Maruti Suzuki Swift DZire Facelift

 

Expected Launch: September 2014

Expected Price: 4.90 - 7.50 lakhs

Maruti Suzuki Swift DZire Facelift is not launched in India yet. Information on this page is tentative.

Maruti Suzuki Swift DZire Facelift Preview

India’s hottest hatchback the Maruti Suzuki Swift has been on sale in its current avatar since August 2011, while its compact sedan sibling came into the market in February 2012. Now both are up for a facelift. The former got a host of cosmetic updates in Europe and Japan last year and will soon make its way to India by the end of this year. In this anticipation, we expect that they will launch a facelifted Dzire at the same time as the Swift hatchback. Suzuki has stuck with the formula of continuity and has not changed anything in terms of overall design.

Exterior

The Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire in terms of external design will remain the same as before but is now expected to get new L-shaped LEDs up front and silver detailing on the lower front bumper. Apart from that, Suzuki is also offering a high mounted LED stoplight. The Japanese automaker has also put out a new Boost Blue Metallic colour and for non-alloy wheel versions, the wheel covers are different. However, for the Indian market, we expect that this will only be offered with the VXi, VDi and the ZXi and ZDi variant.

Interior

The interiors of the Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire facelift will now feature cruise control, keyless entry and a button start. Since the top- spec version of the car already gets features like climate control, faux leather seats and a music system with Bluetooth, AUX and iPod compatibility we expect that they will continue even in the facelifted models too.

However, we expect that the India- spec car may now get rear AC vents and maybe electric seat adjustment in a bid to update the feature list and keep it on part with the competitors. It is also possible that Maruti Suzuki may increase the boot space in a bid to make the car more competitive with regard to its rivals. It had lost out when the Honda Amaze with a much larger boot was launched.

Engines and gearbox

The facelifted Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire is expected to continue with the 1.2-litre petrol mill and the 1.3-litre Multijet diesel engine. The former produces 85bhp/114Nm while the latter does 74bhp/190Nm. Both engines are mated to a five-speed manual. We expect that Maruti Suzuki may offer the AMT for the Swift Dzire making it a highly competitive offering in the segment.

Price and competition

The facelifted Maruti Suzuki Swift Dzire is expected to be priced in the range of Rs 4.90 lakh to Rs 7.50 lakh when it is launched later this year. It competes with the Tata Indigo eCS, Hyundai Xcent, VW Vento, Skoda Rapid and the production version of the Ford Figo sedan in the B+ compact sedan segment.