yesterday i went to rana motors, safdurjung enclave to test drive the SX4 sedan, had a talk with one of the staff members (i cannot discolse his name), who showed me the first photos of the swift sedan set to to replace the esteem, taken from maruti's plant in Haryana.
despite repeated requests by me, he declined to give me photos which are in his laptop.
sorry for no photos, but i remember how the car looks like.
the profile till the B-pillar is carried over from the swift hatch, from there, the rear doors are new-somewhat like the SX-4, and the boot integrated in the hatch gives a look like the BMW 7-series "bangle butt", taillights are a copy of the nissan teana and the numberplate is on the middle of the boot, not down on the bumper.
the photo had a grille with 2-horizontal slats, the model's name was written as swift zxi and the car had the same 7-spoke alloy wheels as the present swift zxi hatch. colour-silky silver.
no words on when the launch is expected.
i will try my brst again to grab pictures from his laptop if that guy goes for lunch
and i'll take it on my pen drive and post it here, if possible.