Swift Sport 1.6 Rumors?

[manojbhagat]

Just read somewhere that Suzuki is planning to launch the 2-door version of the Swift(Swift sport) in India.
That too with the 1.6 Litre engine of the SX4 or the 1.4 Litre engine of the ertiga.
True?

[Rohit Chandra]

Yes, you are right, they have already launched it in UK , its called as swift sport and have 1.6-litre petrol engine at 134bhp and is fitted with a six-speed gearbox it was faster in-gear from 30-50mph. It can go from 0-100kmph in 8.4 seconds.

Below we have some pictures of the car, this will have two doors but two rows of seats.

[Aarish Rizvi]

I think they will bring it to India soon because of recent launches of cars like Polo sports, Etios Liva Sports . So its logical to launch it in India.

I also found earlier topic regarding Swift Sports in India :
Maruti Suzuki Swift Sport - Pictures and Information

and

Maruti is still planning to Launch Swift Sport

[arvindrao15]

Too good to be false,thanks for sharing this.
If this is true Suzuki just got a customer,i'm going for 1 for sure.
Any latest updates? Please share if any.
Also what is the expected price?

[manojbhagat]

This is a speculation.
I strongly doubt the Indian market is ready for such cars...the pricing will be more than 13 lakhs if its a 1.6.
I'd suggest "Lets not get too excited so soon" as there is no official news from suzuki.
Hope this is true.
@Arvind-I wont buy it but will surely drive yours or take a test drive at least.

[Aarish Rizvi]

What is price of Liva sports and polo sports, I think should be around similar price range..

[arvindrao15]

@yahoo-Liva sports and polo sports are not really competition to the swift sports.Swift sports is an entirely different league.

[manojbhagat]

I agree with Arvind,Polo sports and etios sports cant even beat the 2006 Stock swift.
Swift sports is a car which can be compared to a Mercedes C class or BMW 3 series in terms of performance.
However i think its high time we get RWD cars in the under 20 lakh budget.Just tired of FWD's.

[Aarish Rizvi]

I think most of the SUV comes in RWD.. There is Padmini Rio (compact SUV) , that comes with RWD too .

[manojbhagat]

Yes i know that.
I meant cars and not SUV's. Even the Padmini premier taxi is a RWD. But i think the cars like honda city should be made RWD so that we can do some sick*** drifting!

[arvindrao15]

Get a BMW 3-series,it is the cheapest RWD available,BTW we are going off topic so lets get back to the topic,
Dont you guys think the Swift Sports should have been a RWD? Light weight + More power is a good recipie indeed,but it causes loss of traction,torque steer and lots of understeer if it is in a FWD.

[manojbhagat]

I'd rather buy a 118ne and mod it heavily!
Drifting a 3 series requires a body without a heart in it!

[Aarish Rizvi]

Drifting a 3 series requires a body without a heart in it!

Please explain !!!..

PS: I am going to start new thread for drifting :P

[arvindrao15]

Now we are talking like boys! Bring it on!