Facelift Suzuki Swift to launch tomorrow

Chang'an Suzuki, Featured | | June 9, 2010 at 11:43 am

Suzuki have had a big hit on their hands from day one when they launched the Suzuki Swift into China, the low cost mini car that has a lot of funk about it has been a best seller seller for a long time, initially only coming in 1.3L form but later came in 1.5L form, which then followed on with a variation of special editions which kept the Chinese motoring press chattering the Swift for quite some time. It’s not clear when the Swift will be replaced by a new generation but its unlikely to change any time soon if sales continue as they are.

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Chang’an Suzuki will launch the Swift Champion model tomorrow (10/06/2010) and will see the Swift get a sporty facelift but the 1.5L producing 138Nm of torque will stay the same, meaning that no Suzuki Swift GTi anytime soon.

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14 Comments so far, please add your thoughts!

  1. avatar Head Honcho says:
    June 9, 2010 at 4:54 pm

    Any changes other than the bumpers?

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  2. avatar Clive Goldthorp says:
    June 11, 2010 at 5:24 pm

    Details of the all-new MY11 Suzuki Swift were, in fact, released here in the UK yesterday. See Autocar.co.uk’s New Suzuki Swift revealed article here: http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/250430/

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  3. avatar Head Honcho says:
    June 11, 2010 at 10:12 pm

    But when will it make it to China?

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  4. avatar Russ Schnieber says:
    June 29, 2010 at 6:03 pm

    Does anyone know the the price of the 1.5 model in China?

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  5. avatar CCT says:
    June 29, 2010 at 7:56 pm

    Russ, around 88,000rmb to 98,000rmb depending on specification.

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  6. avatar Russ Schnieber says:
    June 29, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    Thank CCT!
    Either going for the swift or Honda Fit…. but price is good…

    Russ

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  7. avatar CCT says:
    June 29, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    Honda Fit probably as it has a bigger boot and flappy pedals for gear changing! A novelty, but still cool to have!

    Swifts do hold their prices well though.

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  8. avatar Russ Schnieber says:
    June 29, 2010 at 8:49 pm

    I really wish they had the 1.6 here…. would be a done deal…. but need a car fast… used to drive company car here…. fake MX5…. haha…. be good to get into my own… thanks for your help!

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  9. avatar woxihuanpijiu says:
    June 30, 2010 at 1:18 am

    I was wondering about that too.

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  10. avatar Russ Schnieber says:
    June 30, 2010 at 8:16 am

    My bad…. It was a BMW X5 knockoff…. if you live in China you’ve seen them… if not Google “BMW X5 knockoff”….

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