Sorry did I say 160bhp? It's 125bhp on that model mate, before the Stats Police get you!!

I like the word "Hotchback". My dad has a 2016 Sport. He's 80. Practical. Good crash protection for its size. Not too big for him to struggle with parking and town. Relatively economical. Peppy enough. Long enough legs on a higher milage trip. Good headlights. High enough seats so him and my mom can board and alight without discomfort. Looks pretty in metallic blue. Good brakes. Has a satnav to help for him. The only things he doesn't like is a lack of rear visibility when parking and he doesn't find it as easy to judge in gaps as his previous car, a 1996 Vectra 1.6.

As always Ian does a brilliant road test Great fun,very informative and entertaining.

Awesome review Ian. Reminds me of my Fiesta Zetec. That was slow but just such a blast. Driving from Kendal to Lancaster for work is an awesome driving memory. I miss the raw thrills you get from cars like this. Power isn't everything. It's the noise, feeling of speed and connection to the road that makes it so exciting. 🙂

I have 2014 136 bhp model , I love it, defiantly quicker than the paper figures suggest,very underrated car

Great review, looks like someone had a lot of fun driving this and looks like another car I need to add to add to my drive or own list!

Have owned a 2014 1.2 Swift for the last 6 years. 55 mpg, £30 per Year tax, cheap to maintain, coming up to 100k miles without a snag, by far the most reliable car I have ever owned. (Makes up for my 3.7 Petrol Jeep Cherokee "Sunday Car" 😂)

Lovely to see a car review again, Ian 👍🏻 If I didn’t have to traipse up and down the country every week I’d definitely have one of these. I’ve always loved them.

i love my 2020 Suzuki Swift, had it 2 years and great little car

great video, thanks ian! those swift sports remind me of the puma i used to own, great handling, close ratio gears and just enough power for having fun!

I always liked these little cars. I've driven both this version and the following generation. Both of them were great little cars to drive. I nearly bought the 2nd version but plumped for an Abarth 595. It was a tricky choice! I really like the current model so maybe one day I'll own one!

You're driving this properly! At 7:25, thats what I've been trying to get James to do! Between mother and I, we've had 7 Swifts of various guises (this generation and later) and even the non Sport were revvy and sounded fantastic. The later car mentioned above (ZC32) takes the creature comforts and refinement (same engine, 6 speed 'box and 136 bhp) to the next level, without losing out on the fun. Also, the later cars from around August 2007, they raised the rev limit to 7,100 rpm.

Very nice car, Ian. That generation. swift was a very large step ahead over the previous generation. Love the notes you make about rear wipers. In the same vein, the old Volvo 240 has an excellent rear wiper. The controls are on the right lever which also holds the control of the rear wiper. Our 81 had a single speed rear wiper and wash controls. On my 90 240, the rear wiper control is on the wiper control column on a 3 position sliding switch. The wipers are full on or will only wipe at a 7 second interval. The wash is on the end of the wiper lever. If your fingers are long enough, all three controls can be done independently and by using your finger to touch the screen.

I drove one of these a few years back. I think your assessment of the steering being “a little numb” is spot on. It just didn’t feel as connected as say a Saxo VTR.

I do agree that the Swift Sport was always a great little car and a Barrel of Fun. Yet another great Hubnut Test Drive, I look forward to seeing the next episode.

Our household runs a 64 plate 1.2 Swift. Great handling car. Not over powered so when you have an appropriate 'Hoon' moment you're not really in trouble speed limit wise but you still get loadsasmiles. Love the video and love to hear as usual the best description of a gearbox... "Snickerty" I know what you mean Ian! 😁

Great review for a fantastic car. Bought a 2007 sport nearly 6 years ago as a stop gap with 78k on it and it's now done 146k. Love it so much. Keeps passing the MOT. Now pondering electric conversion...

Hi Ian, another great video - you’d never you had little time to prepare and don’t be “annoyed” about levels - I did it notice any problems with it. Bonus seeing Diego, Titch and Miss HubNut in the background too!!

Brilliant video Ian 👍 what a lovely car and not boring

These are loads of fun to drive. I have the 1.4 turbo. Even now they still only weigh around 1000kg when most other cars have put on weight. I did like it that Ian kept saying modern car, it’s 16 years old, only 6 months newer than the Charade. 🙂

Treat it like i did with my Charade. A two person car with a reasonable big luggage compartment if you just fold the rear seats and never use them..

Good review Ian. I took a Swift Sport for a test drive on Anglesey about 10 years ago. I felt the driving position was a little too high for a sporty car and it needed a sixth gear, which I think the Swift got later in its life.

Miss HubNut waiting patiently in the background 😂

And do not forget the Ignis, the same thing! So much fun... I told you they were fun to drive!!!

I always love that generation of swift but the 90s 1.3 GTi are a thing of beauty!

I will always champion these little cars - this generation of Swift onwards are the best small 3-door hatch on the market all things considered. They're a riot to drive, fantastically packaged, pretty, interesting and the 'Sport' trim actually means something unlike 99% of cars. I drove a brand new 1.0 Boosterjet (3 cylinder turbo) Swift recently and I was absolutely blown away by it. I'm certain I will be looking to buy one at some point in the near future.

Brilliant video. We have a Suzuki Swift 12 plate. Done over 100k and still going strong.

I owned one of these for a few years. I've owned much more powerful stuff than this, and yet I always think back to how much I loved this car. Yeah it's a tad noisy, the ride is a bit jumpy, and it's not exactly fast....but find a twisty road and it is absolutely ludicrous fun. I could tear round corners with no trouble whatsoever. The peddles are really well balanced as well and the steering was heavy and so you got some nice feedback. I really do miss it.

Another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍

Cracking. We have the later one which can come as a more practical 5 door with a 6 speed box. Perfect, cheeky little family car, plenty of toys (DAB, cruise, auto air con) and still an old school naturally aspirated engine/manual gearbox combo that I can razz about in.

I drove the 2014 edition of this car and it was AWESOME!

Smashing video as usual 👍. There are quite a few 4x4 swifts up on the moors by me. People seem to keep them a long time 🤔

On my second swift, now have a 1.2 attitude, I didn't think the extra power for the sport warranted the higher price, great fun to drive

Interesting to see the difference between a Swift & an Alto as I owned an 09 plate Alto once. I remember the sticking parcel shelf well & driving all the way from the Midlands to Scotland in it. It even had air con such luxury. 😂

A narrow rear window like that calls for having dual rear wipers!

The Suzuki Swifts are amazing little cars.

Nice review. I live about two minutes away from Chops, tea and digestives could of been offered 😁

Great review gkad you liked it , I with thrash in home in your honour tonight

Never headbutted a parcel shelf in the virtual world , thanks for that .

Glad you enjoyed the car. I run the model after this one as a daily driver, and it’s been great. The sixth gear really helps, 70mph is 3000rpm. Cruise, climate, sat nav etc. Great little cars ☺️👌

Always thought your next car should be bought from Chops - i.e one that works ! Just what i need as I recover from covid. No warranty claim made or implied 🙂.

Adorable little swift

One of my ex's had one of these absolutely brilliant to drive it wasn't the sport but it drove really nice and loved to rev brilliant car.

I had a way earlier version of this car. It had a fantastic transmission, really fun to drive on the twisties. It had a 1.3 litre four cylinder engine squeezed into the engine bay and was not a lot of fun doing the timing belt. Unfortunately, rust got it in the end.

Nice to see the Chops Swift on your channel Ian! Nice toy for hooning around in and if you're looking for an honest car dealer, Chops place is the one to go to!

I have a Swift, not a Sport unfortunately but my 1.2 can shift when pushed and it has go kart like handling. Quite well equipped with sat nav cruise dab radio and it’s worth almost 2 grand more than what I paid for it a year ago.

Watching Mr Seabrook thrash about in a hot hatch is like watching your nan headbang to metal music! Great video as always!

I love small Japanese cars there amazing good review ian

I like this. I see a GM steering wheel. Unfortunately, Suzuki left the US market around 10 years ago. Practical with some oomph! Definitely consider this a 2+2. Very nice review, thank you very much!

Hi, really enjoy watching your videos and your experiences running cheap cars, I have been doing the same for the last 18 years, I enjoy tidying them up repairing when necessary, using for anything between 3 and 6 months then selling for at least the same money if not a small profit. I have just dug out all the DVLA no longer the keeper slips I had in the draw, 36 of them from 2008 but I know of another 6 cars from 04 when I started the bangernomics, I currently have a Suzuki swift 1.5 vvti which I have been tidying up. thanks, tony.

i had it for 11 years, insane reliability

I worked in a Suzuki main dealer back in the ninetees where I got to have a go in the contempoary Swift GTi. It was a real hoot. If this is as much fun then, yeah, go buy one now before they all disappear.

I hope you taught James a few lessons on how to mount his in-car cameras! Nice video, as usual.

I remember looking at a swift in the mid nineties, it had an led display for the speed & revs, seriously impressed a few of us. Amazing what we thought was cool as teenagers! Unfortunately the swift isn’t a car for the taller drivers 😞

I did consider one of these when I was 21 but I realised insurance companies would sting me on insurance if I had one, hence why I went for a less bhp SEAT Ibiza FR which only has 110 bhp four cylinder turbo engine but is still relatively sporty and fun to drive plus the design is really interesting.

We have the later Swift Sport with the 1.4 Booster jet engine. That's great too.

The A399 from South Molton to Brayford and then on to Combe Martin is one of the best roads in the uk IMHO. So varied with lots of challenging technical sections, sections which seem to repeat themselves and some long straight bits. Great in most cars. Best avoided for most of the summer but epic when quiet. Don't shout about it or it will get spoiled with low speed limits. Only willing to share this with Hubnutters 😉

Owned a 57 plate for 11 days before I wrote it off, great fun to drive and stood up very well in a motorway crash!

Good drivers car. Simple good honest fun.

Ah yes, New Zealand's favourite car. We have a squillion of them here. The 2 door model is very rare here. Sport model is very common in 4 door though. A lovely car to drive, even in the base Nana spec models

The Swift Sport is without doubt a brilliant car for the money. Fill it with 99ron petrol and you will find a noticeable pep in performance, as well as keeping air con off and weight down. You can literally throw it into most bends and it will come back for more.

I almost bought a Suzuki Swift Sport, but then I found a Citroën AX GT for the same money, bought the GT and never looked back until this video. After seeing this, I'm happy I got the GT. @Hubnut, if you want to try the GT, you're more than welcome. But you'll have to come to Belgium...

Who‘d have thunk that HubNut would end up at Chop’s， and ragging the Swift Sport to boot ？！ Looks like you had a blast down those Country roads， and quite possibly went as quick as James around the track！ Shame he didn‘t have the Jaaaaag XF on site for a ’play‘

Perfect for Ms Hubnut! 👍👀

That does make a nice noise!

Love the Suzuki swift, I learned to drive In one, I even looked at them recently having got out of my HP contract in favour of Bangernomics given the current cost of living rise.

Nice little car 🚘🚙🚗👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

It's not really hot by modern standards with just 125bhp, but they are quite light and they handle nicely and it was one of the last performance hatches to have a lovely rev happy normally aspirated engine.

They had a version of these in the States, I don’t remember the remember them being all that “swift” But they were a hoot to drive handling wise!

I brought a cheap Seat Ibiza 2.0 8v gti Cupra Sport years ago for £600 + fees In the Mk4 VW Golf 2.0 gti this engine wasn’t that good but in the lighter Ibiza it went really well a forgotten gem in my eyes. Not much top end but very torquey responsive and great fun to drive. From what you said the Suzuki swift sport is in that same spirit my as my 1998 Seat Ibiza 2.0 8v Gti Cupra Sport.

The later ZC31S from 2008 has got improved engine as well as increased limiter of 7200rpm (up from 6800rpm of the one you drove), should be even more fun

I think you need to get yourself at some time one of these, i never heard you have this enjoyment in the Fiat Ian.

I have a 1.8 estate Baleno/Esteem and many things you say are relatable to this Sport. Brakes are like that in my car too, not that if you brake you end up with a squahes forehead.

Great Video. I did wonder if you had encountered 'Chops Garage' and James. 'Hubnut' and 'Chops' are my two favorite sites. So thx for the Entertainment guys. I like the little Suzuki swift. Having test driven one a few years ago. Much to my Disappointment I bought a Holden. 😢 Mainly because my Son being 6ft 7in. Just struggled to get in the front Passenger seat, let alone the Back. And my other halfs knees made it all just, Not Practical at all..! As a foot note, I hate the Holden. The other half drives that now. I now Drive an Australian Ford Capri XR2 Turbo. That my son has to fold himself into too..!! A 'Win Win in my book..!!' Great video Ian and James. Cheers kim in Oz 😎

You should try and get your hands on a modern Swift sport, the 1.4 turbo engine is a ripper. Also love the fact you went to the trouble of importing an AU falcon to the UK - never thought I would see that on youtube. I just sold my FG XR6 and miss it already.

Very nice car 🤓👍

The Swift Sport is the second most underrated Suzuki car of all time; the Kizashi being the most underrated. Back to the Swift... I almost bought one (not a Sport) in 2008. It was literally a heads or tails decision, as I couldn't choose between the Swift and the Mazda2. The coin landed on Mazda2. I have no regrets, but now I want a Swift Sport as a weekend toy...

Well nice ride, reliable and all Sports are made in Japan, not in Hungary. I used to have a 1.6 GLX saloon Swift as my first car, it was 850 kg, and 92 bhp. quite fast, I had it for about 14 years, it just rusted away I guess sold in in 2009 and it drove around till 2012. I miss it, the saloon is very rare nowadays , they were also in 1.3 liter.

Just bought a 2013 plate as my first car, absolutely loving it. Paid about £5k for it though, prices seem to have been creeping up the last few months. Wish I'd bought one earlier in the year.

You should consider buying one of these for Ms. HubNut

You'll have to buy miss hubnut a c1 while you're there....

I'm looking to buy a new car and this is one on the list. Couldn't ask for a better review. Cheers

K&N filter brings out a nice noise

From now on, all hot hatches will be forever know as 'hotchbacks'.

Lovely Jubbly video, very nice car salesperson, if anything too honest from watching his videos.

FWIW there is such a thing as a 5 door Swift Sport. Brilliant engines (from the same company as the Hayabusa...) and very reliable - checkout Suzuki's very high rate for MOT passes. No dribble of disappointment there then...

I've been a few of those I like the suzuki swift

Seems like you had a bit too much fun in that one, careful, might get a taste for moderns there... :P

Sounds a good car for miss hubnut

This is the version I like. 4WD version is my favourite.

Hi Ian, love your videos. Any thoughts or videos on the Citroen C2? Thinking about getting one as a local errandmobile.

Want to try my more modern ZC32 swift sport (2013 car). Also it’s 125hp not 160.

Still a nice looking hatch.

I watch chops garage as well

Another great Suzuki that was available in Australia but I don’t think was available in GB is the Suzuki kisashi. A Camry sized Suzuki.

my dad had a 1,5 vvt from 2005 - bought it new, and drove it to 330.000 kms, with absolutely the bare minimum of servicing, the only thing it was bad on it were the front wishbones, the bushings died after 60k kms at the most. oh and a radiator that packed up which he thought was a headgasket, new headgasket fitted at 160k kms - the bores looked like new...

I much prefer having something like this where you can actually find the limit within safe speeds and all of the power can be enjoyed over something much more powerful

Fiat 500 Abarth. You *need* to drive one. More giggling & outright laughter will ensue than is healthy.

If there is a hold up on the road here in NZ its always a Swift not going like its name suggests.

Possibly a nice car for Miss Hubnut.