For close to a decade now, Maruti Suzuki has been selling a sub-four-metre sedan version of the Swift in India, badged as the Swift Dzire. The latest iteration of the popular four-door has been revealed to the media there last week, and it drops the Swift moniker – it’s now simply called the Maruti Suzuki Dzire.
Despite this, the resemblance with the B-segment hatch is still clear to see – the front end gets the same headlights (projectors with LED daytime running lights here) and a similar six-point front grille, albeit with a lot more chrome here. The bumper also features a tusk-like design similar to recent Volvos.
The Swift’s black A-pillars have been ditched for the first time on the Dzire, giving the car a more cohesive appearance that’s better suited to the truncated rear end. Speaking of which, the tail gets a simple design with triangular tail lights (with what appear to be LEDs) joined by a chrome bar.
Inside, it’s pretty much identical to its five-door cousin, with the exception of the trapezoidal centre air vents (replacing the Swift’s round units), wood trim on the dashboard and steering wheel, and a lighter beige colour scheme more in tune with buyers’ tastes in India.
Kit on this range-topping ZDi+ includes keyless entry, push-button start, a leather-wrapped multifunction steering wheel, a touchscreen infotainment system, auto climate control and rear air vents. Safety-wise, all models get dual airbags and ABS for the first time, and the Dzire is claimed to comply with pedestrian, front and side impact safety regulations.
Based on the same Heartect architecture as the Swift, the Dzire is lighter and more rigid than before. In terms of dimensions, the new car has a longer wheelbase, and it is also 20 mm wider and 40 mm lower, contributing to a less contrived look; the boot has also been made larger.
Despite being built on a new platform, the new Dzire carries over the same engine options as before – a 84 PS/115 Nm 1.2 litre VVT petrol four-cylinder and a 75 PS/190 Nm 1.2 litre DDiS turbodiesel. Both powertrains are mated to a choice of either a five-speed manual gearbox or a five-speed automated manual.
Built at Maruti Suzuki’s plant in Manesar, the new Dzire is set to be launched on May 16, with deliveries kicking off on the same day. Prices have yet to have been released, but expect an increase of between 60,000 and 70,000 rupees (RM4,000 to RM4,800) over the outgoing model.
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Not bad Suzuki working with indian gomen well. They never ask Suzuki to give Indian locals free 30% shares of the JV between Maruti and Suzuki
Persona better looking & safety ;D
That is an unfortunate piece of metal to be called Dzire.
Proton Dzire.
1000 times better looks, finish, quality, & comfort, compared to bezza PATAH BELAKANG… P2 please go learn from Suzuki
Not a big fan of the exterior but the interior is miles ahead of proton. Leather wrapped, flat bottom wheel with sports grips, even has faux wood trim, also rear AC vents on such a small car! Plus rear center seat arm rest, something a lot of economy cars lack.
Interior is miles ahead of other jepunis cars. When it is bad, it goes to P1, when good it goes to non-P1
Please grow up. Kek
P1 & gahmen ofis kenot take feedback izitt?? Peti cadangan buat aper…buang karan aje.
Please grow up. Kek
Price increase? Ini mesti salah MY Gov ni…. oh tunggu..
RM dropped so much against RUpees. :(
Increase in rupees lah bro! Independent of RM up or down. Pls read finish article.
no wonder alot Indian tourists nowadays..cheap Ringgit. hahahah
thai baht and singapore dollar also increase against ringgit since the past year . so are you going to claim every single currency in the world increase ? or is it RM which drop in reality ?
Hey, it actually is not bad at all! Much better than the previous one. Proton should rebadge this as the next Saga instead of being stupid with the Ertiga no one asked for.
I would happily buy this car in a heartbeat if it’s offered. It’s a handsome looking A segment car.
I think it’s B segmenter, but the butt is tonggek like Honda Amaze which is in A segment? Oh wai
mcm bezza the back side… tonggek skiy
Swift is a hatchback, and a sedan swift always looks weird.
Its look like Mitsubishi Attrage, front, rear and even the interior looks similar….
The price is ard rm36k to 58k which is extremely competitive with saga, bezza and persona if it will be selling here with the same price which is most probably impossible
If this is a B-segment sedan, then Suzuki needs to try harder to impress the market. Definitely Honda City is better than it.
If this is an A-segment sedan, then this is impressive indeed. Even in our country, we dont have A segment sedan that has rear air-cond vents and auto climate control air cond. 190Nm of torque is more than powerful enough.
The rear of this car looks exactly like a mini version of the Suzuki Kizashi that was on sale in Malaysia but nobody buy.
Kizashi was like unseen gem dat been forgetten.good car to drv,handles well,nimble & perky engine,competitive $ against segmt rivals.Anyway got ur points highlight…
looks good.
not my desire