Maruti has launched its Iconic Swift in new avatar. The major upgrade happened in this new Swift is at the engine department. Now the car is available with the all new K-15 Z-series 3-cylinder petrol engine.Ex-showroom price for the base LXi variant of the swift starts at Rs.6.49 lakh and goes up to Rs.9.50 lakh for the top end ZXi+ AMT variant.
Now the car comes with a new bonnet and a new glossy black finished grille. Suzuki logo is shifted to the bonnet from grille in this new swift. LED projector headlamps with DRLs are available on the top end model, where as the lower variants comes with halogen projector headlamps without DRLs. LED fog lamps are also available on the top end model of the Swift.
You will immediately notice its well crafted 15 inch alloy wheels from the sides. Body coloured door handles are provided. A belt line passing through the sides is giving it a muscular look from this angle. The car has a wheelbase of 3860mm and having a decent ground clearance of 163mm, which is sufficient to tackle the Indian road conditions.
At the back, you will get a new set of tail lamp units with a mix of LED and halogen bulbs. It looks good and syncing with the overall design of the vehicle. Rear washer with wiper, rear view camera are provided, but what looks odd is its old looking pole antenna. Instead of this, Maruti could have provided a shark fin antenna for this new vehicle. Overall it is a handsome car from exterior. Now let's look it from inside. The car has a boot space of 260 liter, is sufficient for a small family's weekend trips. This luggage area can be enlarged by folding the rear 60:40 split seats.
It is an all black interior. A newly designed dashboard with 22.86cm touch screen infotainment system looks good. This system can support wireless Android Auto and Apple Car Play.
Reverse parking camera and 4 speaker with two tweeter music system is also integrated with this new system. It also houses several connected functions like Suzuki Connect and Amazon Alexa.
The car is provided with a nice steering wheel. It is an electrically adjustable steering wheel with tilt function, volume and cruise control switches are provided on it. Driver seat height can be adjusted manually. Both the front seats are very comfortable and are very much suitable for long journeys.
Two cup holders, a wireless mobile charger, a 12V charger and USB chargers are provided at the front. All the doors are provided with bottle holders. Rear seat comfort is also very good. You will get two adjustable headrests and sufficient head room and legroom at the back too. What's new is the rear A/c vents! Finally Maruti has decided to provide the rear A/c vents at least on the top model of the Swift. Now the top end model of the swift comes with rear A/c vents and two USB charging points.
Engine and Transmission
The new Swift comes with an updated Z-series 3-cylinder 1197cc 81.bhp petrol engine mated with a 5-Speed manual or a 5-Speed AMT transmission unit.
The manual variant of the car is excellent and a fun to drive vehicle. The engine feels very smooth with both transmission units and claiming excellent mileage figures. As per ARAI, the manual variant will get a mileage of 24.80 km/liter where as the AMT variant claiming 25.75 km/liter, are really good figures.
Engine Specifications
Dimension
Safety
This all new Swift comes with lot of active and passive safety features. Six airbags are provided across the variant as a standard. Other than this you will get lot of active and passive safety features in this car. Some of them are given below...
- Six Airbags
- ABS with EBD
- Electronic Stability Program
- Hill Hold Assist
- Reverse Parking Sensors
- Rear Parking Camera
- ISOFIX with Child Seat Anchorages
- Seat Belt Reminder
- High Speed Alert
- Geo-fencing
- Emergency Alerts
- Speed Sensitive Auto Lock etc..
In conclusion, the new Swift is a very handsome car from its exterior, looks sporty from interior and comes with a sporty yet fuel efficient engine. It is available in manual and automatic(AMT) variants too. Moreover, it is more safer than its predecessors. In short, it is smarter, sportier and a reliable safer car. Definitely you can check this new Swift if you are in search of a reliable sporty hatchback.
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