Swift - Fast, Fun, Frugal

Its been a year since i bought my Swift VXi. I have kept it in its stock version without any modifications whatsoever. The Swift is a great family car. It will do your shopping rounds with ease, great to drive in city, brilliant on the highway. If you are switching from a small ar like Alto to a Swift you might take some time getting used to the sheer bulky design of the Swift.

You can pamper yourself with tons of equipment which comes with the Swift which makes you feel like being in a vehicle like a big sedan. The performance figures of the Swift speak for themselves, and are the best in its class, even giving bigger cars like Ford Fiesta 1.4 duraTorq a run for its money. 0-100 takes 13.8 seconds. I manage to get a very good mileage figure of 14 kpl with a mix of city and highway driving.

There is a slight problem with the rear visibility. The rear window is high mounted and gives you a very poor visibility during night. The reversing manouvre might be a tad difficult for novice drivers. But you can work around by using the three mirrors wisely. Swift is great on highways too, i did a trip from Bangalore to Trivandrum and back and Swift didnt even break a sweat. Overall a great car to own and this may well be the beginning of the era of Hot-Hatches in India.

Style, performance, equipment, qualitycrampy rear, poor rear visibility