2024 Suzuki Swift revealed at Japan Mobility Show

The 2024 Suzuki Swift concept featured on the brand's stand at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show.

Although labelled a concept, the updated small car hasn't changed much visually beyond dropping the door handle onto the sheet metal and refreshed lighting features.

Inside, there are a few extra changes to note with the 9.0-inch touchscreen now floating above the dash, rather than set into it.

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Excuse the legs – this is the Suzuki Swift concept's cabin

The dashboard has been reprofiled, and the HVAC controls are more digital than before, but on the whole, this appears to be more of a deep facelift than a clean sheet design.

The Swift's dimensions all but confirm this, the small car is only 20mm longer (3860mm) and rides on an identical 2450mm wheelbase. The Swift Concept has shrunk by 40mm in width and grown an extra 5mm taller.

Read below for more information on the Swift concept.

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3 October 2023: Next-gen Swift shown off before motor show

Ahead of its full reveal at the Japan Mobility Show between 26 October and 5 November, Suzuki has released a single image of the new Swift.

The small car will be one of the brand's biggest draws on its stand. It'll also be one of the few combustion vehicles on show, with electric concepts for recreation, private buyers, and fleets all present.

Though Suzuki is just calling the car a concept for now, its retrained detailing and similar proportions to the existing car suggest that it's very close to the final production variant – though it's sadly lost the hidden door handles of the current car.

There are no details yet on the engineering side of things beyond Suzuki's promise that it will feature 'dual sensor brake support' for its AEB system, active high beams, and a driver-monitoring system – though all but the latter feature already on Aussie Swifts.

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Inside, expect the new car to adopt tech such as a 9.0-inch infotainment system (as Australian cars already do), a larger and more digitised instrument cluster display, a wireless phone charger, head-up display and a 360-degree camera.

The Swift is Suzuki's small car for developed economies, including Japan, Europe and likely Australia. With the cheap-and-cheerful Baleno gone thanks to ADR 85 side impact regulations, it'll be down to the new Swift to carry Suzuki's light car flag in Australia.

Underneath, the new Swift is expected to be a development of the existing ‘Heartect’ platform. It may also carry over some engines from the current European model.

In Europe, the Swift is sold with a 61kW/107 1.2-litre petrol engine with a 12-volt mild-hybrid system. The Euro-spec Sport gets a 95kW/245Nm version of the 1.4-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder with a 48-volt mild-hybrid system.

Australian Swifts are all without hybrid systems; the base car using the same 1.2-litre Dualjet with 66kW/120Nm, while the mid-spec Turbo gets an 82kW/160Nm turbo triple and the Swift Sport a 103kW/230Nm tune of the 1.4-litre that Europe gets.

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The next-gen Suzuki Swift spied in the wild

There have been rumblings that the new Swift could adopt a series-parallel hybrid powertrain. With Suzuki and Toyota's working relationship, the smaller brand could pick up the giant's well-proven technology.

Currently, Suzuki sells a rebadged version of the Toyota Corolla wagon in Europe as the Suzuki Swace. The Swift will be a Suzuki product through and through, but it may adopt some parts from Toyota's hybrid Yaris in its construction, or know-how in ongoing development.

Suzuki promises the new vehicle provides tangible improvements in economy and speed while making sure the city car is fun to drive as well.

So far in 2023, Suzuki has sold 3989 Swifts in Australia, just beating the Jimny (3511) and Ignis (1224) small SUVs. Suzuki will reveal more details closer to the Swift's full reveal on 26 October.

How about this quick Swift Sport transformation?