Maruti Suzuki introduced the new Swift in India sometime back and for the satisfaction regarding how it faired, there seems to be no words to express the exuberance. The new modified Swift has crossed all the barriers by overlooking the recent performances within the camp of the leaders and flying above all the figures that recently entered themselves in the reviews. In addition, the booking sources had a busy time dealing with around 50,000 bookings being done already and the waiting period starts is expected to start from three months.
Maruti targets at achieving a sales figure trend of 18,000units in every month. If the targets that are set are provided consideration, the new Swift would be the left hand of the leaders. The targets that have been setup would ultimately take Swift towards becoming the leading second biggest model of Maruti Suzuki on the grounds of volume of sales, closely following Alto at no. 1. It seems to carry the successful legacy of the previous Swift version ahead with grace, poise and more pertinently with the essence of the earlier masterpiece which found over 600,000 new Indian owners since it was launched back in 2005.
Suzuki has also confirmed that there will be a Sport version of the Swift and it is strongly believed that it will possess a 1.6 litre motor like the current version. The new Swift gains some dimensions this time as the wheelbase has grown by 50mm and the overall length increases by 90mm. To the relief, the increase is length is not proportional to the weight of the car. The body has less weight and is sleeker than before and the front and rear tracks are 10mm and 5mm wider.
There aren’t many exterior design changes to speak of, but the interior gets some of the inspiration from the Kizashi, which has also outperformed. There are new LCD displays, new switchgear, and metallic accents.
The diesel variant comes with 1.3-litre DDiS engine with 75 PS and 190 Nm of torque from 2,000 rpm. 22.9 kmpl economy for diesel version is quite appreciable and satisfying. The other option is a 1.2-litre K series petrol engine with 87 PS and 114 Nm of torque at 4,000 rpm. This variant offers 18.6 kmpl. The new model will be slightly longer and wider than the existing model and will have a 40 mm longer wheelbase, which will add a little more to the legroom. While the engine capacities of the existing Swift have been retained (1200cc petrol and 1300cc diesel), the company has made changes to technology on the petrol engine which will give the car more power and also make it more fuel efficient.
To the best of it, out of the 50,000 pre orders, 80% of them are for the Swift Diesel, proving that the undergarments of the diesel version have gained more eyeballs in the country.
