Suzuki Swift Sport - Polo GTI competitor?

[gavs]

Rims too small, foglight area too large, rear wheel offset too narrow...

Yeah, i agree with what you're saying scott, but accelerative power, low-down torque, a nice engine note that is tuned rather than obtained and a solid door "thunk", they're also nice and the fact that my polo GTI has a kerb weight of just ~100kgs more than the Mk4 Golf I used to own with all the extra fruit the golf didn't have and I STILL haven't found the dynamic limits of the GTI whereas the golf's were fairly easy to find (after $3-4k worth of suspension and tyres).... geez, the swift would have to be effing brilliant to be on par.... And having been around suzukis all my life pretty much, they build a damn-near bullet-proof car and they're one of my personal favourite marques but the trade-offs in some of the areas of the cars they produce.....

[danntsi77]

A manual suz sport would keep a manual tsi honest off the line, but that means getting each launch perfect and gear shift as well..... i feel the acceleration times a tad optimistic.

The sport will also come with a CVT transmission as an option as well, CVT vs DSG??? think the polo would have the upper hand there.

Dynamicly the suzuki would be better than the polo with the comfortline suspension with standard 15 inch wheels.....

Interior feel and look would be miles ahead in the polo, and better if u have either climate control and/or an RCD510/RNS510 fitted.

And last but not least the swift does not have a DSG Blurp.........My upmost fav thing i love about my polo

[Catfish]

Rims too small, foglight area too large, rear wheel offset too narrow...

No spare wheel either, and nowhere to put one. Just a can of puncture goo. Ordinary Swifts get a space saver, but like in certain VWs, that fancy exhaust takes up the space ..................

[Acko1991]

I think the standard polo suspension is a great balance between comfort and handling....I enjoy it. I can still feel sydney bumps even though u would probably feel them in a mack truck

[Buller_Scott]

Rims too small, foglight area too large, rear wheel offset too narrow...

Yeah, i agree with what you're saying scott, but accelerative power, low-down torque, a nice engine note that is tuned rather than obtained and a solid door "thunk", they're also nice and the fact that my polo GTI has a kerb weight of just ~100kgs more than the Mk4 Golf I used to own with all the extra fruit the golf didn't have and I STILL haven't found the dynamic limits of the GTI whereas the golf's were fairly easy to find (after $3-4k worth of suspension and tyres).... geez, the swift would have to be effing brilliant to be on par.... And having been around suzukis all my life pretty much, they build a damn-near bullet-proof car and they're one of my personal favourite marques but the trade-offs in some of the areas of the cars they produce.....

yeah the pog will be a nicer place to sit, and just going on previous cruises, the swifts seem to handle quite well (although not quite as ''fast'' as my polo tdi on "lowering springs" that had settled unevenly, stock shocks, etc etc).

the torque of these small polos (both 9n3 and 6r) is the reason why people who drive other cars get a big surprise - out-of-corner acceleration is actually pretty impressive.

im not sure how well this new swift gti stacks up against the older one, but yeah - i dont think it would be as quick as a pog gti in the twisties, not by a fair margin... i dont even know if they're fun, i've never driven one.

all things being equal, i think i'd still (for the same money) prefer a polo 1.2tsi with sport pack, if i could wing it for the $25k.

[Gti Dave]

yeah the pog will be a nicer place to sit, and just going on previous cruises, the swifts seem to handle quite well (although not quite as ''fast'' as my polo tdi on "lowering springs" that had settled unevenly, stock shocks, etc etc).

the torque of these small polos (both 9n3 and 6r) is the reason why people who drive other cars get a big surprise - out-of-corner acceleration is actually pretty impressive.

im not sure how well this new swift gti stacks up against the older one, but yeah - i dont think it would be as quick as a pog gti in the twisties, not by a fair margin... i dont even know if they're fun, i've never driven one.

all things being equal, i think i'd still (for the same money) prefer a polo 1.2tsi with sport pack, if i could wing it for the $25k.

Cant say much for the new swift sport but the previous model seemed to keep up pretty well a while back when going on a cruise with the swift boys.

[DoggieHowser]

Weird. I thought the press release photos looked weird cos it was photochopped all wrong

But this is a real life pic and it isnt particularly well proportioned either.

The rims look too small.

I actually thought the outgoing model looked "better" proportioned somehow

[danntsi77]

Does anyone remember VW and suzuki were in talks last year of collaborating together?
This could have turned out into sharing tech/engine designs etc......
Do a quick search on google and you will find it......
imagine the new swift sport with a dsg and a tsi (1.2 tsi, 1.4 tsi, or 1.4 tsi twincharger)........

[Buller_Scott]

Cant say much for the new swift sport but the previous model seemed to keep up pretty well a while back when going on a cruise with the swift boys.

driving behind scott, i could tell that the cars were dynamically pretty good, but i let him have around 100m infront of me on the way back, and it still only took me 3-4 corners to be back on his tail (he had a clear road infront of him).

the car's good, but i cannot help but think how externally big it is for a car that has much less interior room than the polo 9n3... that's why, even though it was amongst the cheaper options that i was looking at in 2008, i took one look inside and went "nope. no rear leg room".

[THE_EGG]

A manual suz sport would keep a manual tsi honest off the line, but that means getting each launch perfect and gear shift as well..... i feel the acceleration times a tad optimistic.

The sport will also come with a CVT transmission as an option as well, CVT vs DSG??? think the polo would have the upper hand there.

Dynamicly the suzuki would be better than the polo with the comfortline suspension with standard 15 inch wheels.....

Interior feel and look would be miles ahead in the polo, and better if u have either climate control and/or an RCD510/RNS510 fitted.

And last but not least the swift does not have a DSG Blurp.........My upmost fav thing i love about my polo

jesus not CVT, anything but CVT PLEASE!!!! My most hated auto box ever. Good thing there is the manual version.