Digital renders of the next-generation Suzuki Swift and Swift Sport have leaked online. Said to have come from a dealer conference in France, the fourth-gen Swift appears to maintain its overall shape, but adopts edgier styling all around.
The red-coloured model appears to be the regular Suzuki Swift (pictured below). On the outside, renders of the five-door hatch show new headlamps, a redesigned front bumper and grille, and a new LED daytime running light strip positioned over the fog lamps. New wheel designs are noticeable along the sides.
More importantly, the next-gen Swift looks like it may have hidden rear door handles (on its C-pillar, like the Honda HR-V) and a floating roof design, courtesy of the blacked-out C-pillar. The tail-end of the car appears reworked as well, with new lighting and an updated bumper. Our photo source also revealed that the new Swift will measure 3.84 metres long and 1.74 metres wide — the current-gen Swift is 3,850 mm long, 1,695 mm wide and 1,510 mm tall.
The white-coloured model is clearly of the sportier Suzuki Swift Sport. Its giveaways include a larger hexagonal front grille, larger air intakes on the front bumper, and twin exhaust tips that are integrated with the sportier rear bumper. It also gets its own set of wheels.
There also appear to be two interiors snapped here, but both look very similar to the other, save for the plastic trim in different colours – we reckon the sportier red trim is for the Swift Sport. The renders show a new flat-bottomed multi-function steering wheel, a twin binnacle instrument panel, a centre display screen, three rotary dials for the climate control and new circular air vents on the centre stack.
Reports suggest that the base Suzuki Swift variant will be powered by a 1.0 litre Boosterjet turbocharged petrol engine, paired with a five-speed manual or a six-speed torque converter automatic transmission. A Smart Hybrid Vehicle (SHVS) is also expected, featuring a 1.2 litre Dualjet and an ISG (Integrated Starter Generator) which assists the engine during acceleration and generates electricity during braking.
The Swift Sport is said to be powered by a 1.4 litre Boosterjet direct-injection turbocharged four-cylinder engine. If the mill provides the same amount of power it does in the UK’s Vitara S (138 hp and 220 Nm), it would be a considerable improvement over the current model’s naturally-aspirated 1.6 litre engine, which delivers 134 hp and 160 Nm.
The next-gen Suzuki Swift is expected to debut later this year in December, and will only make its market debut in come March 2017. The Swift Sport is said to arrive several months later.
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Forget about Swift, after a few yrs, rattling noise here and there, just slightly better than older Proton only.
Rebadged as new Proton Saga R3 hatchback.
anyway this is not going to happen here or rebadge work again..
Any plans on making it a little more spacious?
What’s with hexagonal grille? Everyone’s into it right now.
Proton rebadge it and make it a myvi killer
awww…..it wont be sold here unfortunately….
headlamps a bit peroduo-ish
No more suzuki for Malaysia
hidden rear handle now!
If Proton rebadge this with Proton Iriz’s like quality (or slightly even better), Proton will have a trump card at hand to unseat Perodua crown for the past decade. The problem is, Proton will have to kill its own Iriz by doing so, after spending so much money on it and starting to get approval from Malaysian consumer. What a dilemma…
Iriz good in quality?? Hahaha… i juz saw 2 new iriz with broken door handle.. is dat called good quality?? Hahaha…
Still that Iriz 3 pasar malam toy aircon knobs are uncomparable.
Nissan GTR grille + Jag F-Type headlights +VW Polo tail lights + Audi steering wheel and dashboard design… not bad…. Kereta rojak… :P
Having said that, it is a very stylish hatchback… more beautiful compared to the current Swift… great improvement!
Say goodbye to the high-compression and high-revving 1.6L engine from the current SSS..
*sobs*sighs*
Suzuki is gone….kicked by Proton!!! :-(