Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Swift Dzire


An Indian Swift DZire VXi.

Suzuki introduced a sedan based version of the Swift called the Maruti Swift Dzire in the Indian market. The sedan has the exact same wheelbase as the hatchback version and has an increased overall length due to the addition of the boot.


Plug-in vehicles


Suzuki Swift Plug-in Hybrid exhibited in the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show.

The Suzuki Swift Plug-in Hybrid concept car was unveiled at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show. The Swift Plug-in concept has an all-electric range of about 20 km (12 mi) drawing on a lithium-ion battery pack. When the battery is running low a small engine (about 660 cc) kicks in to power a generator that charges the battery, in a similar way as the Chevrolet Volt does.[7][8][9]

In May 2010 Suzuki announced that it will begin test-driving 60 Swift Plug-in hybrids in Japan by late 2010.[7][10] The plug-in is powered by a 55 kW, 180 N·m AC synchronous motor and a 2.66 kWh Li-ion battery pack. Average fuel consumption, calculated by combining fuel consumption during operation on electric power from grid charge and fuel consumption during hybrid operation after depletion of the battery pack is 37.6 km/L on the JC08 cycle (88.4 mpg US, or 2.7 L/100km). Grid charge time for the battery is approximately 1.5 hours @ 100V and 1h at 200V.[7][10]

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