My Silver Swift

I changed to a SUZUKI Swift 1.5 (AT) not long ago and been driving it for 3 months, over all I’m very satisfied with this car. I have test drive the Mazda 2 SP and Nissan March before decided to buy this. Here are some experience and find outs from this Swift:

The auto gear:
It’s a nice car to drive, power and performance just so so only, do not expect fast pick up speed from standstill, however, the auto transmission is very smooth, that’s the main reason I chose it. It has the zigzag gated gear lever, and is fun to shift, some time, I just put at 2, let the rpm climb up then shift to 3 and then D, in this way the pickup is faster than usually at D all the time. But I do not know will this practice cause any damages to the gear box or not…

Under the bonnet:
The engine system under the bonnet is neat, clear and well arranged, the layout of pipes, hoses, wiring cable are routed neatly, Suzuki engineers have done a very good job here, the air-con is factory fitted.

The handling:
Easy parking and maneuvers, that’s also the reason I like, it has a short wheel base as compared to others, go through humps and uneven surface will feel jerk and bouncing, not so comfortable. Good handling with little body rolls during cornering, and nice steering feel, even at high way speed, it feels quite stable.

Safety:
The brake system is quite adequate, it comes with ABS and EBD. Dual front airbags are standard.

Sound system:
It has neat integrated sound system at the dash board, can play MP3s, with steering wheel mounted buttons for easy control. Plastic panel rattling if the bass is set at high during playback, overall not so entertaining, though the noise are well insulated inside the cabin.

Interior and exterior:
It has a neat and simple interior layout, did not have much compartments to put things in, just ferry 4 normal passengers and the boot space is limited. The out look is unique, a bit short compared to Mazda 2 SP.

Fuel Consumption:
It can use RON 91 and above, I pump SHELL 95 instead, not 98 for some saving, in future may be 3 years later, will try the 92. As I have only traveled about 4500 km, normally in start-stop general driving situation, the average FC shown is around 11.5 km/ liter at the gauge. With full synthetic Castrol 5W40 engine oil.

There have much useful information about SUZUKI Swift at the following forums:
http://www.swiftclubsg.com/forumv1/ http://forum.suzukiclubsingapore.com/viewforum.php?f=25