Car Magazines Car of the Year is...

ajmat · 23rd December 2005, 08:23

Just received my UK edition of CAR - These guys are normally hypercritical

Top 10 werethe

Alfa 159
New Renault Clio
Range Rover Sport
Jag XJD
Honda Civic
Merc S Class
BMW 3
Toyota Aygo
Lexus 400Rh

..and the winner is the Suzuki Swift

Some quotes

Well put together
Looks fantastic
"Recognition that this particular car is so good"
Stands out in a class which has high standards yet it does - does not aim to be superior in any area but by being good in all areas and by not getting its priorities tangled

Only critcism is the boot!!!

Well done Suzuki/ Maruti for giving us something class leading- am sure this will feature in CAR India

msprabhakar · 23rd December 2005, 09:05

Congratulations Swift! Congrats Maruti!! Three cheers also to the Indian engineers in the design team!!!

manu · 23rd December 2005, 11:13

Did Maruti have a hand in designing the Swift? I did not know that....

spdfreak · 23rd December 2005, 11:34

congrats to the suzuki swift. finally we have a world class car for the buying public..

jkdas · 23rd December 2005, 11:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by manu

Did Maruti have a hand in designing the Swift? I did not know that....

Excuse me! I have seen what our maruti can do! Remember that Zen classic? god!

GTO · 23rd December 2005, 14:24

Aha, so was the Swift Team-BHPs car of the year 2005 - http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/indian...ar-2005-a.html

I love the Swift. !

GTO

sbasak · 23rd December 2005, 14:59

All the UK car magazines praised Swift for its look, engine and agile characteristics. At around £7500 it is very competively priced - no other cars offer 91 bhp engine at this price.

This is probably the first time an Indian (AFAIK a good part of Swift design was done India) car got such overwhelming response!

23rd December 2005, 08:23	#1
ajmat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 14,860 Thanked: 27,949 Times View My Garage	Car Magazines Car of the Year is... Just received my UK edition of CAR - These guys are normally hypercritical Top 10 werethe Alfa 159 New Renault Clio Range Rover Sport Jag XJD Honda Civic Merc S Class BMW 3 Toyota Aygo Lexus 400Rh ..and the winner is the Suzuki Swift Some quotes Well put together Looks fantastic "Recognition that this particular car is so good" Stands out in a class which has high standards yet it does - does not aim to be superior in any area but by being good in all areas and by not getting its priorities tangled Only critcism is the boot!!! Well done Suzuki/ Maruti for giving us something class leading- am sure this will feature in CAR India
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23rd December 2005, 09:05	#2
msprabhakar BHPian Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 266 Thanked: 88 Times	Congratulations Swift! Congrats Maruti!! Three cheers also to the Indian engineers in the design team!!!
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23rd December 2005, 11:13	#3
manu BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 67 Thanked: 25 Times	Did Maruti have a hand in designing the Swift? I did not know that....
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23rd December 2005, 11:34	#4
spdfreak BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Trichur, presently in Qatar Posts: 121 Thanked: Once View My Garage	congrats to the suzuki swift. finally we have a world class car for the buying public..
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23rd December 2005, 14:24	#6
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,501 Thanked: 300,629 Times View My Garage	Aha, so was the Swift Team-BHPs car of the year 2005 - http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/indian...ar-2005-a.html I love the Swift. ! GTO
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23rd December 2005, 14:59	#7
sbasak BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CCU-LTN Posts: 608 Thanked: 14 Times	All the UK car magazines praised Swift for its look, engine and agile characteristics. At around £7500 it is very competively priced - no other cars offer 91 bhp engine at this price. This is probably the first time an Indian (AFAIK a good part of Swift design was done India) car got such overwhelming response!
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