Friday, April 11, 2014

It changed the way we looked at cars


Yes , it is the Maruti Suzuki Swift .The Suzuki Swift is a supermini car manufactured by the Japanese Suzuki Motor Corporation. It was originally named SA-310 at its debut in 1985, but in 1986 it was renamed the Swift. In India it was manufactured from 2005 and is still manufactured today . Initially it had a 1.3 liter petrol engine and the diesel was launched later . This car first appeared in a Hindi movie named  'Bunty aur Babli'. It looked lil' odd when it was launched back in 2005 but soon became a huge success . It had three versions:
  • LXi
  • VXi
  • ZXi
Later when the diesel was launched three more variants were launched:
  • LDi
  • VDi
  • ZDi
The ZXi and the ZDi were the top-end models . 

The Diesel car had (and still has) a 1.2 liter engine borrowed from Fiat with some minor tuning giving out 74ps power . 

The Petrol initially had a 1.3 liter engine but from 2011 it is powered by a 1.2 liter engine giving out 85ps power .

This car was face-lifted thrice since it was launched in 2005 .

The first version looked like this :

   The second version looked like this:

The third version looks like this :


Here are the LXi and LDi versions :

Here are the VXi and VDi versions :

 Here are the ZXi and ZDi versions :


Note: The LXi and LDi , VXi and VDi , ZXi and ZDi look the same both from outside and inside but the engines are different .

It is a wonderful car but a bit small when compared with its competitor cars like the Ford Figo , Hyundai i20 , Honda Jazz , Chevy Sail Hatchback etc..

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