The new Maruti Suzuki Swift is here! We're answering the top 5 questions you need to know before buying. From its new features to its on-road performance, we've got you covered. Watch the full review to see if the Swift is the perfect hatchback for you!
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00:00Hi guys and welcome to DriveSpark, I'm Prameet and today we are driving the new Maruti Suzuki Swift.
00:14So this car has recently come to DriveSpark's long-term garage
00:18and this will be with us for the next couple of three to four months.
00:22So let us see what all we can do with this vehicle, where all can we go with this vehicle
00:28and what does the all-new Swift have to offer within the city and on the highway. So today's
00:34video is not going to be particularly about a review that we did on a Swift, but we have got
00:40a lot of questions regarding the all-new Swift, so I have picked the top five questions and I'm
00:45going to be answering those questions, hope you have a satisfied answer for the questions that
00:51you have asked. Now let me introduce this car a little bit, so this is the new Swift, now the one
01:00we are driving is the ZXI plus AMT dual-tone variant and as you can see this is the luster
01:06blue with the pearl black roof and actually this looks really nice, however the red and the black
01:11also looks really amazing. Now if we talk about the pricing of the new Swift, now the new Swift
01:17carries a price tag from Rs 6.5 lakh ex-showroom and it goes all the way up to this one that is
01:23the dual-tone AMT ZXI plus variant for Rs 9.6 lakh ex-showroom and in this you get a total of
01:3110 colour options, however, seven are monotone and three are dual-tone, including the one that you
01:38are seeing over here. If we talk a little bit about the engine, so this is powered by 1.2 litre
01:43naturally aspirated, it's a three-cylinder motor and pumps out around 80.5 bhp of power, 112 Nm
01:50of peak torque and is mated to a five-speed manual or this one that is a five-speed AMT.
01:56So let's begin with the questions. Now the very first question that we have over here and I think
02:05this is one question that is asked by everyone, so the question is how much mileage does it give?
02:13Now I've kept it at number one because obviously a lot of you have asked me about the mileage on
02:19the new Swift, so let me tell you like this is a three-cylinder motor, it has pretty decent
02:25power, it is not very powerful, plus Maruti Suzuki claims that the AMT version can give up to 25.7
02:33kilometres to a litre and the manual version can give up to 24.8 kilometres to a litre. Now
02:39surprisingly, the AMT one gives more and we are driving that within the city, if you have a light
02:44foot, if you're not in a hurry and if you are driving in a relaxed manner and that time we
02:52are getting a mileage of around say between 20 to 21, if you really see a lot of traffic, then
03:00I have not seen it drop below 18.5 but 20, a little upward of 20 is what I am getting
03:08in a very relaxed and a calm driving scenario. So one thing that also helps is the automatic
03:15start-stop that this car gets and that thing is really helpful, however it gets a little irritating
03:20when you have a lot of traffic and the car keeps on stopping and going, so you have a button over
03:25there, you can switch that off and you are good to go. So yeah, mileage wise, this is really nice,
03:31it's got a 37-litre fuel tank and if you take a mileage of say around 20 kilometres on an average,
03:37so 20 into 37 is almost 740, that's almost 750 kilometres and if you have a straight highway
03:44and you apply cruise control, which this car has and you set the cruise up to the speed limit,
03:48I think you will be able to claim or maybe achieve a little more than what the manufacturer is,
03:54I mean, claiming. So that if we say 25 into 37, that's almost around 925 kilometres to a litre,
04:01but obviously you have almost 800 to 850 kilometres, you can go non-stop without stopping if you're on a highway.
04:12So now let's come to the second question and that is, how are the seats and are they comfortable
04:17for long drives? Now this is one question that almost everyone has asked, what is the seating
04:22comfort? So as you can see, I am a tall person, my height is 6'1 for reference, the front seats
04:28are pretty, pretty comfortable because they are like bucket seats that you get, but one thing is
04:34that since I have a broad shoulder, so sometimes the bucket seats, I mean, you have to get used to
04:39it, but if a person is a little bit narrow, then I think it will be perfect for them, it is not at
04:46all bad, it's very cushiony, it's very comfortable, for long drives, it is nice. So if you're a large
04:51person, you have to adjust a little bit with the front seats, however, the rear seats are pretty
04:56decent, you have two adjustable headrests over there, you don't have a third headrest in between,
05:01so comfortably, four people can easily go, but this is a five-seater, so comfortably you can go
05:07four people, two at the back, two at the front and the back has a little, I mean, it could have done
05:12better as far as under-thigh support goes, however, backrest and the headrest is adjustable, so that
05:17is not an issue. So yeah, on long journeys also, this car is relatively comfortable,
05:23not the best in class, but it will not tire you out.
05:29Now, the third question that we have is, how is the AMT gearbox and does it have any lag? Now,
05:37I was going to keep this question for the next part, because in the next part of the video,
05:41we'll be talking about the driving, handling and the performance of the Swift, but since
05:46this question has been asked a lot of times, I'll just give you a quick brief of how the gearbox is,
05:51so this AMT gearbox, it has a manual shifter as well, the shifts are pretty decent, they are not
05:58very quick, they are not very slow, it's somewhere in between, it will not, I mean, there is a slight
06:03amount of lag that you will feel, but it is not extremely laggy, however, if you switch to manual
06:08modes, the downshifts are a little more quicker than the upshifts, so you have a manual mode and
06:14you can do that, but it will not allow you to shift until you are at a certain speed, so just
06:19remember that, however, the auto mode is the best in city, on highway, obviously, you will not keep
06:25on changing gears, so the gearbox is nice, however, the engine could have had a little more power,
06:31again, we'll be talking about that in the next video, so the gearbox has very less lag, it is
06:38not completely lag free, but it has very less lag and it is a pretty decent and a robust gearbox.
06:48Now, the fourth question that we have is that, how is the light throw from the headlights of
06:53the Swift? Now, this is again one thing because, as you see over here, we have a full LED headlamp
06:59unit, which has DRLs, which has a projector, a bi-functional projector, it's LED, you have
07:05LED fog lamps, however, the fog lamps are really just there, they are not bright, throw from them
07:10is like, okay, it's not very good, it's not very bad, it's just there, but however, the headlights,
07:15the LED projectors are really, really nice, so Maruti, I mean, has done a lot of work on the
07:21projectors and their throw from the projector is actually good, you can adjust the beam level from
07:26here, that's an electronic adjuster that you get, the taillights, again, let me mention, it's again
07:32all LED, so front and back setup is LED, except the indicators, I think they are in the halogen bulb,
07:38but the throw from the headlight is good, however, if you're in very foggy situations like today we
07:42are and this kind of scenario is at night, so I think the headlight could have been a little
07:47better, especially if a powerful fog light would have been given, this thing would have done
07:52excellent in foggy and rainy conditions, but now, overall, the headlights have a pretty decent throw
07:57and yeah, they are definitely bright as far as LEDs go, because we have seen in some cars,
08:03I'll not be naming them, they have LED headlights, but they are not that effective, this is effective,
08:09but in a very foggy and like heavy rainy situation, I think the headlights could have done a little better.
08:19Now, the last question that we have is how much storage space does it have and is it decent for
08:24long trips, now, this thing, I must tell you, let's start out, let's start talking about the
08:30boot space, so it has a 267 litres of boot space, that is pretty decent, I think luggage for four
08:36people can easily come, however, five people, if they are going, I think the boot space will be a
08:42little less, however, if you talk about in-cabin storage space, you have a one litre bottle holder
08:48on every door, that is a really good thing, plus you have two cup holders over here, then you have
08:53some space over here, then you have a glove box, so if you are going on a road trip, you have plenty
08:59of space to keep your luggage, to keep your bottles, to keep your belongings and there are door pockets
09:04and seat pockets as well, so going on long trips should not be a problem, you have pretty decent
09:09storage in the new Swift and overall, it is a very, very good vehicle from the outside and from the
09:17inside, so yeah, these were the top five questions that we had on the new Swift and in the next video,
09:23we will be talking about the performance of this car, how it handles in city, whether the suspension
09:30is good, whether the gear shifts are, as I mentioned, they are not laggy, but in heavy traffic situations,
09:36how are the gear shifts, so we have the AMT version, so we'll be talking about that, the manual
09:41version, we will try to get the manual car and do a video on that as well, so if you like the video,
09:48please give it a thumbs up, share and subscribe to our social media channels, I'm Prameet signing
09:53out, see you next time, thank you so much for watching, take care, be safe and drive safe.
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