This car in Italy - 1. Much cheaper insurance than the non-hybrid version 2. Free road tax for the 1st 3 years 3. Super fun to drive up and down windy mountain roads.
Congratulations for the video ... The real 0-100 on this hybrid model corresponds to about 7.4 seconds ... I can confirm that the official data provided by Suzuky are lower than those stated ... I have had the car for about two years, full of satisfaction and fun driving, I recommend it to anyone who loves to drive, especially in curves ...
Owned the previous gen car. It was no fireball but was fun and importantly good value. Very economical too. It was built to a cost and you could tell but at the price it never felt cheap. This could have been a great opportunity for Suzuki to go full electric, dump the engine and add some genuine sport performance to the Swift. But I’m still nostalgic about that 1.6 naturally aspirated engine. It did love a good rev.
Nice review. I love my Swift Sport 2019 non hybrid even more now ;-) And I did clock it 0-100 in 7.35 seconds. Great with some HKS exhaust and HKS air filter in oem box.
Been clocking 7.8 with my hybrid model consistently. The 129hp is without the hybrid motor. As is the 9.1 second 0-100. If the hybrid motor assists its more around 135 HP (still slower but a lot less difference)
@@romenmartindiaz439 I also own a SSS hybrid, best I did was 7,7s. People on youtube did it in 7,5/6. The hybrid motor really helps with acceleration, it adds 13hp and 53Nm, when the motor is engaged it pulls the same if not harder than my previous Saab 93 1.9ttid estate with 205hp.
You are good at picking up on the drawbacks that many testers miss: the poor quality reversing camera, the bleeping, the beetlebrow windscreen etc. They were forgivable faults at £15k. but not at nearly £22k in UK.
I think it's not good at all in showing the drawbacks : he pointed out any weak point that we already know, first of all the 129CV vs 140 leak of power. Thank's we can do the math too by ourself. About acceleration, there are a lot of YT videos that point out that performances are better than those we see in this video.
It also pathetic when he try to demonstrate the weak fixing of a bottom panel. It does try to pull with force and when it have stripped down it try to show that is have done easily. Time ago I ve did a test drive and tried the same o. The test car. While it is not strong as a rock it obviously does not detach as if it was fixed with paper glue.... 😉
Interesting little car. I think Honda Jazz is more like a MPV (almost forgotten segment nowadays, but still important for some buyers). I Lithuania Swift Sport hybrid price starts at €19990. Now there is special offer with a price of €17500. Swift Hybrid 1.2 (90 HP) equipped with 4WD starts at €14900.
P.S: Interior lighting is very poor because of the very dark tinted rear windows. The Continentals are rubbish and the emergency brake system is crazy...had some scary situations with that...
Another Swift Sport Hybrid video where the reviewer hasn't done their homework. The electric motor provides another 13hp on top of the 129hp which pretty much evens it out speed wise. Its also quicker off the mark with less lag. Its 0-60 time has been done in 7.2 secs. Otherwise excellent review.
Most do not worry that there will be hardly any small cars with petrol engines in the future. Too expensive to get them within 95g of CO2. So they are all canceled. Reduce consumption with hybrid, but they become more expensive. Or they disappear like Opel Adam / Karl, Peugeot 107, VW up and so on. Small electric cars for less than 20k EUR? Forget it...So I'm happy to see one of these little fun cars here. There will be not so many new petrol small cars in the future
JDM Guy It's strange how big of a price difference there is between countries. The Swift Sport is 15-20% cheaper in Hungary than the absolute cheapest Jazz.
@MarekDrives we already have to look at you. At its worse than looking at every turd. Please stop doing videos . The mankind will be extremely grateful to you
about the save of 3 grams reducing the badge size on the back, what about reducing the weight of about 35 lbs by doing a weight loss of the pilot's belly? it would be more beneficial ;-)
It does smooth out the turbo lag, make the throttle more responsive, saves a bit on fuel in stop&go and has way better emissions. For every gram over the limit, the manufacturer has to pay roughly 100 EUR to the government and they will absolutely forward that cost to the customer. Suzuki found a very nice compromise IMO, this is by no means a normal hybrid, the electric system is really only there to help out the IC engine in those short moments when it's not being efficient at all.
@@MarekDrives More than likely negligible, but I think these mild hybrids get better economy in heavy stop and go traffic. I remember there being a test where the stop start system was tested and it does save fuel and lets you go further. Awesome review by the way, love the funny bits.
@@PawelMrozik in a bigger engine it's noticeable, in smaller engines like these - not so much. I'm not saying it doesn't do anything, but it's more of a compliance technology than real benefit for the customer.
U won't even believe how much this car sell in india. They are selling ten's of thousands of units per month of this car in india and this is the number one selling hatchback and sedan car in whole country. And indian variant doesn't even look this good that's the most basic cheap quality car and still they have waiting of months for deliveries.
@@MarekDrives well it is a Suzuki product, Maruti just have production plants for them so they sell by Maruti Suzuki brand. And you can't even tell the difference if seen from front. Only on the rear there's a small Maruti branding, otherwise it's purely suzuki car.
Here Suzuki is a niche brand. I guess they're in Europe for prestige reasons. Nothing particularly wrong with their cars, but they're not moving forward. This year the two premieres are rebadged Toyota Corolla (Suzuki Swace) and RAV4 (Suzuki Across).
@@MarekDrives Here in india suzuki is very reputable brand only because of some basic factors such as:- They provide cheapest car, because the average income of car buying population is low. Better fuel economy, due to light weight body design and low CC engines. Excellent after sales service, low cost spare parts, cheap maintenance and availability of parts and service center at any part of the country and also has the highest number of them. And last, great resale value because it's a Suzuki cheap, reliable and easily serviceable. But suzuki is getting really bad reputation these days because of safty issues. Indian suzuki cars (mostly the new generation one's) have scored really bad global ncap rating and considered as one of the most unsafe car to drive in india. Ppl in india are just started getting aware of buying a safe car and suzuki is failing pretty badly. One of their product the suzuki Espresso scored zero at global ncap and is not safe for any passanger. Also suzuki provides little to no safety features in their Indian products to keep them cheap and affordable as possible. Most car buyers in india don't care if the car has safty features or not as long as the car has highest number of features and affordable in their price range. And this is the exact reason suzuki has the highest selling rate than every other car selling company of india. In a year suzuki sells almost as same ammount of units as all the other car manufacturers combined.
Wow! That explains why they don't care about parts of the world, where they do have to meet tougher requirements. I'm not saying Suzuki cars are bad, but I'd choose a Suzuki only in a specific situation. For example it would have the most convenient service respective to where I live/work vs. other brands, or I would live somewhere, where the Jimny would make sense, because there is no better cheap off-roader. That being said the Jimny is a terrible city car, and many people bought it, as low-budget city toy.
@PigeonForLife quite a lot of creators make money either selling merch, getting support through Patreon or collaborating with brands. They also have million+ subscribers, which means even if 0.1 percent of their subscribers decide to support them financially, they can make a good living without worrying about AdSense revenue. Side note: it's more like 0.04%. Over the years I tried Patreon (and its local equivalent), once in a while I do a collab with a brand, I don't bother pushing merch, because my subscriber count/engagement doesn't justify the effort. Mid-rolls were a thing on RUclips for 10+ minute videos for the last 2 years or so, and I admit they have contributed significantly to this channel's revenue. Until I find a better revenue stream, this is how I roll. I know as of recent RUclips has turned mid-rolls by default for 8 minute+ videos, 2 ads are played instead of one, the ads are repetitive, and some are just too long and shouldn't be admitted. But that's RUclips's problem, not mine. My reviews take 4-6 days to make. I post consistently every week since 2014, and I'm constantly improving the quality. You can always skip ads or turn on AdBlock. BTW, this is literally the first time you comment here PigeonForLife. I appreciate any feedback, but are ads they only thing you have to say about this or any of my other reviews?
@@MarekDrives Thanks for the elaborate response Marek. I'm usually watching your videos on mobile phone or my TV, so no ad blocker there ;) I'm subscribed since a couple of years. I like your videos generally but I don't watch them all, it depends on the type of cars for me (all the suv stuff is not for me for example).
This is one big disappointment. Quite a lot of drawbacks (acceleration, power!). And when it comes to advantages, there are NONE. Especially consumption.
Japanese cars like advanced market cars nothing more. Beeps loudly for everything, sound like can when you close the door, no human friendly interior only huge big ugly designed buttons, no insulation, no comfort, no soul. I find Hyundai / Kia better than most Japanese brands they are getting better. I love PSA brand by the way
@@divico1575 I know, but still, 1 second slower? And more expensive, in europe, this is almost Fiesta ST territory, they sold the old one very well, for the price it was great, this one, not so much, yes it's still fun but it has more stuff to maintain and got heavier and slower.
Man this is car for divorced man who pay alimentacy and know how can life be beautiful.And to put in crying premium limos with fake exaust,still little rebel👍
This car in Italy -
1. Much cheaper insurance than the non-hybrid version
2. Free road tax for the 1st 3 years
3. Super fun to drive up and down windy mountain roads.
This car in sweden. Extra climate tax of upwards of 600€ per year for the first there years.
Here fun cars are no more.
Congratulations for the video ... The real 0-100 on this hybrid model corresponds to about 7.4 seconds ... I can confirm that the official data provided by Suzuky are lower than those stated ... I have had the car for about two years, full of satisfaction and fun driving, I recommend it to anyone who loves to drive, especially in curves ...
Owned the previous gen car. It was no fireball but was fun and importantly good value. Very economical too. It was built to a cost and you could tell but at the price it never felt cheap. This could have been a great opportunity for Suzuki to go full electric, dump the engine and add some genuine sport performance to the Swift. But I’m still nostalgic about that 1.6 naturally aspirated engine. It did love a good rev.
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Nice review. I love my Swift Sport 2019 non hybrid even more now ;-) And I did clock it 0-100 in 7.35 seconds. Great with some HKS exhaust and HKS air filter in oem box.
Been clocking 7.8 with my hybrid model consistently. The 129hp is without the hybrid motor. As is the 9.1 second 0-100. If the hybrid motor assists its more around 135 HP (still slower but a lot less difference)
Been clocking 7.8 seconds 0-100 in my hybrid model.
I doubt it if it is stock
@@romenmartindiaz439 I also own a SSS hybrid, best I did was 7,7s. People on youtube did it in 7,5/6. The hybrid motor really helps with acceleration, it adds 13hp and 53Nm, when the motor is engaged it pulls the same if not harder than my previous Saab 93 1.9ttid estate with 205hp.
You are good at picking up on the drawbacks that many testers miss: the poor quality reversing camera, the bleeping, the beetlebrow windscreen etc. They were forgivable faults at £15k. but not at nearly £22k in UK.
Yes I wanted this car but for 22k doesn't make sense.
I think it's not good at all in showing the drawbacks : he pointed out any weak point that we already know, first of all the 129CV vs 140 leak of power.
Thank's we can do the math too by ourself. About acceleration, there are a lot of YT videos that point out that performances are better than those we see in this video.
It also pathetic when he try to demonstrate the weak fixing of a bottom panel. It does try to pull with force and when it have stripped down it try to show that is have done easily. Time ago I ve did a test drive and tried the same o. The test car. While it is not strong as a rock it obviously does not detach as if it was fixed with paper glue.... 😉
Interesting little car. I think Honda Jazz is more like a MPV (almost forgotten segment nowadays, but still important for some buyers). I Lithuania Swift Sport hybrid price starts at €19990. Now there is special offer with a price of €17500. Swift Hybrid 1.2 (90 HP) equipped with 4WD starts at €14900.
Suzuki CEO: ok; How much can we production costs for the swift
Suzuki designers: : Yes
P.S: Interior lighting is very poor because of the very dark tinted rear windows. The Continentals are rubbish and the emergency brake system is crazy...had some scary situations with that...
Thank you, nice review. Disappointing that the performance did not increase
Excellent review. Just pull the handbrake at speed to use Android Auto and watch the panel fall off. It's all part of the fun.
I find this video very interesting, good review! 👍
Another Swift Sport Hybrid video where the reviewer hasn't done their homework. The electric motor provides another 13hp on top of the 129hp which pretty much evens it out speed wise. Its also quicker off the mark with less lag. Its 0-60 time has been done in 7.2 secs. Otherwise excellent review.
Most do not worry that there will be hardly any small cars with petrol engines in the future. Too expensive to get them within 95g of CO2. So they are all canceled. Reduce consumption with hybrid, but they become more expensive. Or they disappear like Opel Adam / Karl, Peugeot 107, VW up and so on. Small electric cars for less than 20k EUR? Forget it...So I'm happy to see one of these little fun cars here. There will be not so many new petrol small cars in the future
Cool and an interesting channel you create Marek, always enjoy and look forward to your reviews.
I appreciate that!
Funny ,affordable car with some bugs to get fixed. Like it.
Using the boot "will need some Tetris skills." 😂
Really like the Swift Sport. It has a problem here in the UK though. The hefty price.
JDM Guy It's strange how big of a price difference there is between countries. The Swift Sport is 15-20% cheaper in Hungary than the absolute cheapest Jazz.
In india swift 2020 will get in 8 lakh (8000pounds) i have one swift amt. Its giving 20 milage il 1 litter petrol.
Nice car! With soul!
This segment is doomed with prices like this. For every carmaker.
PS: Can I ask you for a review? SEAT TARRACO. Please!
Nice to re-visit the swift. Could you also review the 2020 Mitsubishi Space Star? The 2014 review was "fun".
Please, don't make me look at that turd ever again. It's a facelift, but no matter how much you polish a turd, it remains a turd :)
@MarekDrives we already have to look at you. At its worse than looking at every turd. Please stop doing videos . The mankind will be extremely grateful to you
Indeed very different cars, but to me at least makes the Jazz seem much better value and it would the one I take.
Didn’t mention top speed of 160mph! ...per the speedometer
Too bad it sounds even worse than my 1.5 eTSI Golf. Still besides that. Fun little car.
In India this modal is not available. 😔😔
about the save of 3 grams reducing the badge size on the back, what about reducing the weight of about 35 lbs by doing a weight loss of the pilot's belly? it would be more beneficial ;-)
Warm hatch 😂 good term to use, in this case the A45s and RS3 are spicy hatches 😂
They are! 400 hp in a car the size of a woman's purse is crazy :)
So forcing clients to buy hybrid which gives... nothing...
It does smooth out the turbo lag, make the throttle more responsive, saves a bit on fuel in stop&go and has way better emissions. For every gram over the limit, the manufacturer has to pay roughly 100 EUR to the government and they will absolutely forward that cost to the customer.
Suzuki found a very nice compromise IMO, this is by no means a normal hybrid, the electric system is really only there to help out the IC engine in those short moments when it's not being efficient at all.
Fuel savings (if any) are negligible.
@@MarekDrives More than likely negligible, but I think these mild hybrids get better economy in heavy stop and go traffic. I remember there being a test where the stop start system was tested and it does save fuel and lets you go further. Awesome review by the way, love the funny bits.
@@PawelMrozik in a bigger engine it's noticeable, in smaller engines like these - not so much. I'm not saying it doesn't do anything, but it's more of a compliance technology than real benefit for the customer.
Disappointed. The Swift was a great small hot hatch back in the days. Nowadays it’s just another small car.
The swift has much more personality, better styling and is much more fun than the boring looking jazz , albeit being less practical.
If you want a new one of these, just get a one year old demo car. More power, cheaper.
Can you use 91 unleaded in it ?
No idea. The lowest we get around here is 95.
More weight, less power, more euros (price) so what's the point behind HYBRID?
Emissions compliance.
@@MarekDrives it is those who make environmental rules who give us such cars
Great review, Marek! Do you get any steering feel and feedback through the electric power steering in the Swift?
It's alright. Not great, not terrible.
@@MarekDrives Thank you very much 😀. Have you driven Swift from the 90's? If yes, can you compare it to the new one?
Even if I have, I don't recall.
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U won't even believe how much this car sell in india. They are selling ten's of thousands of units per month of this car in india and this is the number one selling hatchback and sedan car in whole country.
And indian variant doesn't even look this good that's the most basic cheap quality car and still they have waiting of months for deliveries.
Is is sold under Suzuki or Maruti brand?
@@MarekDrives well it is a Suzuki product, Maruti just have production plants for them so they sell by Maruti Suzuki brand. And you can't even tell the difference if seen from front. Only on the rear there's a small Maruti branding, otherwise it's purely suzuki car.
Here Suzuki is a niche brand. I guess they're in Europe for prestige reasons. Nothing particularly wrong with their cars, but they're not moving forward. This year the two premieres are rebadged Toyota Corolla (Suzuki Swace) and RAV4 (Suzuki Across).
@@MarekDrives Here in india suzuki is very reputable brand only because of some basic factors such as:-
They provide cheapest car, because the average income of car buying population is low.
Better fuel economy, due to light weight body design and low CC engines.
Excellent after sales service, low cost spare parts, cheap maintenance and availability of parts and service center at any part of the country and also has the highest number of them.
And last, great resale value because it's a Suzuki cheap, reliable and easily serviceable.
But suzuki is getting really bad reputation these days because of safty issues. Indian suzuki cars (mostly the new generation one's) have scored really bad global ncap rating and considered as one of the most unsafe car to drive in india. Ppl in india are just started getting aware of buying a safe car and suzuki is failing pretty badly. One of their product the suzuki Espresso scored zero at global ncap and is not safe for any passanger. Also suzuki provides little to no safety features in their Indian products to keep them cheap and affordable as possible.
Most car buyers in india don't care if the car has safty features or not as long as the car has highest number of features and affordable in their price range. And this is the exact reason suzuki has the highest selling rate than every other car selling company of india. In a year suzuki sells almost as same ammount of units as all the other car manufacturers combined.
Wow! That explains why they don't care about parts of the world, where they do have to meet tougher requirements. I'm not saying Suzuki cars are bad, but I'd choose a Suzuki only in a specific situation. For example it would have the most convenient service respective to where I live/work vs. other brands, or I would live somewhere, where the Jimny would make sense, because there is no better cheap off-roader. That being said the Jimny is a terrible city car, and many people bought it, as low-budget city toy.
3 ads *during* the video is too much Marek, it's really distracting and annoying...
Get RUclips Premium and it'll be ad free.
@@PawelMrozik quite a lot of creators decided to disable mid-roll ads on their channel, which is a great thing
@PigeonForLife quite a lot of creators make money either selling merch, getting support through Patreon or collaborating with brands. They also have million+ subscribers, which means even if 0.1 percent of their subscribers decide to support them financially, they can make a good living without worrying about AdSense revenue.
Side note: it's more like 0.04%.
Over the years I tried Patreon (and its local equivalent), once in a while I do a collab with a brand, I don't bother pushing merch, because my subscriber count/engagement doesn't justify the effort. Mid-rolls were a thing on RUclips for 10+ minute videos for the last 2 years or so, and I admit they have contributed significantly to this channel's revenue. Until I find a better revenue stream, this is how I roll.
I know as of recent RUclips has turned mid-rolls by default for 8 minute+ videos, 2 ads are played instead of one, the ads are repetitive, and some are just too long and shouldn't be admitted. But that's RUclips's problem, not mine.
My reviews take 4-6 days to make. I post consistently every week since 2014, and I'm constantly improving the quality. You can always skip ads or turn on AdBlock.
BTW, this is literally the first time you comment here PigeonForLife. I appreciate any feedback, but are ads they only thing you have to say about this or any of my other reviews?
@@MarekDrives Thanks for the elaborate response Marek. I'm usually watching your videos on mobile phone or my TV, so no ad blocker there ;)
I'm subscribed since a couple of years. I like your videos generally but I don't watch them all, it depends on the type of cars for me (all the suv stuff is not for me for example).
@@PawelMrozik regarding Premium, I don't think Marek gets a dime if I subscribe to that, it all goes into RUclips's pocket, no?
I laughed when you said..."...like the 1.5 Mx-5" ... I have the previous version of the Swift Sport and the 1.5 Mx-5 so...not hardcore sport cars 😆
What would be a good alternative to swift sport?
Fun car? MX-5. Usable daily? Probably some high-powered, non-sporty version of a Corsa or Fiesta.
@@MarekDrives so no opc or st. How's the reliability on those?
St fiesta with the cracker 3cly turbo or the polo GTI but long term be no were near reliable or trouble free like the Swift
@@robertceroli3512 I hear that a lot.
This is one big disappointment. Quite a lot of drawbacks (acceleration, power!).
And when it comes to advantages, there are NONE. Especially consumption.
Who the fuck removes car parts from the interior to see if are glued enough???
Japanese cars like advanced market cars nothing more. Beeps loudly for everything, sound like can when you close the door, no human friendly interior only huge big ugly designed buttons, no insulation, no comfort, no soul.
I find Hyundai / Kia better than most Japanese brands they are getting better. I love PSA brand by the way
The loss of power completely took me away from it.
Heisenberg don‘t forget: you have 95KW engine-power and(!) 10KW e-power. The car is as fun as the old one...
@@divico1575 I know, but still, 1 second slower? And more expensive, in europe, this is almost Fiesta ST territory, they sold the old one very well, for the price it was great, this one, not so much, yes it's still fun but it has more stuff to maintain and got heavier and slower.
I agree with you - the price...
Man this is car for divorced man who pay alimentacy and know how can life be beautiful.And to put in crying premium limos with fake exaust,still little rebel👍
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Headline on this video should have been Hulk rips apart Suzuki. Ha. Why so angry Hulk?
I suppose being called The Hulk is better than Shrek :)