Toyota Corolla-based Suzuki Swace revealed

Suzuki has pulled the drapes off its all-new Swace – a rebadged version of the Toyota Corolla Touring Sports wagon that is available in Europe and Japan.

Following in the tyre tracks of the recently-revealed Suzuki Across, which is based heavily on the Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid, the new Swace wagon is understood to be on Suzuki Australia's radar for a potential launch Down Under.

Like the new Corolla wagon, which is also under consideration for local import, the Suzuki Swace would line up against traditional small-medium load-luggers such as the Subaru Levorg, Skoda Octavia and Volkswagen Golf.

With the rear seats upright, the Swace boasts a luggage capacity of 596 litres – 15 litres less than the latest Golf wagon.

Compared to the Corolla, the Swace has only a restyled grille, tweaked front and rear bumpers, new LED headlights and a pair of revised tail-lights.

Inside, the Suzuki wagon is almost indistinguishable from its Toyota donor car, with the same multi-function steering wheel, digital instrument cluster and 8.0-inch infotainment system.

Both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard, but heated seats and a heated steering wheel, plus wireless smartphone charging, appear on the options list.

A range of conventional and petrol-electric hybrid engines may be available to Suzuki Australia, as found across the Corolla range.

In Europe, the Swace will be sold with the familiar 1.8-litre four-cylinder petrol-electric hybrid powertrain that produces a modest 90kW.

That meagre power output translates to a pedestrian 11.1-second 0-100km/h sprint and a 179km/h top speed, but on the flipside it emits just 99g/km of CO2 and averages around 4.2L/100km.

A more powerful 2.0-litre hybrid is believed to have been ruled out for the Swace, in Europe at least.

To be competitive in Australia, pricing will need to start from around the $30,000 mark, before on-road costs are added.