1 hour ago, skomaz said:

As an owner of a Swift (albeit a Boosterjet SHVS) and a subscriber to Car Magazine I have to say that I don't really concur with some of their findings in the articles - such as the infotainment gripes (works perfectly for me and with good sound quality) and the seat height (yes it's high but it gives a good view out and I'm not one for sitting on the floor trying to look over the dashboard).  The dashboard is hard - yes - but very robust and certainly up to the job - it also looks massively better than the Up! one and I've only had one occurrence of the collision avoidance stepping in when I'd rather it didn't.  I totally agree it's a great handling little car though and thoroughly fun to drive.

 

Maybe I'm biased but the review of the regular Swift (linked in the article) seemed to be much more balanced.

 

 

I have pretty much the same ICE as you in my Vitara and find it fine. It's a tad slower than some more 'premium' ICE systems, but not enough to be a deal breaker and the graphics look a bit like Suzuki put a skin on someone else's software, but overall I like it. I give it a 7/10 My only real gripe is I am not a fan of touch screen ICE. 

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/nissan/micra/106653/nissan-micra-n-sport-vs-seat-ibiza-fr-sport-vs-suzuki-swift-sport

 

https://www.evo.co.uk/features/22620/ford-fiesta-st-line-vs-suzuki-swift-sport-junior-hot-hatches-battle-it-out