Suzuki unveiled today at their Magyar Suzuki Corporation production facility at Esztergom, in Hungary, the first official details on the third generation Swift that will go on sale this autumn.

The new Swift comes with new styling, impact safety, driving performance, handling, improved fuel consumption, and significantly lower emissions than the outgoing models.

Powered by a new 1.2-liter petrol engine incorporating Dual VVT (Variable intake and exhaust valve timing) that delivers a total of 94 HP at 6,000rpm and 118Nm at 4,800rpm with fuel consumption on the combined cycle is now 56.5mpg for the manual transmission model, an improvement of 7.8mpg over the previous 1.3-litre unit.

Emissions are much lower as well; the new 1.2-litre engine with manual transmission produces just 116g/km on the combined cycle; representing a 24g/km or 17 per cent improvement over the 1.3. An optional automatic transmission will be available for the petrol engine from launch.

More images will be available later this month and pricing will be announced later in the summer.

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