2018 Suzuki Swift Sport (ENG) - Test Drive and Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Swift Sport is exciting enough to make you want to drive it to work, and at the same time sufficiently comfortable, so that driving to work would not be unpleasant. The new Suzuki Swift Sport is just like the old one. You start the engine, put it in gear, and there’s an instant smile on your face. Suzuki may have downsized the Swift Sport engine from 1.6 to 1.4 litre, and power increased by just 4 hp to 140, but as a result the new turbocharged Suzuki Swift Sport is much more usable.
Price as tested: 21 500 euro
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Good review!
I drive the 2017 Swift 1.0 w/ 112 BHP, and must say I get overtaken by a lot of Audis and BMWs (as everyone else, I suppose).
But, when going out of e.g. a roundabout I do like to floor it in 2nd gear and just watch them disappear in the rear mirror, struggling to get their heavy luxury cars out of the roundabout at a decent speed!
And oh yes, here in Denmark I see a lot of elderly people drive Suzukis, especially the Ignis and Swift.
Can't say I'd rather want a Polo or Fiesta over the Swift.
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Not as fun as Mazda 2 ?it's a lot better than Mazda 2 , a much quicker and a better car , yeah Mazda 2 could be better than regular swift ,but how can it be more fun than the swift sport ?
0-100 improved by 0.6 seconds on paper, real test show how conservative is the 0-100 declared by suzuki...
real 0-100 with good launch is around 7.0-7.2
I had a 68 plate one of these for a year. Loved it apart from the driver seat being a bit narrow. Miles better than the earlier version because of the turbo. Would definitely buy another if I was looking for a sporty hatch
Same attitude here, in Romania, against small cars , not necessarily Suzuki, but any small car. Almost everybody consider it's his duty to overtake or tailgate you if you drive a small car. And this is exactly why a car like Swift Sport shines. One can have a loooot of fun ...literally !
Hey I just found your channel. Awesome review. Cheers from Australia. 👍
See if you can get a loaner from Suzuki on the other end of the spectrum, the new Jimny. I'd love to hear your take on the little off-roader with big dreams.
3v star euro ncap
@@Commentator541 Yeah, I saw the test and it seems bad. But also keep in mind that NCAP removes stars for not having city braking and lane keep assist. If a driver needs assistance to stay in the lane, they shouldn't be driving. Same thing happened with the Fiat Panda Cross when it was tested after the points changed to favor electronic driving aids.
Marek there is no Suzuki in US market,they bailed out long time ago.What a shame...
Suzuki is a small manufacturer with strong presence in Asia. In Europe Poland is their strongest market, which is an indication of how irrelevant they are as a brand.
Suzuki isn't even in canada anymore. this car is a total gem. I would get this over the fiesta st if it were cheaper.
Can you still get Fiesta ST in Canada?
@@MarekDrives No. Ford Canada thought about changing their mind about the Focus / Fiesta than decided against it after Trump did the tax on steel.
my dilemma is whether to get the Swift Sport and upgrade the exhaust and maybe some chip tuning or just get an Fiesta ST ... what do you think?
4:18 Oooooh yeah i can confirm that, i've been front-cutted just this thursday in my brand new Swift Sport. ^^
EDIT:
To answer your final question: I bought this little Pocket Rocket as my new daily driver. What do you think, i prefer in terms of weight or power? ;)
Nice review as always! 👏👏👏
Also, you are happy! Excited from the car or are you in love? 😂😂😂
is there different between the version SPORT and SPORT which have Turbo ? I find some dealer put on their website SPORT but nothing about Turbo
All new Sports have a turbo.
Where are those stripes from? Are they factory kits?
It's a dealer-installed option I believe. Stickers.
Hi Marek and everyone, can you recommend me some android auto APP? link for download?
This one is in Polish, but it's a reputable source.
www.dobreprogramy.pl/Android-Auto,Program,Android,77700.html
(POBIERZ means Download)
Too much talking
Not enough Achtung?
I hope that your prescribed ADHD medication has improved in it's effectiveness over the last 4 years . . .
Hey Marek - in the UK, Suzuki drivers are normally either young [like me] or very old [like pensioners]. That being said, they have a good size following here, I see tuned Swifts on my daily commute sometimes. I love them, really fun to drive, even in the 1.2 trim. They're surprisingly fast too, I regularly beat Golfs, Up's, Fiesta's and others off the line ;)
I have a 2015 suzuki swift SZ3 3door in pure white with a custom touch screen display .. I absolutely love it.. Best car I've owned 👌
Weight is far more important. You can add horsepower easier than you can drop weight.
I can tell, it's very hard to drop weight.
Suzuki is not build for pk stupid. Its buikd for comfartble.
In Germany we like Suzuki. It's a friendly brand.
Meine Frau hat der Schwarze, 1.2 DJ. Ehrlich gesagt sieht man kaum die neuen Swifts auf den Straßen in DE. Aber finde ich es ein Vorteil, überall nur Mini, Corsa und Fiesta.
yep i have been chased and most people find themselves having to let me be... i must say the take off on this monster is top of the world
Lot's of racy young girls favour the Swift around this part of the world [West and South Wales]. Pensioners tend to drive Fords, especially fairly basic Fiesta. Also pensioners have Hyundai and some Honda models, but not the Civic which hardly anyone buys. Oh yes, the Yaris is another coffin-dodger's car.
"not everything is like rainbow fart" did I hear that correctly?
Yes, you heard correctly.
We have the same issue here in Australia. I drive the last generation swift sport and I get aggressively overtaken on the highway as people assume I'm going slower due to its being a small Suzuki when I'm just doing the speed limit like everyone else. Great review!
I come from Autobahn country. If your car doesn't look like a million horse power you are going to be cut off the whole day :D
Nice review. In Serbia, Suzuki Swift is 18700 euros, but VW Polo GTI is 20300 euros, so it is the default choice of the hothatch fans, especially since new Polo has grown, so no real need for Golf GTI (which is around 32000 here).
Once again excellent review and great channel! About the preconceptions (4:10), in my country (Finland) B segment and smaller cars are treated pretty bad on the road -unless your driving habit is very aggressive. I personally owned a Mk2 Citroën C3 few years ago and used it for my daily commuting. But other drivers kept on cutting in front of me from intersections, making stupid passes even if I was already exceeding the speed limit by +20km/h, and especially lorries kept tailgating me, even if I doing 15 to 20km/h above the speed limit. I ran out of patience after someone tried to pass me in single lane roundabout, and traded the C3 into much bigger ride. Which was a bit of shame, since the Mk2 C3 was really good car in its segment back then.
"Code Brown" LOL I couldn't put up with all the beeping of the brake nanny software.
Here in Britain, it's Honda that has the reputation for being a pensioner's car. I have a Honda Jazz and don't drive it slowly, but it does encourage the Audi / BMW / VW brigade to tailgate, even at high speed.
4:10 Here in New Zealand, me anyway, view Suzuki Swifts as Suzuki Slugs, as you're right, people who own them are mostly elderly and drive them like slugs, so I won't hesitate to pull out in front of one. However, I'm 56 and my wife's 60, and recently we upgrade her car to a 2022 Suzuki Swift 'Sport', and when I'm behind the wheel, believe you me, I make it pull like a bus load of school boys... ours is about the swiftest Swift in town!
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overtaking in a small fast car in eastern europe will almost always end up in somebody underestimating your speed. as a 101 hp opel corsa 1.7 cdti owner (poland assembled excellent engine - 10 years in my ownership now) i had enough close encounters. greetings from RO.
thanks Marek for this great review!!!
In my country swift sells 20k+ units every month. This car is VFM top to bottom. We manage to get 21-22kmpl
Lightweight and enough Power...nice review!!
Looks like a fun car. Out of curiosity, do you think Suzuki's 0-100kph times are accurate? Reviews for the similar engined Vitara S indicate that these figures might be understated... Did the Swift feel quicker than the 8-odd seconds quoted..?
I don't do timed runs, so I can't relate if it feels like 8 or 7 seconds. I do not have facilities to do it reliably and legally. I heard Japanese manufacturers in general tend to underrate their 0-100kph times, and I have no good explanation for it.
@@MarekDrives Well, one of the theories I have read, which is so bananas it might even be true, is that it is to keep the insurance groups lower. I remember a reviewer of the Vitara S putting his foot down and being surprised at how fast it shifted. He said that it certainly felt faster than the quoted acceleration anyway. I'm sure it won't be long before someone measures the Swift, will be interesting to see what it comes in at.
I have this car in Mexico, and is not oriented to the same public as it is in Poland
I love swift
Good review! I have the 6 speed automatic in Australia. Strangely, the automatic has automatic engine braking. Stop accelerating, and you can feel it slowing the car down. Same thing when you put your foot on the brake, - it is as though the car has changed down to slow it, except that you do not feel it. But you can hear it. This is very good as it saves wear on the brake pads, and there just isn't any need to use the paddles to slow down. The paddles are virtually instant. You can negate the engine braking by touching the up paddle, - moving it into a higher gear. Using the paddles whilst the car is in "auto" mode allows only 60 seconds in that gear, before the car reverts back to automatic. To hold in that gear, you can change the mode to "manual". Or you can just use the paddles to dive the car like a manual. However the auto gearbox will change the manual mode back to automatic, if you rev the engine too high. And sometimes it will deny the paddle selection if it considers you might damage the gearbox. In other words, the gearbox will always protect the engine and transmission from damage. The engine is an upward re-calibrated Vitara / S-Cross engine.
So, the automatic model si good or not?
What kind of fuel economy do you get from your swift sport auto? I live in Albury. Considering one. I love driving manual but my wife barely can so the auto might be the way to go.
Jak ty to robisz że angielski i polski film są praktycznie identyczne?
Scenariusz i nagrywanie 2x tego samego.
@@MarekDrives Ujęcia wyglądają identycznie
Zgadza się. Na montażu wyrzucam wypowiedzi po polsku, wrzucam po angielsku, a reszta zostaje bez zmian.
This car is not launching in india 😡😡
Nice review! Marek, You can drive it until end of the world :), but definately cannot drive on Ukraine' roads :). In here Suzuki Swift almost not exist ......thus did not considered as car for pensioners......pensioners did not have cars at all.....
So what's the preferred brand/type of car in Ukraine?
last years its a second- hand cars from Poland, Lituania, Bulgaria registered in those countries yet. Special nickname created :: Euroblyahi" (something a-la @Europian number plates"" as they not registered in Ukraine and still have number plates from abroad. In the new cars segment (abt 40 percent masrket)- diselgates; cars from VW/ Skoda and/Kia,/Hyundai. Best sales model last years -KIA Sportage
euroblachy - eurotags :)
I heard there are companies in eastern Poland, which register these cars, and then "rent" them out to Ukrainians. There's a village with a couple of hundred inhabitants and a couple of thousand cars registered there.
Ukraine still have a huge import taxes for car import from abroad. that's a mass corruption to protect locals "cars manufacturers". Some activist of those people movement to down taxes made experiment: they took a "Zaporozhets" car and custom cleared it in Poland for 250 USD, what is official rate and car got Polish plates. In order to custom clearing this car back to Ukraine- needs 2500 USD only official payments.
OMFG!
70% of cars in India is from Suzuki. Here Suzuki is such a monopoly.
And provide shitty cars to indians
Dzire owner 😥
Can someone tell me abut sitting position in this car. Currently I have Yaris 2nd generation (and nobody overtakes me haha ) and I like heightened sitting position ver ymuch. Buch easier to get i than in golf any generation.... IF this swift is similar, I think its my next car :o
As far as the sitting position is concerned it's somewhere in the middle between the Yaris and the Golf.
Love your humour Marek!! :-) Keep your reviews coming! Love watching them
I'm very interested in every detail about Suzuki Swift Sport. So it was very annoying when you talked about your phone sticking out while charging we couldn't see anything in that area and when you mentioned the seats being mounted up high you didn't say if they are adjustable on the hight. So my impression is that you care more about being popular on TH-cam and hearing yourself than offering the complete info. 👎
My mistake.
You can see the phone in my review of the regular Swift: th-cam.com/video/GfdmJu-y2BM/w-d-xo.html
@@MarekDrives thank you Marek, I watched it. Sorry for being so harsh on you.
Can anyone please send me a link for buying those decals on the car from aftermarket..... Thank you in advance
I think it's a local dealer option.
was waiting for this test, although Suzuki is a brand I still have the fear of low quality, but I don't know if it's true. E.g. Fiat got much better too in the past years. I'd always prefer lower weight instead of higher power.
Sonnenschein Sommer in Australia, Suzuki have and excellent reputation for Reliability and Quality. Especially the Swift Sport as they are built in Japan. Resale is very good. I sold my ZC32S Swift Sport for thisTurbo ZC33S Swift Sport. Bought my ZC32s new for AUD$25,100 and sold it 4 years later for AUD$13,800.
I have my ZC32 for almost 9 years, very reliable car in comparison with other European made cars I owned before the swift. I believed the main reason is its simplicity.
They are very reliable. I have a suzuki kizashi for 4 years and it has never missed a beat.
+Gavin Wooster Suzuki assembles its European-spec cars in Hungary. I'm not saying it affects quality, but the "made in Japan" argument is not taken into consideration here. I think Mazda is the only Japanese manufacturer, who still brings cars to Europe from Japan
good to know all this! (Always when I read Hungary, I get hungry, because Germans just say Ungarn)
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suzuzkis are cheap and reliable with the sport having a real auto right?
3:20 ahahah!
Cool car but agree with the tester. Those beeping electronic aids would annoy me. Shame Suzuki don't offer a lower spec Swift Sport without the pointless gadgets, and of course with a lower price tag.
In fact here in Mexico it does come without some of that gadgets like collision alert, and costs like $16500 USD.
what direct competitor of swift sport has 200hp? lol swift is not competing with fiesta st or golf gti, is competing against fiesta st line etc
Polo GTI has 200 hp. Ford's ST Line is more of a trim level, than hot hatch designation. You can have it with 2 engines and 4 power outputs.
Awesome
Can put on a roof rack? Anyone tried?
good review. i want it but sport unavailable in thailand no cvt eco please
Didn't really hear the sound of exhoust during the test... Was it bad or...
I think the previous gen looks better. I think I'll have one of those. Is it just me? Thumbs up if it isn't comment if it is?
Far too expensive to buy new. Given Suzuki depreciation rates will be an absolute steal to buy after a couple of years. Would still definitely buy over an Up GTI
Hasta las huevas arranco ese buey
swift sport when will launch ?
i own one ....... and its nice love it
I dont know it yet...but i like the video
Great review! 👍🏻
Starts at aud 28k for manual and aud 30k for auto.
21500 is how much in dollar
Ask google.
The music is annoying and adds nothing.
Those stripes...
Manataaapp👍👍👍
In St Petersburg Suzukis becoming rusty very fast. ))
Also my boss complained about Grand Vitara seats. They make back hurt too fast. So he had to jump to his wife's Jetta for a long trips until he got a Tiguan.
So it means, in this case, a Sport Polo. Boring, but who cares about exciting? ))
This is an awesome and fun review. Thank you.
Looks like a toy
Yes and the interior is childish and dated. Suzuki should give up on this line of cars. They are simply outclassed in this segment by VW, Ford and Renault.
Can you please share the car body graphic details
I think it's a dealer installed option. May be market specific.
suzuki.pl/pdf/auto/akcesoria/SWIFT_SWIFTSPORT_akcesoria.pdf
The catalogue is in Polish, but there are some option numbers, which may come in handy.
I had the 2013 Swift Sport, sold it a couple of months ago, good car, wish it had at least 220hp, 136hp is a joke and 6-gears instead of 7-gears. I also think the 2013 version looked much better, more "sporty".
Thank you for insight on your driving habits Marek 😊
Coming to visit Krakow and was warned that Poles drive enthusiastically - cannot wait for it
Here in my country they treat highways like leasureways and you are easily among the fastest with 120 klicks
Same treatment of a "lesser" brands upon overtaking though
I guess that's why Germans know "uberhoel prestige " - overtaking privilege and BMW is making their kidneys arroused rhino size
Believe it or not, we've improved considerably over the last 20 years or so. Now seeing our eastern neighbours driving on Polish roads reminds us, what progress we made, at least in the driving department.
That said, speed limits are an indication, rather than an order to slow down. If you drive 50 in a 50 zone, you're going to get overtaken by cars going almost twice the speed. Adding 20-30 to any speed limit is reasonable for your own safety. No, I can't believe I wrote that either.
If you're going to Cracow, watch out! Drivers in Cracow are real assholes, and they don't stop before pedestrian crossings. Probably fed up with tourists :)
@@MarekDrives glad to hear that about krakow drivers because I will be in a car and where I live you have to stop even if pedestrians just thinks about crossing the street - payback time 😁
Since I love Italian style of driving I hope I will fit right in .
If I don't I'll need a recommendation for a good body shop 😁
Polish mechanics are very crafty. They can make a Volkswagen Golf out of two bus stop shelters :)
I second that, living in Kraków, often they like to smell my arse when even I'm slightly above the speed limit, but I don't care, I make'm wait ;) also, they love to drive on the left lane, even if the the right lanes are empty... masakra!!
too much talking.. boringggggggg.. nob
I hope that your prescribed ADHD medication has improved in it's effectiveness over the last 4 years . . .
Ugly tin can on wheels.
Suzuki are just meh to me, their motorbikes are nice (GSX-R), but the cars are just a bit naff.
I like the looks of the Swift vs alot of the hot hatches and subcompacts on the market in the u.s. I wish their engines were more like their motorcycles, revvs like it has to piss. The only problem with that is, most casual drivers don't like to rev.