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Suzuki Swift Sport – MPG and running costs

The 1.4 turbo mill is frugal on paper, even without the hybrid, which reduces tax and fuel consumption marginally

Evo rating
  • Composed chassis, decent refinement, lots of kit
  • Lacks adjustability, old-school Swift Sport character dulled

The 1.6-litre naturally-aspirated engines in Swift Sports of old were thirsty unless babied and a bit dusty at the tailpipe. The third-generation car’s 1.4-litre turbocharged unit addressed that (albeit at the expense of some personality as above).

A 135g/km figure isn’t too shabby, though the 2020 hybrid upgrade was necessary to drop that to 127g/km. Not a huge drop but Suzuki pointed out that over a year this amounts to 129kg of CO2 saving.

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The hybrid is not all that much cheaper to tax than the original, at £180 per year vs £190. On paper it is a tad more efficient, however, averaging 50.4mpg vs the 2018-2020 car’s 47mpg. Being as lightweight as they are, with brakes and tyres as diminutive as they are (by comparison to some performance cars), these consumables shouldn’t cost the Earth, nor servicing.

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