Suzuki Swift 1.2 MHEV - real-life consumption test done by a professional ecodriver

Ecodriver shows you how to easily get far better than the official consumption out of this mild-hybrid car and therefore save money on fuel. And no, you won't be too slow and blocking other road-users....
As a surprise, the Swift proved to be probably THE most economic petrol car out there....
Timestamps:
0:00 Start
1:28 Map of Route
3:45 End Uphill
6:16 End Hills
7:52 End Descent
9:56 End Open Road
10:30 End Motorway
14:10 End City and Overall
14:25 Summary
Vehicle was provided by Autopark, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
www.autopark.at/
Filmed around Innsbruck, Austria

[@gregorkert5085]

These is the car i have been wainting for :) Normal non turbo petrol 2nd car in family ...no drama...car for smart people...

[@Ambienfinity]

Good to see you testing 'normal' cars as well, Helmut, not least to show that even these non-hybrid vehicles can achieve very good economy if driven properly. Great test.

[@ecodriver1746]

Thanks!

[@vladimirjozanov9497]

Great review! Fully manageable. I have standard Swift 1.2, 90 PS, non hybrid, 2018 and city is 5.2-5.3, local roads with constant speeds up to 90 km/h are easily 3.5-3.7 and highway is 4,7-5 l/100 km. Consumption is measured with full family, 4 of us on board😂

[@trentierra]

I totally agree with Helmuth. You're not going to break your car by driving at low RPMs in low load conditions. That's the way I have been driving my Opel Corsa for the last...22 years!! and had some failures like airbag, alternator, steering wheel etc. but the motor works fine like first day and achieving a very low consumption. Congratulations for the contents.

[@sebanab1]

Very good work, and very informative video. It is also very good to start to teach people about eco friendliness driving. I hope we reach as much people as possible with this channel!

[@ecodriver1746]

Thanks. I hope so too... ;)

[@codefident4939]

Wow, I'm surprised. Fantastic consumption! And also fantastic video as always 👍

[@ecodriver1746]

Thanks!

[@danielt2207]

Good job, interesting table and compare!

[@android167]

I had a first generation Dualjet in Swift. Fuel consumption after 70.000km was 5,3l. It was a 2015 model. After that i had 2018 Sport model with boosterjet 140hp and after 20.000km the fuel consumption was 5,7l. I was very impressed.

[@micheals1992]

Suzuki has some impressive petrol engines for fuel economy. I know the Suzuki Celerio with the 1.0L Dualjet engine scored 71mpg on honest Johns realmpg (user submitted figures) and the swift with the 1.2L Dualjet scores 62mpg which is pretty good for the size of the car. I would love to try driving both of these cars to see what they can really do, considering my 1L Aygo scores 55mpg on the same site and I can get 70-80mpg in it.

[@MrSheymie]

I have the non Dualjet Celerio and have achieved 71 mpg per tank of petrol in the past while driving carefully (but without really knowing how to hyper-mile properly). I measure against miles traveled each time I fill with petrol. My average over 4 years driving is 64 mpg per full tank. I live in a mostly rural area, but the Dualjet engine would likely achieve even better.

[@manapo7306]

I have the car for 3 years. The 90ps mild hybrid. Whatever I would have done I never managed to achieve over 5,2 average consumption. Never. My steady consumption is 4,2

[@kize32]

Did you try highway at speeds over 130?

[@CrazyBMWManiac]

I also have the 2019 90hp mild hybrid paired with allgrip and my absolut lowest was 4.4/100 late at night with no a/c 2 people onboard cruise control set at 90km/h all the time without a single overtake.

[@funnystertzk]

@@CrazyBMWManiacjust saw your comment. Using cruise control won’t help you achieve better fuel economy as car will do the set km

[@CrazyBMWManiac]

@@funnystertzk What?

[@alfontana6242]

Thanks for the video Helmut. Suzuki's cars are no longer available here in the U.S. They were years ago in the U.S. but probably could not compete with Honda and Toyota. Would be a nice commuter car with these high gasoline prices as long as the price of the car was low. I would not want to take it on a long vacation trip however.

[@ecodriver1746]

High Al, yes, this is definitely a car for small old-world cities and short trips :)

[@SeDjEmAsH]

If you think that a low-displacement vehicle is only suitable for city driving, then you are not familiar with the Mongol Rally.

[@MrSheymie]

An amazing result. Perhaps you are asked this often, and perhaps also is not always possible to achieve except for an assessment of overall consumption. Do you sometimes have an opportunity to calibrate against actual consumption, measured by brimming tank and recording kilometers traveled? Maybe it is possible to assume that all cars are characterised by the same level of inaccuracy in defining fuel consumption via the dashboard computer? Many thanks for your excellent and informative videos.

[@ecodriver1746]

I can't check the real consumption with the cars I am testing, as I only have them for a couple of hours. I can only tell from my own cars, the Mazda CX-5 shows 0,15 l/100 kms less than in Reality, the Volvo XC90 is bang on, 100% correct. ADAC (german Car Driver Association) found out that over 70 % of all BCs are working "accurately" or "very accurately", meaning less than 3 and 1 %, respectively, difference from the real consumption. And, amazingly, around 60% of those are showing higher consumption than the real one. Given those findings and my own experience I accept a little difference, as it doesn't change the general result. 5,0 or 5,15 l/100 kms (3 % more), both is quite ok... ;)

[@MrSheymie]

@@ecodriver1746 Many thanks for your response. It sounds like these very small inaccuracies can indeed be ignored. Thank you.

[@ZsoltKovacsik]

Shocking low consumption numbers!

[@chriselson7413]

Excellent review for a budget car, I've followed some of your tips and my previous consumption of 52.8mpg (UK) is now at 56.9mpg in the 1.2 duel jet swift 😀 not driving slow just looking ahead more, superb advice sir 👍

[@chriselson7413]

This is while on vredestein quatrac all season tyres as well so not eco tyres

[@ecodriver1746]

Happy to be of help ;)

[@Mr330d]

70MPG Peugeot 407 1.6 HDI 💪🏻

[@RT_Gaming01]

Hello, I had a Suzuki Swift 1.0 Boosterjet Auto and the economy was shocking in city streets, best of 35MPG (UK) while driving like a grandad (under 2500RPMs) despite WLTP rating it for city 44MPG?!. Can you possibly do a test of that version? The literal only reason I took it back (had it for 6 days!) Wasn’t happy even driving it.

[@valtraone]

Have you ever considered carrying a passenger over your test route (immediately after a solo run - in roughly the same traffic/weather conditions etc), to see how this would affect consumption. I'm thinking of a scenario where you give someone a lift as a favour. Then you would actually know how much this good deed had cost you monetarily through extra fuel usage !!! I'll volunteer for the experiment; would love to ride through that beautiful Austrian scenery. Last time I was in your area I was 12 years old and on a school ski trip to Oberperfus. First time in Austria, first time I skied, and such a wonderful memory from the mid 1970's !

[@valtraone]

@@christga100 lb = £ ;)

[@ecodriver1746]

As I am over 100 kg now I think I count for two... :))

[@valtraone]

@@ecodriver1746 I was going to be cheeky and say "that rules out the Smart car then", but I don't want to cause offence :o

[@apermas]

I bought one almost a year ago and my average consumption is above 6l/100km driving mainly short city trips. I really don't know what I am doing wrong apart from using a/c when it is hot.

[@WolfMimirMori]

Said it yourself, SHORT city trips. A car drinks the most when warming the engine up, with short drives it nevers gets to run warm and thus will consume much more on average. And city driving will always drink more compared to other driving conditions, unless you run full EV.

[@21szazalek]

What?? Bridgestone 155/86 R16??:)

[@panag2579]

Are you planning to test i20 1.2?

[@ecodriver1746]

Don't know yet whether it's available.

[@comments7335]

What's a professional eco driver? Is it like a professional eater?