Took a test drive last week, and was highly impressed. I've test driven a couple of this year's new cars, and remember various stuff about the interior quality, comfort etc. With the swift sport I can hardly remember any of that - didn't test the stereo, windows, anything, because I was having too much fun driving it, lol
. I got accustomed to the clutch position and gearbox feel very quickly, and out on the highway I got up to 160kph without even realising it. The car is quiet and easy to drive at normal speeds, and yet is only too eager to accelerate when you put your foot down. I was also very impressed with how stable it felt at high speeds - I drive a CK lancer and hardly ever go much past 150kph, because you start to feel vibrations and instability. With the swift on the other hand I reached 160k and was about to go further until I looked down at the speedo and realised how fast I was going with the rep in the car
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The only complaint I have is that, as others said, it needs a sixth gear - either that or the fifth gear needs to be on overdrive gear. In the lancer I can accelerate quickly through 1st, 2nd and 3rd, (auto transmission) and then drop into fourth and cruise @ 140kph, with the engine only just over 3000rpm. On the swift sport in fifth gear @ 140kph the engine was @ atleast 4500rpm, which could get tiring on a long drive.
All in all a very nice car - go and test drive it in Barataria, there's a younger guy working there there who was all too happy to let me take it out on the highway and open the throttle
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