Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show, Budget, Performance, Hatchback, Suzuki
Hot-hatch enthusiasts take note: the Suzuki Swift Sport is back.
Having updated the Swift range last year, Suzuki unveiled the rather tantalizing S-Concept in Geneva a few months back. What you see here may not be quite as extreme as the show car, but carries the salient points to the showroom. And if the previous-generation Swift Sport was anything to go by, it could become a new favorite among pocket rocket enthusiasts.
Set to be unveiled at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show, the new Suzuki Swift Sport upgrades on the base hatchback with a 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine developed specifically for this model. It churns out a modest 134 horsepower and 118 pound-feet of torque, but considering its diminutive dimensions, that ought to be enough to deliver a real punch.
That's mated to a six-speed manual transmission and supported by a performance-optimized suspension, all of which we hope to read more about in the near future. In the meantime, though, you can check out the press release after the jump and the solitary image released thus far in full resolution above.
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