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BodyStyle Suzuki Swift Hatchback Special Editions RED, Manual, Petrol, 1328 cc 32,603 Miles Year 2007 3 Doors 2 days, 12 hours ago in Car Dealer Locator More Share Create alert £6,488 2007 (57) Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude 3 Dr Kilmarnock KA3 1NJ East Ayrshire | Kilmarnock Suzuki 6 2007 (57) Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude 3 Dr Suzuki Swift Kilmarnock Silver, Manual, Petrol, 1300 cc 33,147 Miles Year 2007 3 Doors 2 days, 11 hours ago in VCars - (Also found in 2 other websites) More Share Create alert Receive email updates for the latest ads with suzuki attitude · 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next » suzuki attitude « Filter your search Publication date Price Year Number of doors Mileage Make Model Swift (18) Grand Vitara (10) Cities Regions Type Pictures Kind of fuel Transmission · Email: Your email has been sent Send another email Send this search to a friend · Your email Your friend's email Comment Receive RSS alerts Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Other searches that might interest you: mini car glass lexus london car computer ebay all types cars list Search by pictures: suzuki attitude pictures Cars for sale in India: tata safari gurgaon toyota v mumbai Cars for sale in the United States: broomfield chevrolet suv chevrolet corvette philadelphia suzuki car stats: price suzuki price suzuki swift About Trovit | Blog | Your ads in Trovit | Webmasters | Most frequent queries | Trovit on the go | Contact || Autocar - First for car news and reviews Home Car Reviews News Blogs Videos Forums Cars for sale 6 issues for £1 FIND A CAR REVIEW Select a car AC Alfa Romeo Alpina Ariel Artega Ascari Aston Martin Audi Austin Bentley BMW Bristol Brooke Bugatti Cadillac Callaway Campagna Caparo Caterham Chevrolet Chrysler Citroën Corvette Dacia Daewoo Daihatsu Datsun DMS Dodge ECC Elfin Farbio Ferrari Fiat Ford Ginetta Gumpert Holden Honda Hummer Hyundai IFR Infiniti Invicta Iveco Jaguar Jeep Jensen Jetstream Ken Okuyama Kia Koenigsegg KTM Lamborghini Lancia Land Rover Leading Edge Lexus Lotus Marcos Marlin Maserati Mastretta Maybach Mazda McLaren Mercedes-Benz MG MG Motor Mini Mitsubishi Mitsuoka Monteverdi Morgan Morris NAC Nissan Noble Opel Pagani Peugeot Porsche Proton Qpod Radical Reliant Renault Roewe Rolls-Royce Rover Saab Saturn Seat Shelby Skoda Smart Spyker Ssangyong SSC Subaru Superformance Suzuki Tata Tesla Think Toyota Triumph TVR Vauxhall Veritas Volkswagen Volvo Westfield Zenvo Advertisement Best car you ever owned ? Skoda Fabia vRS gets 178bhp Do winter tyres work? Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTi 160 Volkswagen Amarok 2.0 TDI Best first car??? Toyota Prius Fiat 500 TwinAir What is a "Premium badge"... autocar.tv: Jaguar XFR road test New engine for Mustang V8 Audi A7 3.0 TFSI SE quattro Jaguar reveals crossover plans BMW 1-series M coupe revealed F1 approves 1.6 turbo engines Citroën DS3 Racing Jaguar XFR facelift - first pics Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG Skoda will beat sales record Honda Jazz 1.4 ES CVT Ads by Google BLOGS Confidential Tester’s notes Motorsport Green cars Design language Motor shows Sponsored Feature Half-price heroes Our cars Anything goes Autocar / Autocar Forums / Road tests & first drives / Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Last post Nov 05, 2008 10:22 PM by Kee Law . 10 replies. Page 1 of 1 (11 items) Sort posts Rate this thread Autocar Joined Oct 09, 2007 8,086 Posts Status: Offline Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Oct 28, 2008 3:17 PM What is it? This is a special edition of the ageing Suzuki Swift hatchback. Only 500 will be made and they'll be equipped to a high specification, including keyless entry and start, air-con, sports seats, leather steering wheel and 17-inch alloys. What’s it like? The Suzuki Swift has held on to a certain charm since it was introduced in 2005. It’s still good to look at, which the Attitude exploits with its 17-inch alloys and spoiler. It’s also got responsive s... Read the full article Reply julianphillips Joined Nov 02, 2007 934 Posts Status: Offline Re: Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Oct 28, 2008 3:21 PM "Ageing"??!!?? Wasn't it launched in 2005? Hardly ageing! Plus it still looks great and throughout 2008 has continued to get excellent reviews. Plus it's faster and 3 grand cheaper than the Fiesta 1.4 which gains little other than being a little bigger. Reply TegTypeR Joined Nov 25, 2007 2,632 Posts Status: Offline Re: Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Oct 28, 2008 5:28 PM I agree with you julian, it's still a clean fresh looking little car. Dated is not something that can be said of it. The 1.3 may be a little wheezy but this car is clearly aimed at the insurance conscious buyer who wants something that looks...... dare I say it........ sporting (read same interior as the sport with funky wheels etc). It will make a great second hand buy in a couple of years though. Bugger! My car appears to be fixable.... I won't be able to go vehicle shopping in the new year. Reply theonlydt Joined Jul 22, 2008 1,843 Posts Status: Offline Re: Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Oct 28, 2008 11:53 PM I'm sorry, I don't know what car they've been testing, but the 1.3 swift I drove was a cracking car. Handled beautifully, definitely a reasonably quick car (even above 60mph), pulls cleanly and quickly from 60-80 and is not overly noisy. I've driven noisier "executive cars". Does the reviewer have it in for the swift? It's definitely not my experience of them, and I've driven a lot of cars! Reply jammy_rex Joined Feb 24, 2008 102 Posts Status: Offline Re: Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Oct 28, 2008 11:53 PM What a great little car this still is; funky to look at, nice interior and fun to drive. Reply Vicky Parrott Joined Oct 11, 2007 112 Posts Status: Offline Re: Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Oct 29, 2008 10:52 AM I certainly don't "have it in" for the Swift, and I agree it's a great looking car. Much better looking than the Yaris, or a number of others around. I do think that it is beginning to feel old in terms of the interior finish and in the case of the 1.3, the refinement. I was really surprised by the amount of noise in the cabin and the lack of acceleration available over 60mph - our test car really seemed to struggle on the motorway. I ran a Swift Sport long termer for a year and thought it was absolutely brilliant - still miss it in fact! I'd recommend one to anybody not planning on doing a lot of motorway driving. I also spent a decent amount of time in our 1.5-litre Swift long termer, which was also a great supermini. But I suspect noise insulation was something Suzuki saved costs on in order to make the Swift affordable, and you can really tell when compared to the new superminis. This and the ride quality were things both our long termers came under fire for - the Attitude unfortunately seemed to have those flaws enhanced because of the alloys and the noisy engine. And regards price, £10k seems cheap for a new supermini but when you can get the 5dr GLX 1.5 for £9515 the Attitude loses any real selling point for me. Insurance, I agree, is something loads of people will consider, but the 1.5 is still only group 6 next to group 4 for the 1.3, and there's only 3.1mpg between the combined average for each car. I certainly wouldn't recommend the Attitude when there's much better Swift models and also better competitors from other manufacturers for £10k. Hope that answers some questions; good to see so much reasoned debate on the forums! Keep it up. ;-) Autocar road tester Reply julianphillips Joined Nov 02, 2007 934 Posts Status: Offline Re: Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Oct 31, 2008 11:38 AM I was able to drive a 1.3 Swift yesterday and it was pretty noisy compared to the 1.2 Fiat 500 that I also drove. So I would agree with Vicky Parrot on this one, in that - especially nearly new - the 5 door GLX with the larger engine makes sense. I still think it feels fresh though. Reply Matt Rigby Joined Oct 11, 2007 95 Posts Status: Offline Re: Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Oct 31, 2008 1:20 PM Just a small addition to Vicky's points: even though the Swift was only launched in 2005, since then nearly every major rival has been replaced or extensively revised. I think it's this context more than anything that defines the Swift as an ageing car. Reporter, autocar.co.uk Reply julianphillips Joined Nov 02, 2007 934 Posts Status: Offline Re: Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Oct 31, 2008 1:22 PM It's not an ageing car. Reply Zeddy Joined Jan 22, 2008 515 Posts Status: Offline Re: Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Nov 05, 2008 8:05 AM I agree about it feeling like an old car. When my other half bought one new 3 years ago coming from a Honda Jazz there was something inherently old fashioned in its feel and I didn't like the view from the driver's seat. That windscreen was somehow giving a claustrophobic feel to the view. Maybe it was the way it felt built to cost rather than like the Jazz being greater than the sum of its parts that gave me this impression. Cracking looking little car mind you. Platinum halo Reply Kee Law Joined Oct 28, 2007 816 Posts Status: Offline Re: Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude Nov 05, 2008 10:22 PM lol - this is just like a pantomine. "oh yes it is", "oh no it isn't" "its behind you!!" for what its worth I think that the swift is still a great looking machine from the outside. i would suspect that if you sat in it after having sat in say, the new fiesta, then it would feel dated. but if you had never seen any of the newer superminis then it would be just fine. ignorance is bliss :) Bring it!! Reply Page 1 of 1 (11 items) Back to top Post this page to: del.icio.us Digg Facebook StumbleUpon Reddit Site links Home Car reviews News Blogs & Features Videos Forums Prices and specs Cars for sale All about Autocar About Autocar Contact us Terms and conditions Privacy policy Send to a friend Newsfeeds Subscribe to our news with our RSS feeds Advertise To advertise with Autocar contact us Buy our magazines Discover our titles at themagazineshop.com Great motoring sites What Car? 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Some owners even specify their cars with double Ford GT40-like white stripes. Appropriate then that the special edition three-door version we look at here bears an 'attitude' badge, offering the look of the Sport hot hatch but the running costs of an entry-level 1.3-litre petrol version. Prior to the current Swift, Suzuki had no real presence in the small car sector, something that changed almost overnight when the new generation Swift supermini was unveiled in 2005. All right, so the numbers still aren't huge but the little Japanese brand can at last hold its head up high in almost any kind of small car comparison. Of course, those likeable looks are becoming more familiar now and, with a whole host of tough new rivals, the UK importers want to prevent their product from getting ignored. Hence the introduction of a special edition version that offers a whole lot more attitude for the cost of an entry-level model. So what do you get for the ten grand asking price? Well, much of the look and feel of the top of the line 'Sport' model is the answer. So there's air conditioning, plus driver and passenger sports seats. Keyless start will also be welcome as long as (unlike me) you can figure out how it works. Electric windows and heated door mirrors are also included as standard. The interior follows a silver effect theme, which is complemented by a silver-stitched leather-covered steering wheel. Outside, there are body-coloured bumpers and rear roof spoiler, tinted windows, 17-inch alloy wheels, a chrome-covered tailpipe and halogen headlamps. You also get six airbags, with ABS braking plus EBD (Electronic Brakeforce Distribution to maximise braking effect). Just 500 Attitude models will be produced. Unless they sell well of course, in which case, Suzuki will doubtless build plenty more. Take a seat inside and one of the first things you'll notice is the centrally mounted information display that takes care of the time, fuel consumption and outside temperature functions. Suzuki have listened to customers who are tired of manipulating tiny, fiddly audio and climate buttons and have instead opted for big, easy to reach dial-type controls. The audio system can also be operated from a set of optional wheel-mounted switches. "A whole lot more attitude for the cost of an entry-level model..." Power comes from the 91bhp 1.3-litre petrol unit that most Swift buyers choose. Fuel economy is key in a car like the Swift and an average of 45.6mpg is a good showing. This engine is capable of hitting 60mph from standstill in 11 seconds on the way to its 109mph top speed. Compare that to the 8.9s and 115mph of the lookalike 1.5-litre Swift Sport and it doesn't appear that Attitude buyers are losing out too much. And of course, both models share the same chuck-able handling, though buyers of this special edition have to do without the Sport model's stiffened suspension. Still, the £2,000 saving they'll enjoy has to be felt somewhere. One of the key factors in the Swift's handling and packaging is the fact that the chassis offers the class widest track (1470mm wide at the front and 1480 at the back), which in turn translates into the greatest overall width of any car in the supermini class (1,690mm). Coupled with a long wheelbase and compact engines, this frees up plenty of room in the cabin and allows for a 213-litre luggage area. The big thing weighing in this Swift's favour is its obvious value for money but what of the ongoing running costs? In terms of cost per mile figures, which take factors such as depreciation, insurance, servicing and cost of finance into account, this variant will work out pretty cheap to run at around 30 pence per mile. Even with the familiarity of the passing years, the Swift remains no bad looker, particularly in three-door-only Attitude guise. Rather than being an amorphous blob like some other superminis, this one has a pronounced bonnet line and a very shapely contour along its shoulders. A wide airdam and big headlamps give the car a distinctive 'face' and the big wheels at each corner of the car give the impression that it's solidly planted to the road. The black pillars produce a floating glasshouse effect and the wraparound glazing helps to promote better all round visibility. The rear of the car is even more expressive, with thickset haunches and a roof that melds into an integrated spoiler. The interior is also very different from what we've come to expect from Suzuki. Again a wraparound theme dominates, with smoothly curved surfaces and a number of bright ideas. The illuminated ring around the speedometer is a welcome change from the usual chrome rings and the three-spoke steering wheel looks agreeably sporty. Taking its cue from Suzuki's sports bike expertise, the tachometer dial features a zero mark at the six o'clock position. Special editions based on poor models are easy to dismiss. Those that up the value factor on fundamentally strong models that may be being a little unfairly overlooked are worth the page space. The Swift Attitude is certainly one of these. Get the right deal and you could find it to be your right car. 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The Canadian environmentalist, who is here for the launch of Toyota's 2004 environment and community report at the car manufacturer's new "green" corporate headquarters, said Australia is especially vulnerable to global warming and should do more to counter it. "Here you have a country (where) your federal government is saying 'we in Australia, we can't do anything about global warming... we can't do anything'," he said. "Australia is especially vulnerable. Your whole country is bordered by the ocean, sea levels are rising, half your country is desert, that desertification is going to continue. "You've got all this sunshine coming down and look, anywhere you look, where is there a solar panel anywhere? "And your government has the nerve to say we can't do anything about Kyoto." The Kyoto Protocol requires industrialised signatory countries to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, the carbon-based pollution which results from burning fossil fuels and is blamed for driving global warming. Suzuki defended his association with Toyota, which produces an energy efficient petrol/electric hybrid car called the Prius. He cited a need to praise the private sector in order to encourage it to do more to protect the environment. "I made the decision a number of years ago that if you don't at least acknowledge that (the private sector has) done something right and give them credit for it, then why the hell should they ever listen to an environmentalist?" TERRA.WIRE