The 2024 Suzuki Swift has been published and, unsurprisingly, it seems to be just like the idea that published days in the past on the Tokyo motor display.

Suzuki Japan has launched some main points of its new gentle hatch forward of gross sales starting in that marketplace. It’s anticipated to release right here all the way through 2024, however we’ve contacted Suzuki Australia for extra explicit release timing.

The corporate has simplest showed one powertrain up to now: a 1.2-litre three-cylinder, mated with a steadily variable transmission and that includes a mild-hybrid gadget.

Extra detailed specs have not begun to be launched.

Each front- and all-wheel power configurations will likely be to be had, however as with a perfect many AWD Eastern automobiles we don’t be expecting to look an all-paw Swift right here.

The present Swift is obtainable right here with a 1.2-litre 4, a 1.0-litre turbo three-pot, plus a 1.4-litre turbo 4 within the flagship Recreation. It’s unclear if the latter two engines will nonetheless be to be had within the new technology.

The idea that measures 3860mm lengthy, 1695mm large, and 1500mm tall on a 2450mm wheelbase.

Those measurements make it 15mm longer, 40mm narrower and 5mm taller on an an identical wheelbase to the outgoing type, and we don’t be expecting them to switch considerably for the manufacturing car.

Inside of, there’s a 9.0-inch touchscreen infotainment gadget with satellite tv for pc navigation, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

In Japan, the Swift can be presented with Suzuki Attach, a attached car subscription carrier that lets you, amongst different issues, remotely take a look at the standing of your car.

The entrance seats have extra bolstering, and the Swift is to be had with odd textured white appliques around the sprint and doorways.

The handbook handbrake has been dropped in favour of an electrical parking brake, and there’s additionally an auto cling serve as.

The brand new Swift is predicted to make use of a changed model of the present ‘Heartect’ platform to assist agree to extra stringent protection requirements.

There’s a much wider vary of energetic protection and motive force help options, powered by way of a mixture of ultrasonic sensors, a millimetre wave radar and a monocular digicam.

Those come with:

• Self sustaining emergency braking (AEB) with car, pedestrian, bike owner and motorcyclist detection
  Opposite AEB
• Adaptive cruise keep watch over with prevent/pass and lane centring
• Adaptive high-beam
• Blind-spot tracking
• Driving force consideration tracking
• Lane-keep help
• Rear cross-traffic alert
• Encompass-view digicam
• Site visitors signal popularity

Along with the standard black, white and gray sunglasses, Suzuki will be offering a number of extra unique finishes. Those come with Cool Yellow, Frontier Blue Pearl, Caravan Ivory Pearl, Flame Orange Pearl and Burning Crimson Pearl.

Consumers too can go for a contrasting black roof.

Suzuki’s designers were conservative with the brand new Swift, with the most recent type representing some other cautious evolution of the unique 2004 reboot.

There may be one key visible exchange, alternatively: the rear door handles are now not situated within the C-pillar.

As an alternative, the deal with sits at the door, slightly under a brand new, extra distinguished facet crease. In a different way, the car is stylistically similar to the outgoing type, if with fairly sharper detailing.

The Swift has even larger significance to the Australian marketplace following Suzuki Australia’s axing of the Baleno, which didn’t meet ADR 85/00 facet affect requirements in its up to date guise.

That leaves Suzuki with only one gentle hatch to do combat with the top-selling MG 3, in addition to the likes of the Mazda 2 and Volkswagen Polo. The Swift is these days the logo’s highest dealer, with 5827 examples bought to the tip of October, however is a far off 2d to the MG 3 (13,497 gross sales).

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