1985 Suzuki Swift

In the lead up to the introduction of the all-new Swift Hybrid this Spring, Suzuki would like to reflect over the last 40 years of evolution of its highly popular and important global model and provide an insight into its development since 1983.

This evolution and development has provided the engineers at Suzuki Motor Corporation a wealth of experience and knowledge as to what its customers really want from a Hybrid small car and continue to do so in the longer term as well as offer all the technology you need as standard. Suzuki takes the all-new Swift into the next era as the trusted car brand for those who are proud to be different.

Suzuki is renowned as the small car experts and Swift sales recently passed the nine million units milestone since its inception as a globally focused car in 2004.

The Suzuki Swift was originally marketed in Japan and sold as the Cultus / SA310 until early 1985 when the Swift name was then used for Europe, and the model launched in the UK. In Japan, the Swift name only became used for its domestic market in the late 1990s. It was first launched in 1983 at the 25th Tokyo Motor Show and went head-to-head with the Toyota Starlet and Nissan Micra. The word “Cultus” is Latin and means care or adoration.

Swift was the first Suzuki model to enter a class of car with both larger dimensions and engines than the ‘kei’ class Fronte model in Japan. Very early models utilised a 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine with leaf springs for the rear suspension.

Later production Swifts were powered by a 1.3-litre four-cylinder engine that was noted by media at the time for its smoothness and good fuel economy. The dashboard was a mix of analogue and digital instruments including a gear selection indicator for the optional three-speed automatic transmission.

In the UK, Swift was offered in both three-door and five-door hatchback forms as well as a 1.3GTi three-door model.

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