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Old 27th April 2009, 20:24   #1 (permalink)
revhappy
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Default Is it time the Swift Petrol gets a new engine and new body?

Hi Guys,

The Swift Petrol has been a huge success since 2005 and has made every other car in its class eat dust notably viz Getz, Palio and UVA

People cribbed about the low mileage of the swift and lack of back space but then they didnt have much choice as the trouble free experience of MUL was too much of a factor

The launch of the i10 did eat into their numbers, mostly the mileage consious people moved to the i10

The launch of the Ritz with the 1.2 KB series engine was mainly meant to be a competitor for the i10 and I think it will definitely spoil the party for i10.

But more importantly I think it will heavily cannibalize the Petrol swift.
The 1.2 ltr KB series engine is much more fuel efficient and equally powerful than the esteem engined swift. Spacewise too Ritz will be not very bad compared to swift.

So I think the glorious period for swift is going to come to an end soon and unless they work on more powerful yet fuel efficient 1.4 Ltr KB series engine for the swift with a rework on its body to provide more space.

Cheers,
Nitin
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