Suzuki SWIFT ATTITUDE For Sale

Autocar - News and reviews from the original car experts Skip to content Home Car Reviews News Blogs Videos Forums Cars for sale 6 issues for £1 Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude review More Pics Email Print Your say Comments: 10 Join the discussion Suzuki Swift 1.3 Attitude First Drive Test date Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Price as tested £10,250 Sports seats are a great addition to the Swift 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 steering and a chassis that encourages spirited driving. But the Suzuki Swift's 91bhp 1.3-litre engine is beginning to feel its age, especially when compared to the more refined units of its competitiors. Accelerating above 60mph is a struggle, and this together with the deafening engine noise and the Swift’s lack of stability in cross winds makes it a poor motorway vehicle. Around town it’s much more bearable, but the engine noise will still be intrusive at any time and the 17in alloys fitted to the Attitude give it a jarring ride quality and are also perilously easy to kerb. Not ideal given the car’s city-dwelling target audience. However, for anyone hooked on the Swift’s cute looks, the Attitude’s high spec is impressive and the sports seats are an excellent addition, as they're both more comfortable and supportive than the standard car’s seats. Should I buy one? The Suzuki Swift Attitude might be well specced, but it’s handicapped by the breathless 1.3 engine and high price. That you can get the much more appealing 1.5-litre engine in the Swift GLX for hundreds less than the Attitude should be the final decision maker for anyone looking for a Swift. 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It uses the regular 1.3-litre GL as a basis, yet features racy extras, including seats borrowed from the hot 1.6-litre Sport, special alloy wheels, keyless start and air-conditioning. With its pretty styling and sporty, three-door body, you would expect the Suzuki to win the battle for kerb appeal. But its new rims look like aftermarket rims, giving the Attitude an unwelcome whiff of boy racer. Things improve inside because the black plastic that dominates the dashboard has a classy feel and the integrated stereo appears expensive.High-quality switchgear also sets it apart from the Mitsubishi, but it can’t match its rival when it comes to room. With its smaller windows, the Swift interior doesn’t feel as spacious – and the tape measure confirms this impression. While there is still enough rear leg and headroom for four adults to travel in reasonable comfort, the Colt is the only option if you want to carry five people.Simply getting into the back of the Suzuki is a problem because the driver’s seat doesn’t slide forwards out of the way when you tilt the backrest. Practicality also suffers at the rear, where the narrow boot requires careful packing if you’re to take advantage of its superior volume. If versatility is important, the five-door version makes more sense. Once on the road you would expect the sporty Swift to be more engaging to drive, and there’s no doubt it’s the enthusiast’s choice. Its precise steering is well weighted and the firmer suspension sacrifices comfort to provide sharper responses and superior composure. The set-up doesn’t filter out bumps as well as the Mitsubishi, though, and the Swift’s pace doesn’t match the promise of its chassis. You have to work the 1.3-litre engine hard to keep up with other traffic and, while it’s both smooth and refined, it’s short on outright punch. This is demonstrated by the car’s performance at the test track, where it took 12.8 seconds to accelerate from 30-50mph in fourth gear. That’s 2.1 seconds longer than the Colt, and a clear indication that the powerplant lacks low-down torque. High-speed refinement is impressive in both the cars on test given their urban roots, but the Swift makes more noise when travelling at 70mph, even though its engine isn’t as busy as its rival’s.The biggest problem for Suzuki is price. For all its extra kit, the Attitude costs more than the Mitsubishi and it doesn’t provide as much space or practicality. Its sharper dynamics are welcome, but are they enough to justify sacrifices required elsewhere? BACK TO TOP What Next COMPARE CAR LOANS COMPARE CAR INSURANCE For more breaking car news and reviews, subscribe to Auto Express magazine. 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All rights reserved.Licensed by Felden || HOME NEW CARS NEW VANS USED CARS CAR NEWS HELP MY BUYACAR SIGN IN / REGISTER Review of the new Suzuki Swift Attitude SUZUKI SWIFT BUY A NEW SWIFT BUY A USED SWIFT SUMMARY NEW CAR REVIEW USED CAR REVIEW A DOSE OF EXTRA ATTITUDE SUZUKI SWIFT ATTITUDE (6.8 out of 10) REVIEW DATE: 2008-10-17 14:27:00.0 Looking for a budget-priced supermini with a little more about it? Suzuki's Swift Attitude special edition might fit the bill. Jonathan Crouch reports SUZUKI SWIFT ATTITUDE NEW CAR ROAD TEST If you had to sum up in a single word what Suzuki's latest generation Swift supermini holds over its predecessor, then 'attitude' would be quite a good one. The look is sharper, the drive more dynamic. 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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