Suzuki Auto will debut the fourth-generation Suzuki Swift on the Competition of Motoring at Kyalami. This all-new mannequin options superior security programs, the environment friendly Z12E engine, and a glossy design that honors its heritage. With three specs—GL, GL+, and GLX—the Swift provides upgraded drivetrains, luxurious interiors, and cutting-edge tech. Launching in South Africa in Spring 2024, it is set to raise the driving expertise.
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The all-new Suzuki Swift was first proven at a world reveal in March this yr, and it has since gone on sale in main markets, together with Japan, India and Europe. The South African introduction is scheduled for Spring 2024, with no fewer than 5 mannequin variants within the line-up.
“The Suzuki Swift launched South Africans to the Suzuki model in 2008 and it has since discovered over 85 000 properties right here. At this time, the Swift typically leads its phase and even the passenger car market basically and we all know that followers at FOM and available in the market basically are enthusiastic about this fourth-generation mannequin,” says Brendon Carpenter, Model Advertising and marketing Supervisor of Suzuki Auto South Africa.
This Swift is all new, with new improvements to be discovered within the drivetrain (together with a clean and frugal new CVT transmission possibility), suspension, chassis and steering and inside design.
The brand new Swift can be out there in three specification ranges, particularly GL, GL+ and the luxurious GLX fashions and as a boon for followers the GL+ and GLX specification ranges can be out there with the selection of handbook or CVT transmission.
Beginning with the wheels and tyres, the brand new Swift has a brand-new rim design that begins at 14” metal wheels on the GL mannequin and grows to fifteen” alloy wheels on the mid-range GL+ and polished, diamond minimize alloys on the top-spec GLX.
The wheels aren’t the one exterior distinction between the three specification ranges. The GL and GL+ may also be recognized by their halogen headlight cluster, whereas the GLX fashions improve their entrance gentle cluster, DRLs and fog lamps to LEDs which might be computerized.
On the rear, all fashions have LED clusters and a high-level brake lamp.
Past these cues, your complete vary of latest Swift fashions will provide greater than what is anticipated on this phase. This consists of body-coloured door handles and aspect mirrors, a shiny piano black higher entrance grille and built-in flip indicators within the aspect mirrors.
Design – a contemporary homage
The Suzuki Swift is among the all-time best-selling Suzuki fashions ever, with over 9 million models of its earlier generations offered internationally.
With this in thoughts, Suzuki designers stayed true to the unique idea, however gave it a contemporary and upmarket twist.
The brand new mannequin has the identical extensive stance with the darkened aspect pillars of its predecessors. This reminds the viewer of a bike helmet and Suzuki’s deep racing heritage.
Past this nod to the earlier fashions, there’s a fashionable twist to the massive entrance and rear gentle clusters and a brand new, sleeker entrance grille completed in piano black that exhibits the mannequin’s sporty intentions.
For the fourth era, Suzuki has created a powerful shoulder line that runs across the whole car. The road crosses over the nostril within the type of a clamshell bonnet and folds across the rear to type a discreet lip.
Followers with a eager eye may even discover that the brand new era now has 4 ‘conventional’ door handles, as a substitute of the rear side-latch handles that have been built-in into the C-pillar of the earlier mannequin.
Three-cylinder enjoyable
As talked about earlier, the Suzuki Swift can also be brand-new underneath the pores and skin.
The brand new mannequin introduces a brand new 3-cylinder engine, codenamed Z12E, in South Africa. This mannequin makes use of lots of the applied sciences that Suzuki has refined for its compact automobiles and bikes for higher thermal administration, extra low-down torque and higher gasoline effectivity.
With this new 3-cylinder 1.2 litre engine the Swift delivers 60 kW at 5 700 rpm and 112 Nm at 4 300 rpm. The latter is on the market throughout a wider engine vary, thanks partially to a brand new multipoint gasoline injection system and 4 valves per cylinder.
The brand new engine delivers its energy to the entrance wheels by a five-speed handbook or CVT transmission. The previous has an Engine Auto Cease/Begin system as customary, whereas the latter provides paddle shifts on the GLX mannequin.
Security and luxurious nicely taken care off
The Suzuki Swift has all the time been Suzuki Auto South Africa’s top-selling mannequin and as such the model has spared no expense to supply the most effective possession expertise attainable.
For example, all fashions can have six airbags, hill maintain management, ABS with emergency brake help, and digital stability management as customary, setting a brand new benchmark for car security in its class.
Including to the protection options, Suzuki has fitted three-point seatbelts on all 5 seats and baby seat tether anchorage factors on the skin two rear seats. As regards to creature comforts, all fashions are geared up with a digital air-con system, whereas the GLX specification stage will provide totally computerized local weather management.
All fashions even have electrical home windows on all doorways, electrically adjustable and folding aspect mirrors, central locking with distant management, and rear parking sensors.
Consumers who go for the mid-range GL+ will discover a bunch of extra luxuries, together with a 7” infotainment system with reverse digicam and steering wheel controls for the audio system.
Within the range-topping GLX fashions the 7” infotainment system is upgraded to a big, high-definition 9” infotainment system. The leather-based clad steering wheel provides controls for the cruise management system and naturally the GLX with CVT transmission additionally has paddle shifts.
The record of options on the GLX fashions additional extends to robotically folding aspect mirrors, keyless entry with push-button begin and naturally the automated headlights.
Extra data on the Suzuki Swift vary, its specs and its efficiency can be launched on the official launch of the mannequin vary. Join right here to remain within the loop.