "insane look" is hilarious. Have you only driven a Fiat Panda in your life and you got a slight upgrade or what?
@@Pedro-ku1wt Listen, pedro. I drove both to test as i said when i was looking for a new car. Learn to read. Second, someone that actually think that the swift does 0-60 in 9.2 sec is either dumb or has never drove it...Did around 7,5 and even here the guy does it at 7,38sec (th-cam.com/video/MMTgt1hbOO4/w-d-xo.html) so learn before you open your mouth... As for the 130hp (wich is wrong the hybride is around 141ps on power bench and non hybride 152ps stock...again do your researchs... both far lighter than ST so do the maths if you're able to ratio power/weight) as i said with a stage 1 repro at 350euros you up to 180ps... Oh maybe you had no idea on what a repro is lol...
As for saying that the ford looks premium inside (outside puke)...laughing in german.... The Swift got LED beam stock, the ford got halogen and you have to paye LED as option lol...God have you ever got close to those cars? lol
You have no clue on what you're talking about obviously, i give facts you give toughts yet you act like you know shit... You're the one who gave me a smile as you represent many people that have no clue on wtf they're talking about haha.. Next time just talk with facts if you don't want to look that stupid, "pedro"
PS : Just to finish you easy mode look at this drag race th-cam.com/video/5B3_QqnQPoI/w-d-xo.html
Sure the St won with like 10meters but again vs a stock Swift...and as i said, on curves, the Swift kill it...
Hell the swift is even used as rent at the Nurb lol
Epic answer ROFLMAO. You show me 2 videos, one where the Swift LOSES easily to a Fiesta ST and the other where it struggles to get a launch barely better than any 1.0 3-cylinder car on sale today LOL. But wait, you also say that despite the Swift losing, it is better in curves, just.... because YOU SAY so!! Yet I'm the one not talking about FACTS???? LOL!! You finish me in easy mode with this??? You just proved that the Swift has NOTHING on an ST. HAHAHAHAH pathetic!!!! What the HELL are you trying to prove here???? You only make me laugh more at your ignorance, and I could stop here, but here, have more:
Power/weight ratio is not everything when you lack clever stuff like the Fiesta does, a MECHANICAL LIMITED SLIP DIFF being JUST ONE of them, like I said and you didn't care, you probably don't even know what that is, only when you crash into a tree trying to match the pace out of corner of a Fiesta ST.
Pretty good launch the Swift btw, it got a 7.34 time after billions of attempts in PERFECT conditions and having to account the hybrid system when shifting. Yet, that time is way slower than a stock Fiesta ST which does it ONE SECOND FASTER time and time again with launch control. Not even close and comparable!!!!
Also, why the hell are you talking about stage 1 and bench figures? Do you think this is the only tunnable car in the world? LOL. Do you even know that these STs are already reaching 300hp with monster amounts of torque for such a small car and they CAN still put all the power down? Clearly you don't know. Or that they also make more than stock figures? (205 to 210hp to be precise). Surprise surprise mate, there are other brands other than Suzuki that are conservative with numbers! It also doesn't even need any eletrical nonsense and power loss to give much better fuel economy. Mine, having close to 250hp at stage 1, fully loaded, with A/C on and I just easily got 50mpg on a long journey. Easy. I also said that the interior of the ST is much more premium (not actually premium) than the Swift. "Learn to read". Why you laugh in german, is the Swift german? Big news pal, it isn't and it absolutely sucks. Tacky as hell, hard plastic fest, childish layout and colors, you don't even get an armrest LOL. Wouldn't expect more from a Suzuki.
Think a bit why you don't see them on the road, not too many lunatics that give almost 24k €€€ for a Suzuki. In my country costs only 4k less than an ST-3 Fiesta (I repeat, ST-3, with almost everything on it). No wonder they don't sell, overpriced as fuck, and now they make less power than a Fiesta ST-Line yet costing a lot more. And you are here comparing and saying it is BETTER than a true ST. What a joke, you can still delete your comments btw LOL. Enjoy your drive in your car instead of being the big trash talker you are, because when you least expect, an ST will come past you and you'll get a reality check, looking like an idiot trying to match it!!
Don't ever compare a decent effort from a shitty brand like Suzuki with a brand like Ford which has it's own performance division and invested millions developing this car.
@@Pedro-ku1wt
LOL you are indeed stupid, now i see that! Oh god too much dumb things to answer..."You show me 2 videos, one where the Swift LOSES easily to a Fiesta ST " Off course it's gonna loose, but for a huge 60ps difference it loose by nothing! And as i said, it's STOCK... Same PS it would kill it (stage 1 u remember, i'll get to that).
For the curves, some of the best EU drivers who drove the Swift at rent at the Nurburgring say that...Now you'll say you know better than a sport pilot for sure haha
You champion talk about the 0-100km and say the fiest does it at 6,5 : WOWWWWWW 1 sec better with a 70PS more LOOOOOOL!! 200hp vs 130 Insane engine! Let's give that Swift the stage 1 to 180PS and compare again haha... You talk about attempt and perfect conditions? You think the ST test is done on snowy day? WTF lol..
Off course the Siwft is not the only tunable car in the world moron, but for ONLY 300/350 euros you get a FASTER car for way LESS MONEY. Are you that stupid that you can't understand common sens? Compare both price, AGAIN, and if you want a chill car that got decent accel you have it, but if you add only 350euros you got insane performance for that price... I mean PLEASE use your brain just for a sec...
Yeah now you have a tunned ST despite the fact not knowing that LED BEAM or rear cam are options and doesn't come with the car...Cringe
This sentence was pure magic, ready? : "the ST is much more premium (not actually premium)" LOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Neither both cars are premium fool, same shit inside, the ST only got that early 2000s design..
24K for a Swift? It cost 21500/22k TOP with no options cause, surprise surprise yeah, they're included..
The ST? Around 27500/28k with all options, like i said LED BEAM, rear cam ect...I think i still got the quote from ford somewhere...
You simply got fkd you ford simp, they sell bs cars and if you think a little, you can get a near/better performance car for 6k ground less...
Enjoy your colonoscopy mate, some do love that as much as you love yours haha
Cheers
Edit: don't really know why my previous comment wasn't showing, probably too harsh or deadly
@@Pedro-ku1wt Perhaps the swift use a full LED light except for the turn light.
Suzuki should of made a nice and punchy 180 to 220 bhp engine and undercut the fiesta on price by 3k to 5k then maybe people would sit up and listen.
But then it'd probably be just as heavy as the fiesta. It's about 250kg lighter as is!
Remaps will get you about 170bhp
A lot quicker than suzuki state it is 👀
Are you Jordan Henderson?
No, it is not slower than the none hybrid sport. Power and acceleration times told by Suzuki refer to the petrol engine alone with no help of the electric motor. Also the automatic emergency brake assist delivers continously false warnings like this: th-cam.com/video/j3hlqB-QsyM/w-d-xo.html
Price?
It's the modern nightmare. Performance and character replaced by unwanted tech and a higher price.
Not for me
Fck efficiency...
Shame Suzuki didn't want to invest in engineering a better engine and went the lazy route of just detuning the prior gen engine. Fiesta ST is truly something special with its 1.5T and this Swift Sport with its price tag does little to impress
I think it is a beautiful and fun car, which had to be bought with the previous 140 hp engine ... Unfortunately I believe that this version, to have a too high price, especially when compared to another sporty segment b (Fiesta ST?), Is unfortunately much less fun and spectacular ... Too bad! 😡
Expensive for what it is. Much better options out there for the same money.
To expensive for a Suzuki even though its very reliable.
Fiesta is sooo much better
Not really
They step one step back with this mild-hybrid tech. Let's hope they will step back forward with electric when it come out.
No where near as good as the Fiesta
Not according to Fahr Doch. A German automotive site. They said the ST struggled to stay with the Swift Sport up a damp mountain pass. The ST's extra 200+ kg of weight meant that it was all over the road trying to keep up with the Swift Sport. Just saying.
do not call it a hot hatch !!! it’s sloooooooow !!! Hot hatch acceleration needs to be less than 7s to 62 by today standards. Mini Cooper hatch acceleration is 7.9s to 62 m/h and it’s still not a hot hatch
That's one dimensional thinking. To call it not a hot hatch purely based on engine power output or straight-line numbers is missing the point. The Swift Sport happens to be very fast down any tight and twisty back road. The suspension is very compliant, the chassis is very light. It's a very capable cornering machine that can put many more powerful cars to shame. That low weight gives it an agility not matched by heavier cars. It's ability to carry speed down the worst of condition 'B' road certainly earns it hot-hatch credentials. The Swift Sport can slide around roundabouts all day long without putting you backwards through the nearest hedge. It's an astonishing little car, and with offers below £19k still available for this new version. I think it's worth the money too.
@@MrZekToR Very true, a real drivers car, lots of cars might beat the 0-60 time but can they keep up on a twisty B road ? in the late 1960`s early 70`s I had a Mini Cooper S rally car which was more fun to drive in narrow lanes than anything, the 2020 Swift is right up there with it for sure and comfortable and reliable too, we have just bought a four month old demonstrator with 94 miles recorded for £16K , with all the toys as standard it`s incredible value for money, just wish I could transport it back to my road rally days !!
@@rogerjordan3143 just a stage one remap and ram air induction kit, £450. And 180 bhp. That’s more like it….