Quickride: 2008 Suzuki Swift GT2

"Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW." (aya-yu)
05/07/2014 at 16:19 • Filed to: None

Say hello to my little brother's new Hot Hatchback!

Yeah, that's a hot hatchback. You might think "Really? Suzuki made a Hot Hatchback?"

The swift GT2 was actually an Indonesian-made Suzuki Swift with stiffer suspension, more spartan interior, some bodykits, and a huge exhaust. Seriously, you need a huge exhaust in a hot hatchback. So, how hot was it?

Simple. Suzuki stiffen the whole suspension and chassis on this thing, so it's really agile. Plus it's only weigh about 2200 lbs, so it's really light for it's size, thanks to no airbag, no ABS, thinner plastic interior and thinner body panel. You know, add lightness and stuff.

But they forgot to tune the engine. So this car only made a pathetic 101hp out of 1.5 litre engine. The 0-60 time of 8.7 second is not helping as well. But hey, it's light right? Just like hot hatchback from the 80's!

Yes, it was. But my brother was an idiot. So instead of buying the manual one, he get the Autotragic one. Nope. I mean, what's the point of getting a underpowered hot hatchback but then equips it with a weird 4-speed Auto?

So, any upsides?

Well, the only upsides i find so far was the car is agile. Like, really agile. It's like it was designed for circuit with lots of sharp corner. Plus it loves to do some three wheel action. You know, when you turns so sharply that one of the rear wheels go airbone. And that's fun! As long as you don't get orloved, obviously. That's no fun. And oh the head unit was so 80's. It's also quite economical, averaging 44mpg on our little drive. And cheap. This one only cost 10k USD, or about 1/3 of the brand new Fiesta Ecoboost cost, and it's only done 20k miles.

But the rest of it was, well, a bit meh. It was slow, the ride was harsh, and sometimes i feel the car loves to bounce from side to side, like little bounceball. But when the road get twisty, i rather got this Swift, because it's so fun!

Plus i wish he'll learn his mistake and start saving for the brand new (stick shift) Swift Sport. I mean, look at that:

I imagine that thing will be much better than my brother's GT2.

DISCUSSION (25)

EL_ULY > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:20

Kinja'd!!!

fancy!!! :]

HammerheadFistpunch > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:21

Kinja'd!!!

I know its manual snobbery...but hot hatches don't come with these.

Your boy, BJR > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:21

Kinja'd!!!

Not hot at all.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:21

You let him get an auto-tragic? I am disappoint.

Party-vi > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:22

Kinja'd!!!

One could die of loneliness on this vast and empty dash.

Frosted > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:25

God it looks awesome. I wish Suzuki was still in the states. They were starting to make some awesome cars right before they left.

Meatcoma > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:25

Kinja'd!!!

Mild Hatchback.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
05/07/2014 at 16:26

Well, he didn't tell me it was auto.

He only tell me that it was GT2, so i think it's a sport model, and it's normally manual.

KirkyV > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:26

I was so on board with everything you were saying up until we got to that transmission. I've always liked the looks of the Swift Sport - they never offered a GT2 here in the UK - but it's essentially sacrilege - and a damn waste - to get a car like that with an autobox.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Your boy, BJR
05/07/2014 at 16:26

Yep.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Party-vi
05/07/2014 at 16:26

some say you can arrange a grand slam match there.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > EL_ULY
05/07/2014 at 16:27

Fancier when it was on!

Wacko > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:31

I thought the swift and SX4 shared more things than just the door handles and steering wheel

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > KirkyV
05/07/2014 at 16:34

Well, the swift sport it think it's better than this GT2.

And yeah, you know, you can see how jalop he was. He has more interest in anime than cars.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Wacko
05/07/2014 at 16:35

Well, i think the SX4 is a jacked-up Swift, like Mini Cooper and Mini Countryman.

davedave1111 > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:35

Oh, I like that gen Swift. Never knew they made a lightened version, but I want one.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Meatcoma
05/07/2014 at 16:35

Lol! :D

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Frosted
05/07/2014 at 16:37

Yeah, that was a shame.

Here in Indonesia that Swift Sport (30K USD) is their flagship, battling with Fiesta EcoBoost and Renault Clio RS. The FiST is about 5k more than the Swift Sport.

KirkyV > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:38

How about anime about cars?

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > davedave1111
05/07/2014 at 16:41

yeah. I think this was Indonesian domestic market only.

Wacko > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:43

I thought it was too, since there where no Swifts in canada. But I did hear that the SX4 is based on a Swift

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > KirkyV
05/07/2014 at 16:43

Nope, he's not into Initial D.

He's more into something like Gundam.

*But i do loves those anime about cars!

davedave1111 > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:44

Apart from the auto box, I'd buy one like a shot over here if they existed. It doesn't have loads of power, but it's reasonably rapid and would presumably have fairly low insurance and reasonable fuel economy.

I'll have to have a poke around next time I'm in Trinidad, see what spec all of those are.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > davedave1111
05/07/2014 at 16:49

Well, you can always get the 5-speed manual.

But i think you should try the new Swift Sport. I heard the 6-speed manual one was phenomenal. Plus it's weigh the same as this swift, but more equipped.

davedave1111 > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
05/07/2014 at 16:52

Sounds like fun.