- India’s most loved hatchback - is here. The new 2018 Swift adds some oomph and also a lot of modernity. The new
The 3rd generation of an absolute icon - the very popular new
certainly looks really contemporary straight away. And a lot of that modernity is really coming in from the daytime running lights or DRL. The entire headlamp cluster is well finished. The car’s rear sports taillights that wrap around the fenders and complement the new design up front. The two-tone 15 alloys ( only on the ZXi+ or ZDI+ ) are nicely finished. The new 2018 Swift is 40 mm wider, has a 20 mm longer wheelbase, 58 litres more cargo space in the boot, and yet sits 10 mm shorter than the outgoing car. The orange paintwork on my first test car ( ZXi+ petrol manual) is a new shade - Lucent Orange. There’s a new dark midnight blue, dark grey, white, silver, and the trademark solid red. And yes I have that with me too. The Fire red car with me is the ZDi AGS or automatic. That’s a first for Maruti Suzuki - offering petrol and diesel with automatic at the very start on the 2018 Swift.