In 2000, the Japanese automobile concern Suzuki launched the minicompact Suzuki Swift into mass production. For 10 years, the car has gone through a complete evolutionary period, continuously improving. Currently, third-generation Suzuki Swift cars are being produced, the Suzuki Swift R concept model , shown in Beijing in spring 2010, and another Swift Plug Hybrid concept with a dual powerplant, electric traction and a small turbodiesel engine.
And finally, the third Suzuki Swift 2011, an experimental model equipped with an engine with variable valve timing in the Dual VVT system, when the camshaft is mechanically displaced. The second-generation Suzuki Swift cars received an ideally simple engine with a power of 69 hp, with injection injection. Transmissions were installed at choice, five-speed manual or three-speed automatic machines. The brake system was dual-circuit with the separation of effort on the contours of the front and rear suspensions. The front wheel brakes are disc brakes and the rear brakes are drum brakes. Interior solutions were quite diverse.
Power windows were not considered an innovation, but when all the mirrors in the car went into motion under the influence of electric motors during testing, it was considered a progressive initiative.
The central castle, although it did not make much impression, was nevertheless credited to the category of innovations. Suzuki Swift is a small machine, however, its interior is spacious, and this is not a deception, but a real sense of space. The driver's seat is an example of complete ergonomics. In a small sector, it was possible to place all the necessary devices, one way or another related to management. The seats, both driver and passenger, are made on a spring frame filled with natural materials.
All upholstery is velor, sound-absorbing, with tactile appeal. Of the useful developments in engineering, one can note a fairly reliable ABS and an efficient
power steering. All second-generation
Suzuki Swift cars were assembled at the Hungarian Madyar Suzuki automobile plant. In 2005, the next, third-generation Suzuki Swift, as well as Suzuki Swift Sport, got onto the conveyor. But first, new models were shown to Japanese consumers in the fall of 2004. The new Swift was already developed in an international alliance of leading Japanese and European automobile companies. The third-generation Suzuki Swift is still a compact and well-designed car.
The dimensions of the machine did not exceed the boundaries reserved for small cars, the length was 3695 mm, the width was 1890 mm. The design of the Suzuki Swift is noticeably rounded compared to the exterior shapes of the cars of previous releases. The sides widened, the hood became sloping, and the wheel niches became convex. All external attributes,
door handles, bumpers, mirrors and brackets were painted with the same paint with the body. The lineup did not include a single sedan; all third-generation cars were with a hatchback body. The engines of the cars were not very diverse; there were only three of them: two gasoline engines with 90 and 104 hp. and one turbo diesel with Common Rail. Cars of all generations of Suzuki Swift, the price of which has always been less or less affordable, have established themselves as super-reliable cars that meet safety requirements and environmental standards.