My son bought the booster jet 2yrs ago. Absolutely fantastic car. He's been up&down the UK in it, totally reliable. We went to Birmingham the other week and I averaged 72mpg on the camera roadworks infested m1. As for the engine when you give it some it goes.

So refreshing to see a more mature car presenter on here who doesn't play macdonalds roulette well done mate, look forward to your reviews throughout 2018

Supercars and the like are all well and good but thank you for acknowledging that most of us actually live in the real world. Cheers for making fridays something to look forward to and keep up the good work sir

This car surprisingly impressed US reviewer Doug Demuro too, who is generally a very fussy guy. Ped has got the essence of this car just right ! Great and interesting review of a hidden gem.

A deserved enthusiastic review of the 'basic' Swift. If this is any guide, when you drive the new version of the Swift Sport I expect you'll be ecstatic ! I've enjoyed my Swift Sport for the past nine years, but tempted to upgrade to the 2018 version. Still grinning !

Looks like it ticks a lot of boxes for first time/young drivers at a reasonable price Peter. Not bad in the looks department either. Who would have expected that from a Suzy Q ? Beats my first car - a 1959 Mini hands down !! My, my, haven't we come a long way in a relatively short time. Thanks for sharing. All the best, Geof

Excellent review. Bought my Swift SZ5 Hybrid back in February. Love the car. It handles like a go kart and the performance is fantastic. The Engine growl is so good you end driving around with the infotainment system switched off. Yes the materials are not plush but that is weight based to make the car lighter and the build quality is excellent. I smile everytime i drive this car. Love it. And im 51!!!😀 Its the renault 5 GT turbo that i never got.

Own one in Singapore . Very fun Car to have except had to replace engine mounts at 49900km. Engine does vibrates more.. Love it!

I am at the other end of the age range, approaching 80, but I may well get one of these as (probably) my last car. Had a test drive - excellent! Insurance cost might be the stumbling block.

Very very nice video. I enjoyed it thoroughly and watched it again 👍

I've got the 08 Suzuki swift sport, it's a lot of fun, very confidence inspiring. Looking forward to the UK launch of the swift sport 2018. Could you please have a look at it when it pops up.

I'm 30 & I want a Swift!

always liked your reviews

just picked one cant wait to get it home

Imagine telling your mates down the pub you have a booster jet 😃 Nice review Peter .👍🏁🏁

Great review Peter! Really like these I'm very much looking forward to the Sport variant coming out later in the year. Apparently it will be fitted with the 1.4 Boosterjet engine as currently fitted to the Vitara with 140bhp, should be a right laugh in circa 1000kg. It'd be great if you could get your hands on one of them when they're released!

Very nice video :) But you said something wrong - it have 112 HP, not 109 and 170 Nm (can easy be chiptuned to 135 HP and 230 Nm). If you had a Exclusive version, you can move the steering wheel in 4 directions and not only 2 as in the version you drive in. I'm 53 years. I have a Baleno 1.0 boosterjet (same engine). I'm very happy for the car and it very cheap to drive in.

Enjoying the content!

Very nice review!

Peter, We'll done you ,let's have a few more comparison. Suzuki have a cracking 1st up motor. A fun run around .

You are one of the reasons i bought this car 😁🚙👆

Great review Ped. I recently bought a JDM swift turbo and it was your review that sealed the deal. You are correct about its handling finesse and wonderful sounding engine. The driving position with the upright windscreen is refreshingly different . However, its ride is a bit stiff on rough Sri Lankan roads. Still, its much cooler than the likes of the Fit and the Yaris.

Some more of my favourite roads. It looked fairly decent up Bury Hill. :)

I really wish we still had Suzuki cars here in the US the swift has always been good but we never got one :(

Great review again..Please could you review the sport version when its released. Thanks

Mini hot hatch series? Going to test drive an Up! GTi anytime soon then? Kind of looks like a neat little car really, would be good to see your take on it!

I’m getting this car soon!!!

Great video. Shortlisting swift and ignis. I would like a comparison video between swift v fiesta v polo and Ibiza please.

The Swift is the closest thing to a modern version of the original Mini.

Yeah. Nice car! Just bought one myself right hand drive and other color though but otherwise I think identically. Love the power of the engine. I think it sounds quite refined for a 3 cyl engine. I'm however mostly used to drive 3 cyl cars. My first one a Daihatsu Cuore L7 (or was it L701? got tachometer - was made in Japan). Still I somehow miss that car. While it lacked power on the highway it's 0-80 km/h was very good and 0-100 km/h still very reasonable - on the highway however it felt short. I then had a Peugeot 107. Nothing special to write home about though it had a little more power on the highway at the expense of 0-100. Don't think I'll miss that car too much. Paint job didn't stand to the environment nearly as well as the Cuore which had a lot less rust spots from stones when I sold it even though it had traveled a lot more and was older than the 107 when I sold that. The only really positive thing I has to say about the 107 is that it handles well and you can corner it everywhere without scratching anything as it (like the Cuore) is very easy to get a feeling for the cars dimensions. On top of that my 107 was unfortunately the newer one (think I tried an older one at the dealer because that was more response even though overall power was the same) meaning it had electronic throttle instead of cable like the Daihatsu. As it wasn't slow enough to begin with the electronic throttle on that model wasn't very responsive and I think it had some limitation of the power if it think you should gear down. If going 70 km/h in 5th and flooring it only very slowly you could hear the engine step into work - not instantly like the Daihatsu. So constantly even with gentle acceleration you had to gear down - the Daihatsu just happy accelerated even from 50 km/h in 5th gear and you could hear it instantly on the engine when flooring then pedal - again a totally opposite in the 107 - very tame. Then I got too sick of the 107 and wanted something 1 and ½ step up the latter and got the Swift boosterjet. A totally different experience. While it got lag because of the turbo it's still going to work faster than the slow 107. You however have to get used to it because if you just floor it you easily end up with too much power (newer an issue in the 107 :D) and beside if you foresee you need power then wait shifting up (like the 107 :-p) and the turbo will react faster. Well could I have the same car with a 1.6 naturally aspirated engine with same amount of power I'd probably opted for that to get rid of the turbo lag. Overall though I'm very happy with it. Time will tell how well the paint job will stand the test of time but the over all quality is just so much better than the 107. Also like they didn't put a turbo sticker/badge on it. Has surprised a few smart@ss€s already - oops I had the power :D God I hate when people take the wrong lane just to pull in on you with no room to spare as they (like you) want to turn ahead. Handles very well too. Have many of the Cuore's properties - very gocart like only larger. Unfortunately I don't know why all newer cars must be so hard to judge its dimensions - especially at the behind - so I'm still not comfortable turning on a dime and tight corners. But over all very nice car. Love the adaptive cruise control (extra cost at the medium trim level - which was a campaign model), reasonably quiet, with my driving pattern it is only a hair thirstier than the 107 but faster and a lot more fun to drive. Got a ton of info on its display like the usual mileage/consumption but also acceleration and all sorts of things you never knew you missed. So much you cant play with it while driving and I wonder why they even bothered putting it there (a safety risk). That it one thing you can be sure of - each new car the more electronic stuff for better and for worse. And by the way - mine is - like the Daihatsu - made in Japan - YAY! (I got the suspicion that the dual jets are made in Hungary and boosterjets in Japan). If you're looking for a car in that price/size you'll absolutely love the Swift boosterjet!

i love this car! but if i had to buy one, i wouldnt know which one to go for? i mean, an automatic or a stick, a 1.0 or a 1.2

Hey Peter, looks a bit like a mini Porsche Macan!

Backseats review! You listened! 😀😀

I bought one in January and love it and better than that you don't see many of them here in Lisbon, as it happens with Peugeot 208 or Clio....you feel yourself in an exclusive car...

i got a 2017 version .. it has the steering wheel reach adjuster

My parents have one of these. They love it and hence wouldn't let us make a video of it. :(

Great idea to look at some cars that are more affordable. Lets not forget, a Ford Escort Mexico 0 - 60 was about 12 seconds....times have moved on. lol

Hi! I’ve just bought this car- does anyone know how if this car has a digital speedometer? If so how do we activate it? Thanks

Nice review, except that I think you forgot to mention one car feature that car reviewers usually highlight... the car's torque.

nice video mate

A very interesting and informative review Peter. I have a Clio RS 220 Trophy if you’d like to review it as part of your hot hatch series, you are welcome.

The ride height is a bit high for my likings but a good car nevertheless

insurance system in UK is absolutely ridiculous with the no claims system. It motivates people not to put a claim and that's why they don't stop to leave any detail if they hit you.

Hmm, double the power of the Mini I learned to drive in then and they were £497 new.

Great review, nice scenery, is it up north ?

SWIFT > III are all great!

Compared to my 10 year old Fiat Strada 75CL this is a great car for a "younger" driver to start in - shame then that a lot of younger drivers only want an Audi / BMW / Merc - lucky them (or silly us for buying them one)

Friends, which colour is this?

Tell me something if you can; Which do you like the most? Suzuki swift, vw polo tsi, ford fiesta or seat ibiza (equipped with their basic 1lt turbo engines all)?

Would love see you review the Audi A3/S3 saloon mate, l just got one 3 months ago lol most on here just review the Golf R???

Does this car have good speakers and audio settings??

..so if you didnt know india is the 2nd largest english speaking country after US ( ofcourse you didnt know but now that u think it makes sense). A fact out of the 4 million units sold worldwide of swift 2 million have been made and sold in india..so thats you get why indian english as a separate option. BTW very dependable especially with the manual transmission. Also there is a diesel version (made by fiat) which sells like hot cakes and is called turbojet..

This car, although a much better updated version now in 2019, is not just for young drivers. Im 50 and hoping to get one of these, and ive had allsorts of fast cars but at the end of the day, we have speed limits, and so long as it has enough power for comfortable cruising and climbing gradients without any fuss, whats the problem ? As for overtaking, yes, if something is going considerably slower on a country road, by all means pass, but if a car in front is doing 10 mph below the limit, so what ? For a few miles, it wont add an hour onto your journey will it ? Impatient drivers simply dont have a clue. Its a great handling car and can be enjoyed by anyone.

The swift is a great car and rare too, try the swift sport.

11:29 like a Mazda 2

Thanks

Can someone tell me please, has the EU passed some regulation that commits all hatches having to be 5 doors now? I mean its getting ridiculous.

I AM FUUUCKING CALLING IT!! The Suzuki Swift 1.4L Boosterjet will be the "new" Mitsubishi Colt Czt (1.5L Turbo) as a former Colt Czt 2006 owner I can say my Suzuki Swift 2019 is pretty close to it and a lot more modern! EDIT: correction the 1.0L Turbo Swift makes 111hp not 109hp and it's kinda slow!

anyone got any idea on first car insurance for 17 yr old?

I really enjoy 3 cylinder engines The VW Polo is good with one too - it sounds like half a Porsche 911

Ugh I love a turbo 3 cylinder

The back looks a little Renault-esque to me.

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Thanls for this nice review Peter! Correct me if i am wrong, but i think you didn't make any comments about fuel efficiency. I 'm in between swift 1.2cc 90bhp and the 1.0cc you tested. Do you know what is the REAL fuel efficiency difference between the two? Thank you very much!

Evil diesel are ye going to fire up peds video of your car on ASN lol

0-60 in 8.1 seconds.

Fiesta. Ibiza. Polo. Fabia. Ceed. i20. Etc?!

Booster jet probably the best named car "in the world" 🤣🤣

the irony is India being the biggest market of Suzuki they refuse to bring this nippy little hatch in Booster Jet form what a sad day to be a car enthusiast.

Another otherwise very very good road test, really really marred by needless repetition.

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In “sort of”, reply to 1BLUEMEANIE's comment. You're 22 years old. You’re down the local pub telling your mate you have just bought a Suzuki. He looks impressed and eagerly asks; “Intruder M1800?” “Err… Nope!” You reply “Hayabusa?” “Err… Nope!” “GSX-R1000?” “Err… Nope!” “V-Strom1000XGT?) “Err… Nope!” GSX-R750?” “Err… No!” GSX-R600? “Err… No!” Some 5 minutes later… “GSX-S125?” “No!” “Vanvan125?” “No!” “An Address then? “Sigh… No!” “So. What have you got then?” You proudly proclaim, “I’ve bought myself... A Suzuki Swift Boosterjet.” “Oh!” He replies looking decidedly perplexed. “You’ve got a power-washer then. I thought you’d got yourself some form of motorbike?” "No. It... It's... It is a ca..." You stop yourself from talking and dejectedly, you look into your empty pint glass. You bid your mate adieu and slink out of the pub to walk home in the cold and the dark… Sad and alone... Suzuki. Probably best on two wheels.

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