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Suzuki is pleased to announce the
release of some further images of the new, third generation Swift which
goes on sale in the UK in the autumn. Images include action; profile and
a view of the interior design.
The all-new Swift is positioned as
Suzuki’s latest world strategic model and makes further developments in
design, impact safety, driving performance, handling, improved fuel
consumption and significantly lower emissions at 116g/km which will make
it one of the very cleanest petrol engine Superminis on sale.
Extensive use of higher strength steel
makes the new car lighter and stiffer than before as well as offering
refinement in underbody design. The latest body structure has also
helped improve impact safety for pedestrians as well as occupants.
Variable gear ratio steering, increased
track and larger diameter wheels with lower profile tyres allow for even
better handling than the highly acclaimed outgoing Swift that first went
on sale five years ago.
New Swift has grown in length (+90mm)
with a 50mm increase in wheelbase and a slight increase in height of
10mm.
For the powertrain; a new 1.2-litre
petrol engine incorporating Dual VVT (Variable intake and exhaust valve
timing) is utilised which produces 94PS at 6,000rpm, slightly more than
the outgoing 1.3-litre unit. Torque is also improved to 118Nm at
4,800rpm.
Fuel consumption on the combined cycle
is now 56.5mpg for the manual transmission model, an improvement of
7.8mpg over the previous 1.3-litre unit.
A 1.3-litre diesel engine is planned
for UK introduction in early 2011; this engine emits 109g/km (down from
119g/km) and has an impressive combined fuel consumption of 67.3mpg, an
improvement on the already highly credible 62.8mpg from the outgoing
Swift DDiS.
Full details on UK specification and
pricing will be announced later in the summer.
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