Jul 28, 2016 09:54 PM
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Bigger, bolder, better, and here’s how. . . Obviously, one of the reasons current Swift owners are noticing the new car is the fact that it looks much bigger. A major grouse of most Swift owners was that although the car was big, it didn’t correspondingly have a lot of space inside. As a result, wheelbase had to go up. Compared to the earlier model, the new Swift is much longer, marginally wider and nearly as tall. Length has gone up by 155mm and most of that has gone into the rear. The front bonnet area looks elongated, adding to the stretch feel.
There are a lot of new design elements, almost all of them inspired by the outgoing car. The headlamps are similar shaped but now stretched further back. The tail lamps get the same treatment. Bumpers and wheel arches are more flared and the front grille now a more prominent area at the front.
The rear hatch is small in a cutesy way and gives the car a nice squat look from the rear. What these changes do in tandem is make the Swift look fresher, more muscular, and a more proper big hatchback. Which is pretty much how you want it to look. On certain counts, it reminds you more of the Mini design theme, especially in the way the flatter bonnet spreads. Which is a good thing.
