My wife has a Citigo 74 PS Greentech which I drive a lot. 

 

I've just traded my Audi TT in for a New Suzuki Swift 1.0 Booster jet Hybrid. 

 

My new Suzuki Swift has a similar engine to the Citigo, (1. 0 ltr 3 cylinder) as my wife's Citigo! 

There I'm afraid the comparison ends. 

The Swift is Turbo'd and has an Electric motor next to the Petrol Engine to help with economy (hence Hybrid). 

 

But, apart from the much improved performance over the Citigo, I can't believe how Ultra Smooth and quiet the Suzuki 1.0 ltr 3 cyl engine is. 

It's extremely refined, far, far more so than the VW lump in the Citigo. 

 

Also the stop/start on the Swift is also so smooth and quiet when the Engine restarts after a pause for traffic lights.

This is because the Electric Motor next to the Petrol Engine effortlessly fires the Petrol Engine back up again so effortlessly. 

 

It's totally different to my wife's Citigo, that sounds as if the Engine is coming off its mounts when it fires up after a stop at Traffic Lights. 

 

Suzuki Swift?

After driving and knowing both vehicles I can highly recommend the Suzuki Swift, superb. 

 

Suzuki, you've produced a winner here! 

Edited 27 May, 20197 yr by Ronn

 

 

I've been using one as a training vehicle for the last 16 months, having come from a Citigo Green tech. I've been thoroughly impressed with mine!

Thanks for your reply.

The Suzuki Swift Turbo'd Hybrid is certainly a great little car. 

 

The package is extremely comprehensive even including Headlight Assist, Lane Departure Warning, Dual Sensor Brake Support, Rear Parking Camera, Satnav, etc:

 

But amazingly NO Automatic Rain Sensor Wipers! 

How on earth did they miss that one off? 

 

But, its that fantastic Smooth 3 Cyl 1ltr Turbo'd lump that really impresses. - extremely refined. 

 

 

The name though.....

 

 

What colour is it George?

To be fair to the Citigo, the swift SZ5 is a lot more money unless you press for a good deal. The SZ3 is much closer in price, although you don't get the hybrid gubbins, sat nav or LED headlights.

Yes I do understand and, you are quite correct. 

 

 

I'm not implying that the Citigo is a bad car, its an excellent car and my wife and myself use ours to go on holiday on 200 mile journeys very regularly. 

 

We are both pleased with the Citigo, it gives us sterling service. 

Join the Swift club - I've had mine for about 12 months now - bought at a vastly reduced price with just 500 miles on the clock after being a 'showroom car'.  It really is a great little thing and I'd wholeheartedly agree with your comments - in fact I think I posted something similar a while back...

 

In here:

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Edited 28 May, 20197 yr by skomaz

Thing is, you need to compare a Citigo to the Suzuki Celerio which is a terrible car. Swift is nice though, but looked at them and disliked the dash and boot space.

There is that or you could compare the highest RRP Citigo to an Ignis maybe, and remember Skoda do not have Auto Citigo on offer anymore.

Then there is a Ignis Hybrid or the Hybrid one with AWD.

Not something Skoda have yet to offer for under £14,000.

 

Edited 2 June, 20197 yr by Skoffski

The ignis is a great little thing as well it's just a shame it doesn't come with the 1.0 boosterjet...   That and the 4x4 allgrip tech would be a great combination...

 

I like that you can still get Small Capacity Suzuki Engines without a Turbo.

I have had ones for nearly 2 decades.   Just a pity that you can not get a Ignis with an Auto & AllGrip.

Hi. I'm looking at the Suzuki Swift 1.0 Boosterjet hybrid as a next car and was wondering approximately how many miles it can do on a full tank of fuel on a long run. From my research it appears to be one of the best small cars in terms of economy and performance, but as I'm going to be doing a lot of motorway and country road driving in the near future I was wondering if a hybrid might not be the right car for me and with its small small fuel tank capacity (37 litres?)  it could mean I'm having to constantly be finding a petrol station to fill up. I'm a former diesel driver so was used to around 600 miles on a full tank; my current petrol car can do around 500 on a long run. 

 

Incidentally, I'm also looking at the smaller newish Skodas!

Here is a video of another model of Suzuki Swift going Hy.......perbolic (see what I did there) 

 

 

28 minutes ago, Lady Elanore said:

Here is a video of another model of Suzuki Swift going Hy.......perbolic (see what I did there) 

 

 

Now that's really getting air

That's what you get for naming your car after a bird 

On ‎03‎/‎02‎/‎2020 at 01:27, Vinylseats said:

Hi. I'm looking at the Suzuki Swift 1.0 Boosterjet hybrid as a next car and was wondering approximately how many miles it can do on a full tank of fuel on a long run. From my research it appears to be one of the best small cars in terms of economy and performance, but as I'm going to be doing a lot of motorway and country road driving in the near future I was wondering if a hybrid might not be the right car for me and with its small small fuel tank capacity (37 litres?)  it could mean I'm having to constantly be finding a petrol station to fill up. I'm a former diesel driver so was used to around 600 miles on a full tank; my current petrol car can do around 500 on a long run. 

 

Incidentally, I'm also looking at the smaller newish Skodas!

 

Apologies - only just seen this!

 

I get 50mpg around town and more on a steady motorway run where it's probably closer to 60 (I've not done many so can't really remember).  The tank is 37 litres but I reckon you lose at least three of those as 'reserve' meaning a real capacity of about 34 tops.  That means roughly 370 miles on a tank round town and maybe 450 ish on a steady run.

 

Still nowhere near your current 500 to a tank but pretty good all the same...

 

However, be aware that the hybrid assist element really only comes into it's own round town and for a bit of extra performance - there isn't much use made of it on a motorway run.

1 hour ago, Warrior193 said:

Now that's really getting air

 

That video is madness...   how???  what???   Speed???   eh???   😲

that was a serious lift off.

they mustve been going flat out the whole way down that straight before hitting the roundabout hard enough to get that high..

id love to see video from another camera farther down the road as where they manged to land!!!!

 

 

thr front end is at least level with the camera, so 20ft off the ground??

 

 

Edited 14 April, 20206 yr by mac11irl
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