Considering the Mk5 Swift’s age, its failure to make the top 150 in our 2016 Driver Power customer satisfaction survey was no surprise. Suzuki didn’t exactly get carried away with the engine ...

None of which explains the phenomenon that was the Suzuki Swift GTi. Not only was the GTi ... Ride quality was on the ordinary side of average and the shock of hitting bigger potholes and bumps ...

Say hello to the Methuselah of hot hatches, the Suzuki Swift GTi. The original GTi was the tiny, rather flimsy car that arrived in 1986 complete with twin-cam engine and electronic fuel-injection.

After being first launched back in 1985, the Suzuki Swift has been through many changes to date. It is now in its sixth generation, and it’s this, and the previous Swift Mk5, that we’re ...