There are a lot of questions about the new Swift and of course, there are a lot of questions about the powertrain.The Swift is a car that has always been known for its driving fun and driving dynamics. Now what is the new Swift all about, how does it look, what are the features it gets, what are its pros and cons, how is it to drive and most importantly has the new Swift compromised the DNA that we have always associated with the Swift brand? Read the complete review for all the answers.
2024 Maruti Swift: Design
In terms of design, the new Swift does look different from its predecessor but it’s not radically different in terms of silhouette or basic appearance. There is a lot of similarity but when you get up close with the car, you can see it is a lot different. It gets a new front end with a re-designed front bumper and a new grille with chunky black surrounds. It also features re-designed smoked LED headlamps with DRLs and the clamshell bonnet is a lot shallower. Below it gets the revised fog lamp housing with a splitter.
At the sides, it gets a very strong shoulder line going across that gives the car a bit of the dynamism that the Swift has always been known for. The door handles for the rear doors are back to their conventional location, instead of on the C-pillar, the hatch also gets newly designed 15-inch dual-tone alloy wheels.
Moving rear, the hatch features new LED tail lamps with C-shaped DRLs and reflectors below. It gets a re-designed tailgate, and a new bumper and the creases are more pronounced to give it a bit of a sporty effect. The design is in such a way that it accentuates the feel of the car being wide. So that gives the car a bit of a sporty profile. Overall, with all of these changes, the new Swift continues to look sporty and nice.
2024 Maruti Swift: Interior and features
Once you step inside the cabin, there is a lot that has changed and it’s very different from the outgoing Swift. The interior takes inspiration from Baleno and Fronx and it gets a new dashboard layout with a floating infotainment system with sleek AC vents and HVAC controls below. The highlight of the interior is the 9.0-inch floating infotainment system which blends well with the dashboard.
The visibility and touch response are great and it’s got wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay and over 40 connected features. Other features include a wireless charger, semi-digital cluster with 4.2-inch MID, steering-mounted controls, automatic climate controls, push-button start, rear parking camera with sensors and much more. Overall, the new dashboard layout looks unique and the fitment and material quality feels premium and good. It also gets nice comfy seats with nice shoulder support and the cushioning is spot on.
Talking about the backseat, well, the new Swift is a spacious car when you look at it from a segment perspective, it gives you a good amount of space inside you’ve got a decent amount of legroom, knee room, shoulder room and the backrest angle is also decent.
2024 Maruti Suzuki Swift: How does it drive
The Swift has always been this car that has been known for delivering the joy of driving. The new Swift gets a 1.2-litre, 3-cylinder engine with lesser power with more fuel efficiency. Has the Swift lost its DNA? We’ve driven it and let us tell you, fortunately, not. We wouldn’t say that it is better than the earliest Swift in terms of driving joy. But we can confirm that it hasn’t lost that DNA.
The new engine puts out 82 hp of power and 112 nm of torque. In comparison, the previous model produced 90 hp and 113 nm, a drop of 8 hp and 1 Nm. With lesser power, it doesn’t mean that it’s slower, it accelerates quicker and you need to understand that this new 1.2-litre engine is tuned for fuel efficiency and is super fuel efficient. But the key point is the driving fun.
The car accelerates quickly when you’re pushing it hard, but when you’re driving it normally you feel that it isn’t that powerful because it needs to be revved hard and the engine takes a bit of time to catch up. In this way, it takes away a bit from the driving fun, but it’s something also not to the point that you will completely lose the plot because you will tune or adapt your driving style to it.
At the end of the day, the new Swift is quick, but you have to adapt and train yourself to be able to drive it quickly. Talking about the driving dynamics the new Swift hasn’t lost that go-kart feeling that it has always been known for. We also drove it around custom-made short circuits and the suspension, handling, the stability of this car are just phenomenal.
2024 Maruti Suzuki Swift: Conclusion
The new Swift has improved a lot in every department, except the powertrain. We wouldn’t say it’s a demotion but it has deviated mildly from the path that we know the Swift has always been on. Nonetheless, it’s a quick car, it’s a fun car to drive, it’s now more feature-loaded, it is more convenient and it is more comfortable.
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However, a lot of people have been telling us that it’s expensive. For a top-end model, you’re paying more than 10 lakh on the road. Is it worth the money? Well, if you’re not someone who is infatuated with the SUV body style, and you understand what hatchbacks are, the Swift is good fun and you also have to take into account all the features that you get and also that it comes standard now with six airbags.
Like it or not, all of this additional safety and convenience, comes at a price. So yes, you pay more, but you get more. The new Maruti Suzuki Swift is price between Rs 6.49 lakh to Rs 9.64 lakh, ex-showroom