The Fiesta, is quite nice but I have no first hand experience. However, I have owned the Swift since 2018 and had a Suzuki Ignis Sport before that (2007-2018). My Swift is used for everything from work and shopping to around five track days every year. They are relatively simple cars that are rugged, reliable, versatile and fun to drive. Suzuki, cars have given me a lot of fun over the years with minimal aggravation.

I’d go with the Swift to be honest the trim on the Swift looks a bit more expensive, in my opinion and probably more reliable 🎉

I'm a Ford man, always have been. But I'd have the Swift 👍

The Swift has more of a classy/sporty look to me while the Fiesta is too common with that four letter word on the bonnet !

The Swift only really comes alive on really tight and very twisty roads. But then it is loads of fun. You need to use the high revs from 4000 rpm, where the VVTI kicks in, up to the 7000 rpm redline. The HP peak is at 6900 rpm! It's gearbox is better, if you shift it more quickly. Be careful with the clutch though. It really hates high rev starts. The steering may not have that much road feedback, but it is very precise. If you drive the Swift sporty, it delivers. If you don't, then it's a dependable, a bit dull commuter. It's only sporty and fun, if you ask it to be. But then it's extremely fun!

Fiesta @ £4495, Swift @ £7795 I'd buy the Fiesta and thrash it everywhere 😁 Great comparison Joe!

Once again, thank you for doing this!

Swift is definitely a hot hatch, you can tune it to be super fun.

I really appreciate your excellent review

Great comparison review. I would also mentioned which would holds its value better over the next few years, I feel the Ford fiesta would command stronger money. I’d go Suzuki swift based on design and Japanese reliability

I have a 134 BHP metal edition absolutely brilliant car

Having had a Fiesta and a Suzuki it would be the Swift. More reliable long term.

Great variety on your channel now and fab content. (Also really well edited). Thank you.

I had a 2007 Swift Sport manual for a few years. Really liked it. Wife never liked the front seats as she is a bit "broader across the beam" as she put it.

Love this format - definitely do more like this, in whatever segments seem appropriate! Genuine question (it'd matter to me)... Is the fiesta actual leather or imitation? Real leather I value, imitation "leather" seems quite prone to ripping, and I'd rather have cloth than imitation leather every time.

Hi Joe, great review on these two cars,I would probably have the Ford Fiesta but the Suzuki has a 6 speed box, economy these days is to think about.

The swift is better up the revs, got to redline it to get the must fun out of it

Good video bud. I’d have to go with the fiesta if it was my choice. There good fun the fiestas . Never been in an s1600 or a newer swift but the fiesta ST is very good fun for a hatchback so I’d imagine the s1600 can be thrown about pretty well….(in Mexico obviously 😇)

Great video - as a Mk 5 Mondeo driver - id take the feista

Swift. Another good video.

Mild Hatches, -and- the Answer is the Swift Fiesta wins every time in every small category.... but Swift just the better fun hatch, and more exclusive

The Swift for me, but I'd take the previous model (up to 2011) as I prefer the smaller headlights.

Most Fiesta sold in North America came with 1.6. Mine also has the 6 speed power shift transmission. Again most NA Fiesta came with this transmission. While power shift feels a little clunky for the first 2 shifts once you get into 3rd it's a great with lots of pep.

As much as I like my Ford's...gotta go the Swift in this comparison! Just gotta keep the revs up to get the most of out it...

A mate of of mine had a rare 197 bhp Swift ( looked like your one ) a real pocket rocket !

Thanks

Its like driving a 15 year old gsx-r vs a Ducati. On the Suzuki you are afraid of yourself - with the Ducati you are afraid of the bike breaking down. Easy choose as used buys. I do not se the complaints about the engine needing high revs as valid. Had this and currently the next gen 1.4 This one is more fun but the 1.4 is faster. Just keep it above 4500 on small roads and its great fun all the time.

Love a Fiesta👍👍👍👍

Would love to see a video on a fiesta st150

We only seem to get the commuter versions of those cars here - both of those look a step up in the sport department- just based on looks the Ford would be my choice

I looked at both of these. But ended up going with the vw polo gt instead.

The Ford will love your mechanic

Both look smart, anyone with the 119 fiesta comment on motorway cruising/noise?

That model Fiesta had hydraulic power steering, hence the feedback and engagement. Virtually everthing now uses electric steering with little, to no feedback. Only appropriate weighting, which is not the same. Explains why so many cars fail to offer driver satisfaction - if you're a bit old school (over 45). Buyers now want SUV's full of pointless tech. The connected driving experience has now been lost forever.

I've got a SSS and it's a Labrador at low revs, but turns into a Bull Terrier when you spank it. Put the Swift in the right hands on the twisty stuff and the Fiesta will roll itself into a hedge trying to keep up, even with Ford's physics-defying chassis. I've got a Ford Tourneo Custom Sport which I love so I'm certainly not anti-Ford. Worth pointing out as well that the Ford was over £1500 more expensive than the 3 door Swift from new. To anyone with a MKII SSS, I'd thoroughly recommend paying the £300 for a Stage 1 Performance Remap plus a K&N Panel Filter. DON'T be tempted to take the airbox out and put one of those stupid cone filters in. It looks cool but just sucks in hot air from the engine bay, which has less oxygen in it. The Remap increases the bhp to 150 and turns the Swift into the Hot Hatch it deserves to be. The power now cuts in at 2500 rpm rather than 4000 and the thing revs like a two-stroke. Amazingly, it also improves fuel efficiency. Only drawback is you might need to change insurance company's as not all of them cover modified cars. No significant increase in the price though 👍

Having driven both. Swift more fun, but the Fiesta drives better and to this day a mk 7/7.5 still drives beautifully for a smaller car. Don't care about the dash, the mk 7 is just a lovely looking car and hasn't been bettered to this day imo.

i’m swift sports crazy. i love swift sports 32S😊

To be honest I had the previous gen swift and while it had some qwerks, I felt it was like a go kart and always asked to be thrashed. It was great fun and sounds like the swift sport your talking about has lost a little bit of what it had by making it more appealing

Am looking into getting a Suzuki swift sport

What's your thoughts on Guiletta? I love mine.. similar price loads quicker. It's a 1.4 MH 170 bhp. Diesel are just as good all the range are 120 to 170 bhp that excluding the 1.7 whats in a different price range. It's high spec in features and drive like something alot newer even 2010 models. Gets over looked alot, mine sits in looks in line with most merc a class's with similar interior almost like they sold design to Mercedes after 2016. Would make something different for a video :) lot of car for the money 😊 great alternative to a family car, comparing to focus, astra and even swift etc xD finally an alfa badge gets smiles of a old person, out a bmw and Mercedes next to it.. theyll be stolen and alfa will be left lol

Sorry, this posted on the Freelander video as it had auto started before I posted! I'd choose the Swift... rev limiter in the Swift is 7,400, Fiesta 6,900. Having driven both, Swift is better

Daughter had a Citroen C1 (Aygo) and then went to the Swift Sport 🙂

Bro how can you compare a only sporty looking fiesta to a sport car get a st and compare them it will be fair then

If each of them were straight piped they would be great

Drive the swift like an old vtec.. it’s the only way to go 🎉

The s1600 are 132bhp i believe

fiesta for me

SWIFT ALL DAY.. 😤💯👌🔥🤷

Driving this generation of Suzuki Swift at lower RPM and expect sporty behaviour is funny. This car comes alive and more responsive at higher revs and speed. This review is not satisfactory because it doesnt test the limits of both very good cars.

i would buy the fiesta ant my first cars going to be a fiesta 1.6 turbo

I recently bought a 2012 Fiesta 1.6 manual in Australia for $6000, but had to replace the air con compressor for $1700. I realy like the car. The Suzuki Swifts are much more expensive second hand. Ford got a bad name with their dual clutch automatics in the Feista and Focus models between 2010 to 2017. The 1.0 L turbo has hood power but poor reliability beyond 100,000 km.

Swift will hold it's value more than fiesta, I would have the swift but in 5 door as more practical. Swift better looking, fiesta interior very dated.

Both tidy little cars but the swift wins for me😁

I used to own a Fiesta S1600, actually 134bhp, over standard Zetec S which was the 118, plus had shorter gearing for better acceleration. Was great value, even when new. Nice comparison 👍

If you like the fiesta you try the mk7 fiesta st you will love it.

Swift👍

Buy the fiesta if you like to take the bus home regularly.

Having driven both the fiesta is way more fun in day to day driving, the swift feels boring at normal speeds and you sit way too high in it, the fiesta is fun all the time, which is the kind of driving you will be doing 90% of the time.

Meh - I’d spunk the £5k on an R53 JCW. Great review though, I used to own a 1.7 Puma. Was a very fun car with an excellent engine that had mid range and revs… rusted like a 70’s car mind

I am a Suzuki man had a Ford Fiesta it was the biggest pile of junk l have ever bought and we bought it brand new and in Australia there are much more Suzuki Swifts than Ford Fiestas we have a Suzuki Beleno GLX and its been very good in Australia we appreciate a reliable car plenty of Suzukis Toyotas Mazdas and Hondas and if these two cars were at a dealership in Australia the Suzuki Swift would defently sell more than the Ford Fiesta and would sell quicker than the Ford Fiesta most Australians a smart when it comes to buying cars that is people who know about cars will buy the most reliable cars such as Toyota Honda Mazda and Suzuki the most reliable brands you can there are people who buy the South Korean makes and the Chinese made cars they are not car savy they also buy Nissans and Mitsubishis some of them are OK nut not as good as Suzuki Honda Toyota and Mazda and l know many people who own the best cars from Japan our daughter drives a Mazda 3 and our son has a Suzuki Jimny and l have a hobby vehicle a 1997 Toyota Hilux a vehicle that is selling for good money

Fiesta would be way more reliable in the long run I work at ford and that 1.6na engine has been in fiestas since the mk4 The s1600 model should have the stripes

Ford for me had loads of ford's Jordan don't no simple

Like alot of people this guy just doesn't know how to drive the swift. Just bear in mind the max bhp is at 6900 so you just need to rev it. Take it all the way to 6900 pulling in 3rd at 30 is not how you drive a swift you need to be in 2nd gear.

By the sound of it, you didn’t rev the swift all the way out, redline is past 7k rpm!

I would take the swift it will outlast the Ford by far.

Swift all day long drove both myself ford is ok but I tell you you got to rev swift and it will blow that ford away

I've driven/owned both. To start, I had a ZC31 non sport (1.3) and not the ZC32 but I have also driven a 31 sport. Looking at the footage of the 32 sport, it has had a huge step up on the 31 sport. Looks a lot more premium than the 31. The 31 looked and felt so cheap and tacky and the driving position was horrid. Between the 2, I would actually go for the Ford (which is surprising as I'm a Jap fan) as overall, the Ford feels more premium, it feels more together as a car and you can feel what the car is doing a lot more. I love a heavy clutch, heavy accelerator, heavy brakes and a harder gearbox as I feel more connected to the car. In the Swift (both the 31 and 31s), they just didn't have any feel to them. Gearboxes were sloppy, accelerator was like that of a driving arcade in the amusements and the brakes although good, just didn't fill me with confidence. And the clutch, well, the Swifts felt like they didn't have a clutch. Just felt like a dormant peddle (and both swifts had brand new clutches in as they both had engine replacements at the same time) But yea, overall, the Ford just feels better in every way shape and form. But I wouldn't mind testing a 32S to see if it is as big of a step up over the 31S as it seemed.

Swift

fiesta

Swift is 136 bhp 😉 hopefully you kept the revs right up there Fiesta is I think 134 bhp, these and the Metal had a few changes made over 120bhp

Suzuki Swift all the way up!!!

i would choose the swift not a fan of fiesta

Swift. That opening shot makes the cars look huge and makes you tiny😅😂

Keep an eye out for the man in the gimp suit in those lanes 🤨 I think the swift would squash him better than the fee fee

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🚘

I am suprised some people choose the swift, the old swift looks classy, but this with its big ass ugly headlights, looks goofy for more money, i dont get it.

i think you should refrian saying 70 or 80 because there are young people watching you tube and you say 80 thats a big NO NO .

100% the swift, much more of a grown up car compared to the boy racer fiesta

I remember Clarkson being chased round a shopping centre by exactly same Fiesta by a big yank muscle car. Wish still did 1.6 normally aspirated. Since the. All rubbish. Suzukis = Japanese does it’s job

Imagine thinking a 1.6 NA engine is going to pull hard in 3rd gear at 30mph lol... Like all NA hot hatches, they are engineered to be revved to the moon.

This guy drive like my gran and shes dead. I have a swift and on a tight b road warmed up its loads of fun. Its a vvt engine and comes alive over 5000rpm and was made for british country roads.

Ford all day

suzuki is miles better

Suzuki wins no doubt.

Fiesta ❤❤

Yup, Swift. The Fiesta is too much a child of the naughties, interior-wise. Outdated now, like a Nokia 3310.

Schwiifft

honestly... the fiesta may have a less fancy or premium interior but if we talk about the chassis then sorry guys but the swift is a pile of shit😂 if u want handling and fun choose the fiests.

I don't get why anyone would choose the Swift tbh, it looks quite ugly, just a box on wheels. It genuinely looks like the Fiesta from like 2005 or something, a generation before this one. Whereas this Fiesta looks like an actual sporty hatchback

Fiesta all day much more reliable also

British will always go for Ford