Suzuki Swift DLX 1.3 Car Reviews

Bought a silver Dlx yesterday and i must say, Paksuzuki has done a great job to ensure good quality. The driving pleasue is immense. A noise-free cabin, good road grip, excellent pick-up, good handling and comfortable seating makes swift an instant hit as far as i am concerned. Can't say much about the fuel economy as yet. The braking isn't as good as as i was hoping.
I have a 09 city and a 10 corolla gli but with both the cars lacking alloy wheels, Japanese tires, key-less entry, fog lamps and a quality cd/mp3 players, Swift is a clear winner if storage space and large seating room is not a problem!

The story narrated by ahmedhassan1 seems to be a dream or fantasy as it is absolutely impossible to drive 700+ km in only 42 litres and that too with AC. hmhmhmh. Average consumption cannot be more than 6-8 km per litre with ac at the most.
As far as shape is concerned, it is not attractive. Rear side is made in such a way that it gives look of a frog.
Secondly, it is not load bearing. Means if four normal person sit in it, the body almost starts touching the rear wheel. No room for luggage. If a CNG cylinder is installed, then 3-4k will have to be spent on suspension to support the weight. Vitz is much better being Japanese assembled.

I have bought Suzuki Swift two days ago. It is really challenging honda or toyota in 1.3 if trunk is not issue. It brings up the image of suzuki worldwide. It won car of the year award in nineteenth countries around the globe. I like this car very much because of its sporty,aggressive and graceful bodyshape. Assembling is of japanese standard not of local suzuki. It is spacious and powerful enough to take on long route. Suzuki should bring more variety like SX4 1.6 Grand Vitara XL-7 V6 and Kizashi 2.4 to have a respectable place in the market against the competitors.

When I bought the new Swift in August 2010, I was disappointed with its fuel consumption. First 5-10 tanks just disappeared.

It would simply refuse to give me anything more than 220-250 Km in a tank. [5-6Km/L] It was a horrific experience. At 1000Km mark, got the tuning done. The average was still the same .. horrible!

But without doing anything, the average kept improving. By the time it had done 4000Km, I was getting 430-440 Km in a tank in the city. And every time on refueling it takes 39 liters to fill up the tank. Means when I refuel, there is always 4 liters of petrol still in the tank. So basically I am getting 430-440Km in 39 liters within city. That’s pretty neat.

Suzuki recommended that it doesn't need an oil change till it has done 5000Km. And since this car is very sparingly used, it took 7 months until it was ready for its OIL/FILTER change. So they changed the oil (ZIC) and oil filter and said everything else is fine.

Luckily I had to go to Islamabad so I decided to take this little monster on the highway to see how it performs in terms of fuel consumption. Filled it up, again as usual 39L.

We took the motorway. Tried to keep the RPM at or below 3. With the Swift, it’s easily possible to drive at 100-110Km/h with the RPM comfortably below 3. Since it’s gotten pretty hot for the road, used the A/C throughout. To my surprise, we reached Islamabad, attended a wedding in Pindi, went back to Islamabad and next morning came back to Lahore via GT Road. All in ONE tank only. It was simply unbelievable. Back to back, we drove 728 kilometers with A/C in a single tank. And yes, when I refueled again at home it did take 39L only … which is funny. :o)

VERDICT:

Fuel Consumption Average
City = 11.15 Km/L
Highway = 18.66 Km/L

The new Swift introduced in Pakistan is a shadow of what is being offered in Europe. For instance, less legs space for the back seater, no air bags, only 1.3version available, only four doors version available, no sunroof available, most basic dash-board, no bluetooth, etc etc. etc.....The fuel economy is not satisfactory and should do better.

Besides the car is not areo-dynamically designed and is one of the reasons why it is not a fuel efficient car.

My suggestion is that identical Swift models be introduced in Pakistan including the 1.6 sports version.