I was about to buy a car when a saw this vid 6 months ago. I was naturally beetween the yaris and the swift. 6 months now, my swift gives me a smile everytime the engine lights up. Great fuel economy, really good gimmicks in the cabin and a decent punch when you want to floor it, especially while already rolling . Great car
How could you have even considered a yaris. It looks so awful , especially inside. Even if it lasts a century i wouldn't buy one. Swift is every thing the yaris is not.😀
I got a new Yaris 2 years ago and it was a big let down. Ride and handling good, engine quiet but not enough power and 6 speed manual didnt help with lack of torque. Also had dash rattle and creaking from engine bay that dealer couldnt fix. Got an Audi A1 instead, although I didnt like that either so I ended up with a cheap Suzuki Celerio and I really enjoy it for what it is. I like what Suzuki have to offer these days. Good brand for the money.
I was waiting for the review for long time. Just got mine (exactly like the one you test but with the 6-speed automatic) and your comments on positive and negative aspects of the car are absolutely spot on. Especially I appreciate your comments on the phone/mirrorlink/charging interaction as well as the utterly stupid and sensitive break-assist radar. My city is full of small narrow streets and the radar even activates when pedestrians walk on the narrow sidewalks. I deactivate it always when i start the car unfortunately. The arm-rest I had it fitted as a gift from the dealer but less than 2 weeks and (as expected) starterd to make the noises....
+Bogdan Sikorski This radar is for collision avoidance/mitigation system. You're referring to eCall, which will be mandatory on new models launched as of April 2018. So not on this Swift. ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/ecall-all-new-cars-april-2018 Data will be collected and transmitted only in case of serious accident. ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/ecall---do-you-have-any-concerns-your-privacy-you-shouldnt But feel free to wear your tin foil hat, Bogdan. Or are you really even Bogdan? Never mind. Google knows.
Very nice video. Everything you said is right. Iam from Greece and i bought the manual version for 14.000. Kilometers: 13.000, consumption: 6.0 lt/100klm! Great fuel economy and really fast, easy and nice to drive. The visability front up could be much better so that you wouldn't have to lean forward to see the traffic light and also it would be nice if the suspension wouldn't be so noisy when you run over potholes (both also mentioned on your video). A really value for money car, much better than any other car at the same price!
Most expensive Swift in Croatia costs 17.600 euros, 1.0 AT GLX ACC. 4x4 is offered only with 1.2 and costs a bit less same as 1.0 hybrid without AT..Swift with 1.0 starts round 14500, cheapest one with 1.2 round 12000.. Suzuki has even cheaper prices in Serbia and few countries around.. This model look really didnt impress me at all. I didnt even wanted to sit in it but i would love to drive that 1.0 in the city..That engine powers much bigger SCross with no problems with performance and it super light Swift it must be lively and fun to drive..I hope Sport version is on the way this time with tweaked 1.4 under the hood but i dont know..
it's irritating that your swift has heated seats but the one here in new zealand does not, you also have a more advanced display between the speed and rpm dials and a stop light at the back on the bottom.
That light at the bottom of the rear bumper is a fog light. Rear fog lights are mandatory in the EU. Perhaps not in New Zealand. Or in your cars they are integrated with the tail lamps?
The boosterjet starts at the price of 13400 Euros in my country.Are the climate control and cruise control optional in the boostejet or are they standard equipment? Great review covered everything i wanted to know as i am an owner of a swift (2010) model.The only bad thing in my car is that when u try to overtake someone in the highway you need time if you are on low rpms but it seems that they kinda fixed that prob with the 3-cyl turbocharged engine
Nice car, but the Swift from the sixth generation (2010) has a better back and looks more sporty. Btw a fuel consumption of 5.7-5.9 liter and the speed 130 km/h , sounds very impressive for this car with a 1.0 litre engine. Nice review Marek
Marek some advice needed: between a seat Ibiza 1.0 95cv and this swift 1.0 boosterjet which car would you chose? I’m seriously considering buying my next car from these two
I quite like the design. I have an 11y old Swift, it's always fun to drive, reliable little car. Btw. the most expensive 2WD version costs 15000 Euros here in Slovakia. It starts at 9700. www.suzuki.sk/automobily/auto/novy-swift/swift-2wd/cennik
How doues it's fuel consumption compers to same generation 90hp swift and new 82hp 12v hybrid. How much fuel consumption does the the automatic transmition means by each model? Thank you in advance.
83% Adult Occupant is just fine as protection. This figure would have given it 5 stars back in 2012. I don't care about Safety Assist and Pedestrian Protection.
It's €20,995 here in Ireland for the same spec model. We do have higher taxes on new cars though. The Swift was actually something I was considering, although I may wait to see the Swift Sport which is (apparently) due next year. In comparison, a similar Mazda2 (1.5L 90ps Petrol Auto) clocks in at €19,855. I think Suzuki may have missed the mark on the pricing. Really, I think the swift should be at least 10% lower in price.
@@MarekDrives The Motion graphic on the trip computer.... The one with the circle that says Motion at the top. What is it for? The back and front of the inner circle lights up when I'm in traffic that's not moving.. even at stop lights.
I've just exchanged e-mails with Ford Poland. They should have press cars in by the end of September. So optimistically we're looking at end of October. By then #nobodycares
It costs 14-15k in top spec one country down (Slovakia) .. so it will be some kind of insane poland markup either by government via tax or dealers by being shady
Marek Drives well in that context it makes more sense. Cars in germany are generaly more expensive as their median income is generaly also much higher. Still even 19k seems a bit much. Is importing cars from neighbouring countries too expensive to be relevant in poland? We have only "first registration in slovakia" tax to deal with and you pay that where ever you bought car from. Especialy if we are talking about new cars. It gets more complicated with older ones. Just wondering if anyone close to borders would buy this in poland instead of here and just import it 😉
I think Suzuki is relatively irrelevant in Poland (and apparently Poland is one of their better European markets) :) Some cars are cheaper here, for example KIA.
Constantin Purcaru something wrong with euro pricing- UK top spec 1.0AT is like £15k. (1.13gbp / 1euro) is like €17k? Where on earth has that extra €4k come from?
Marek come on. I just started the video and need to correct you. Spec a car to the same amount of equipment and then compare prices. I configured the new Seat Ibiza to the level of top trim swift and it was about 15% more expensive than Swift (but of course it's a better made car), If you try cars like Hyundai i30 it will be way more expensive than that... Only car I found that was cheaper with almost the same equipment (lacking full LED lights, but heated steering wheel to make up for it) was the new Kia RIO
Nice video from now on :) Although I test drove the swift and I found the suspension much better than my Swift 1.2 and I find my suspension to be way better than on my mother's Ignis 1.2 AWD :D
+Rostislav Račák Ibiza is a new model, hence it is significantly more expensive. Despite being a supermini too, it is much bigger than the Swift. i30 is a compact car, bigger than Ibiza.
I have the Suzuki Swift Sport 1.4 Turbo engine with automatic transmission. Good car on the road, with great handling while cornering, cheap to maintain too. So far no major or minor problem. Underrated car
Twenty thousand Euro? You could buy an actual car for that amount of money! Mazda 3, Opel Astra etc. in a reasonable trim and get a lot more space for your hard earned cash. I'm not even going to mention what other choices you have if you're willing to buy used... Oh, Marek, were you testing us to see if we're paying attention? :-D This should be compared with other superminis..
The list price for the GLX BoosterJet 6AT is 5 480 000 Huf in Hungary, but if you go to the nearest lot you can get it for 4 760 000 (15612 Euro) Huf. The list price is ridiculous, but you get great deals. And also the maintenance is the cheapest in its class, and have good reputations for reliability.
I bought 3 new Suzukis in last 14 years and i never payed the full price.. Last car i bought got close to 1500 euro discount and set of winter tires and rims free, i sold it for round 700 euros..So over two grand cheaper at the end or round 21.5 k euro for SCross with 4x4, diesel engine and medium trim..But Swift is bit to expensive, thats true.. I bought Swift in 2005, with best trim at that moment, GS and more powerful 1.5 vvt engine for round 16,17k euros..It was a good car up to some 130k km when things started to brake but nothing really thats not expected..
Dude, you need to compare equipment, not just trim... Top trim Swift has as much equipment as Skoda Fabia top trim + tons of extra. Mazda 3 or anything in that class with the same equipment will be much more expensive.
Nah, the frequency of the Golf's engine problems make it quite exciting. "Is it going to break down today?" "Will I make a full trip without a warning light?" Who knows!
Its called high tensile steel. Its lighter but stronger and is more expensive. If Suzuki builds them cheap how can they rate in the top 3 in many respected reliability surveys.
One of the best cars I've ever driven.
I was about to buy a car when a saw this vid 6 months ago. I was naturally beetween the yaris and the swift. 6 months now, my swift gives me a smile everytime the engine lights up. Great fuel economy, really good gimmicks in the cabin and a decent punch when you want to floor it, especially while already rolling . Great car
How could you have even considered a yaris. It looks so awful , especially inside. Even if it lasts a century i wouldn't buy one. Swift is every thing the yaris is not.😀
I got a new Yaris 2 years ago and it was a big let down. Ride and handling good, engine quiet but not enough power and 6 speed manual didnt help with lack of torque. Also had dash rattle and creaking from engine bay that dealer couldnt fix. Got an Audi A1 instead, although I didnt like that either so I ended up with a cheap Suzuki Celerio and I really enjoy it for what it is. I like what Suzuki have to offer these days. Good brand for the money.
I was waiting for the review for long time.
Just got mine (exactly like the one you test but with the 6-speed automatic) and your comments on positive and negative aspects of the car are absolutely spot on. Especially I appreciate your comments on the phone/mirrorlink/charging interaction as well as the utterly stupid and sensitive break-assist radar. My city is full of small narrow streets and the radar even activates when pedestrians walk on the narrow sidewalks. I deactivate it always when i start the car unfortunately.
The arm-rest I had it fitted as a gift from the dealer but less than 2 weeks and (as expected) starterd to make the noises....
+Bogdan Sikorski This radar is for collision avoidance/mitigation system. You're referring to eCall, which will be mandatory on new models launched as of April 2018. So not on this Swift.
ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/ecall-all-new-cars-april-2018
Data will be collected and transmitted only in case of serious accident.
ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/ecall---do-you-have-any-concerns-your-privacy-you-shouldnt
But feel free to wear your tin foil hat, Bogdan. Or are you really even Bogdan? Never mind. Google knows.
I've driven the 5th generation and thought it drove very well and in the UK at least this new version is very good value.
love this car. I have the 2010 Swift and getting ready to upgrade to the new one. Thanks Marek :-)
Although you seem restrained in yout praise for the swift, your statement that it has personality shows that you like it a lot.😀 and rightly so.
Very nice video. Everything you said is right. Iam from Greece and i bought the manual version for 14.000. Kilometers: 13.000, consumption: 6.0 lt/100klm! Great fuel economy and really fast, easy and nice to drive. The visability front up could be much better so that you wouldn't have to lean forward to see the traffic light and also it would be nice if the suspension wouldn't be so noisy when you run over potholes (both also mentioned on your video). A really value for money car, much better than any other car at the same price!
Φιλε και εγω το ιδιο εχω παρα πολυ καλο εχω κανει ηδη 20.000 χλμ καύσιμο μου καει 5.0 ανα εκατο παντα μικτά έκδοση Gl+ με χειροκίνητο το εχω λατρέψει
@@yiannistsimiskes9773 5 λίτρα/100χλμ; Πως γίνεται αυτό; Μήπως έχεις την hybrid έκδοση; Και πάλι όμως είναι πολυ΄χαμηλό το νούμερο που λες!
@@Shinovatis φίλε το 1.2 με τα 90 άλογα έχεις ;
@@alto6 Το 1000ρι με τα 110
@@takistakis9472 αυτό τραβάει καθόλου ; Γιατί 1000 μου φαίνεται μικρός κινητήρας ;
Most expensive Swift in Croatia costs 17.600 euros, 1.0 AT GLX ACC. 4x4 is offered only with 1.2 and costs a bit less same as 1.0 hybrid without AT..Swift with 1.0 starts round 14500, cheapest one with 1.2 round 12000.. Suzuki has even cheaper prices in Serbia and few countries around.. This model look really didnt impress me at all. I didnt even wanted to sit in it but i would love to drive that 1.0 in the city..That engine powers much bigger SCross with no problems with performance and it super light Swift it must be lively and fun to drive..I hope Sport version is on the way this time with tweaked 1.4 under the hood but i dont know..
for the 1.4 turbo sport wait until this winter
Fuel economy is then on par with the previous model. My 2016 model Suzuki Swift 1.2Litre has the same fuel economy as the 1Litre BoosterJet 1Litre.
it's irritating that your swift has heated seats but the one here in new zealand does not, you also have a more advanced display between the speed and rpm dials and a stop light at the back on the bottom.
That light at the bottom of the rear bumper is a fog light. Rear fog lights are mandatory in the EU. Perhaps not in New Zealand. Or in your cars they are integrated with the tail lamps?
I love this Car
How’s the legroom for taller people around 1.92m ?
The boosterjet starts at the price of 13400 Euros in my country.Are the climate control and cruise control optional in the boostejet or are they standard equipment? Great review covered everything i wanted to know as i am an owner of a swift (2010) model.The only bad thing in my car is that when u try to overtake someone in the highway you need time if you are on low rpms but it seems that they kinda fixed that prob with the 3-cyl turbocharged engine
This car dos the work, it overtakes and it's fun.
Nice car, but the Swift from the sixth generation (2010) has a better back and looks more sporty. Btw a fuel consumption of 5.7-5.9 liter and the speed 130 km/h , sounds very impressive for this car with a 1.0 litre engine. Nice review Marek
Show cruse system
You need to drive the manual gearbox.. The car is same as the older sport. Bloody quick. It should be called suzuki bullet
Yes , it feels much faster than the 10sec 0 to 100 acceleration time . sounds brilliant too.
Marek some advice needed: between a seat Ibiza 1.0 95cv and this swift 1.0 boosterjet which car would you chose? I’m seriously considering buying my next car from these two
I quite like the design. I have an 11y old Swift, it's always fun to drive, reliable little car. Btw. the most expensive 2WD version costs 15000 Euros here in Slovakia. It starts at 9700. www.suzuki.sk/automobily/auto/novy-swift/swift-2wd/cennik
Please make a comparison video maybe with micra or fiesta?
How doues it's fuel consumption compers to same generation 90hp swift and new 82hp 12v hybrid. How much fuel consumption does the the automatic transmition means by each model? Thank you in advance.
As far as I remember the MHEV is just for compliance. It does very little in real life.
@@MarekDrives So for economy weight and power this is the best compromise, in Swifts, in therms of engine choices?
How is the build quality? Does it break down a lot?
You've seen the build quality at the end of the video. Does it break down a lot? It's a year old, so hard to tell.
Marek Drives any known issues? How is safety?
Crap by today's standards.
www.euroncap.com/en/results/suzuki/swift/26927
83% Adult Occupant is just fine as protection. This figure would have given it 5 stars back in 2012. I don't care about Safety Assist and Pedestrian Protection.
@@MarekDrives it got 4 stars when the top version with more passive safety kit was tested .
It's €20,995 here in Ireland for the same spec model. We do have higher taxes on new cars though. The Swift was actually something I was considering, although I may wait to see the Swift Sport which is (apparently) due next year.
In comparison, a similar Mazda2 (1.5L 90ps Petrol Auto) clocks in at €19,855. I think Suzuki may have missed the mark on the pricing. Really, I think the swift should be at least 10% lower in price.
The swift sport looks awesome. The interior actually looks nicer with red trims and so forth. I just hope I can get it in yellow as in the picture.
loved it test drov one it was great
Marek Drives, how do you get cars to test drive? Your videos are great!
Car importers (local HQ, not dealers) have something called "press fleet", which are cars for media reviews.
Marek Drives, thank you.
Did you like the A/T
I didn't have any problems with it. It was OK.
Trying to decide between the Swift and the equivalent spec polo as a second car (city commuter, 2 small kids). Which one would you pick?
Polo. Boring, but practical. Swift has no boot compared to Polo.
Well done! Excellent review. Thanks! I have a -13 Swift and I love it. :-)
Pulp Fiction reference. Nice!
Thanks sir
Want the Swift Sport!!
It is the best swift ever
suzuki is besst cars
Nice. Car 🚗. I like. It
I like it
thanks
€46,650 in Singapore
What does the motion screen do on the information screen?
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@@MarekDrives The Motion graphic on the trip computer.... The one with the circle that says Motion at the top. What is it for? The back and front of the inner circle lights up when I'm in traffic that's not moving.. even at stop lights.
G-Force. Like if you needed it in any car, and a 1.0 in particular :)
Is it better and more fun to drive than Baleno? ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Most cars are better and more fun to drive, than Baleno. So yes, it is.
Offcourse it is better in terms of driving than baleno
Good video .what is the new Swift ground clearance
120 mm
Marek Drives what is the 5th generation swift group clearance sir
Is this not supposed to be compared to a VW Polo / Renault Clio / etc rather than a GOLF?
Yes, it's a supermini, not a compact car.
Ok your intro threw me off.
Marek, are you getting your cameras and yourself into Fiesta anytime soon? :)
I've just exchanged e-mails with Ford Poland. They should have press cars in by the end of September. So optimistically we're looking at end of October. By then #nobodycares
nice t-shirt.
Top end spec. 1.1 boosterjet SVHS 18€ in Portugal
suzuki swift and honda fit the best
you have high prices in your country. In our country is such swift 15.600€..
These are German prices, though in Poland it's not much cheaper. Where are you from?
Slowenia. Prices in your reviews are always higher then prices in our country.
+Robi Kokot In Poland it costs about 19k euro. This particular test car, which is crazy expensive. You could buy a good spec Vitara for this much.
Thats our car @🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
It costs 14-15k in top spec one country down (Slovakia) .. so it will be some kind of insane poland markup either by government via tax or dealers by being shady
For my English reviews I use German prices. In Poland this particular car costs around 19k. Official Suzuki pricing.
Marek Drives well in that context it makes more sense. Cars in germany are generaly more expensive as their median income is generaly also much higher. Still even 19k seems a bit much. Is importing cars from neighbouring countries too expensive to be relevant in poland? We have only "first registration in slovakia" tax to deal with and you pay that where ever you bought car from. Especialy if we are talking about new cars. It gets more complicated with older ones. Just wondering if anyone close to borders would buy this in poland instead of here and just import it 😉
I think Suzuki is relatively irrelevant in Poland (and apparently Poland is one of their better European markets) :)
Some cars are cheaper here, for example KIA.
Nobody in their right mind would buy a top-end, automatic swift for that much money
Man this thing runs for many years, and it's cheap to maintain. It's highly reliable.
800km in one day???
I can get carsick within the first 50 km
Swift ain't cheap, maybe Mazda 2 is better ?
wtf is wrong with suzuki 20000 are you serious ?
Constantin Purcaru something wrong with euro pricing- UK top spec 1.0AT is like £15k. (1.13gbp / 1euro) is like €17k? Where on earth has that extra €4k come from?
Oh he's so salty about the Swift WHY??
Marek come on. I just started the video and need to correct you. Spec a car to the same amount of equipment and then compare prices. I configured the new Seat Ibiza to the level of top trim swift and it was about 15% more expensive than Swift (but of course it's a better made car), If you try cars like Hyundai i30 it will be way more expensive than that... Only car I found that was cheaper with almost the same equipment (lacking full LED lights, but heated steering wheel to make up for it) was the new Kia RIO
Nice video from now on :) Although I test drove the swift and I found the suspension much better than my Swift 1.2 and I find my suspension to be way better than on my mother's Ignis 1.2 AWD :D
And in the end I must strongly agree... Suzuki really doesn't care much about the interior quality and look :D
+Rostislav Račák Ibiza is a new model, hence it is significantly more expensive. Despite being a supermini too, it is much bigger than the Swift. i30 is a compact car, bigger than Ibiza.
Comparable turbocharged new Fiesta is more then 1000 euros cheaper than Swift
i dont mind a little bit boring if it is well built and reliable , i would probably go the yaris .... IE: runs on the board .
I have the Suzuki Swift Sport 1.4 Turbo engine with automatic transmission. Good car on the road, with great handling while cornering, cheap to maintain too. So far no major or minor problem. Underrated car
Twenty thousand Euro? You could buy an actual car for that amount of money! Mazda 3, Opel Astra etc. in a reasonable trim and get a lot more space for your hard earned cash. I'm not even going to mention what other choices you have if you're willing to buy used... Oh, Marek, were you testing us to see if we're paying attention? :-D This should be compared with other superminis..
20 000€ for Swift? Jesus Christ, you can have fully equipped Mazda 3 for that price.
Not fully equipped, but a low-trim version for sure.
The list price for the GLX BoosterJet 6AT is 5 480 000 Huf in Hungary, but if you go to the nearest lot you can get it for 4 760 000 (15612 Euro) Huf. The list price is ridiculous, but you get great deals. And also the maintenance is the cheapest in its class, and have good reputations for reliability.
You can buy the second most expensive trim for 21k €.
I bought 3 new Suzukis in last 14 years and i never payed the full price.. Last car i bought got close to 1500 euro discount and set of winter tires and rims free, i sold it for round 700 euros..So over two grand cheaper at the end or round 21.5 k euro for SCross with 4x4, diesel engine and medium trim..But Swift is bit to expensive, thats true.. I bought Swift in 2005, with best trim at that moment, GS and more powerful 1.5 vvt engine for round 16,17k euros..It was a good car up to some 130k km when things started to brake but nothing really thats not expected..
Dude, you need to compare equipment, not just trim... Top trim Swift has as much equipment as Skoda Fabia top trim + tons of extra. Mazda 3 or anything in that class with the same equipment will be much more expensive.
That swift is Not nice pls give old model swift in alternatives new model swift very bad
then how come it recently became the fastest selling car ever to reach 100,000 units in India
Great review; too expensive for a cheap tin box.
The most boring car in the wold is the vow golf! Not the Toyota Yaris!
Nah, the frequency of the Golf's engine problems make it quite exciting. "Is it going to break down today?" "Will I make a full trip without a warning light?" Who knows!
It's quality is like sheet. It feels like Chinese toy. Away from yaris. So far away...
Its called high tensile steel. Its lighter but stronger and is more expensive. If Suzuki builds them cheap how can they rate in the top 3 in many respected reliability surveys.
This design is made for asia, I would never buy it.