Set to make its debut at the Paris Motor Show in 2010, Suzuki Swift’s successor will have big shoes to fill. A new set of spy images has surfaced from which instantaneously make out the retention of Swift’s unique design.
The whole car seems to have grown bigger and with a longer rounded hood. Obviously, the new Swift will be offering front wheel drive. We hear that there will be a choice of petrol engines, producing between 90 and 130 bhp of power.
Fiat’s new generation of Multijet diesel engines will take care of the propulsion and a hybrid variant is also expected in 2011. Prices will be announced after the car’s launch, but will most likely be marginally higher than the current version. Customers of the Swift are quick to complain of its lack of interior space.
Suzuki has to tackle the hybrid component storage smartly if they have to continue marketing the Swift as a family hatchback.
IAB in an earlier post, talked about the delayed release of Chevy Cruze. Here are more reasons for a much longer delay. In addition to the standard four-door sedan model that Chevrolet debuted in Paris, GM is now considering hatchback and wagon versions of its Cruze in order to “accommodate the ‘individuality’ of markets around the globe and to fill the rest of the range. Because of its global presence, [ Read More ]
The Paris Motor Show saw the release of yet another Hyundai(apart from i20), the new seven seater ix55 SUV. This new car shares its platform with the Veracruz, which is sold in the North American markets. It has been assigned with the task of competing in the compact SUV category of the European and Asian markets. A great proportion of styling elements have been borrowed from other cars of its [ Read More ]
Land Rover and fuel efficiency have always been mutually exclusive terms. Well, not anymore. At the Paris Motor Show was unveiled the most fuel efficient land Rover ever, a bit of a surprise for a few but nevertheless. We reckon the Tata-JLR deal had something to do with this, consider it for the good. The only hurdle the Land Rover had to face so far was its bad fuel economy. [ Read More ]
