Suzuki Swift Sport isn't dead yet

The fate of the Suzuki Swift Sport might be clarified in October.

That’s the hope of Suzuki Australia, which is now into the last few months of stock of Australia’s most affordable hot – more like warm – hatch.

Currently priced from $32,990 drive-away, the Sport is based on the third-generation Swift that was replaced here in mid-2024.

The new fourth-generation Swift introduced a 61kW/112Nm mild hybrid 1.2-litre three-cylinder powertrain, while the lingering Sport is powered by an energetic 1.4-litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol good for 103kW/230Nm.

There have been reports claiming the hot Swift won’t return in the current generation, but Suzuki Australia general manager Michael Pachota is holding out hope that’s not the case.

“I've been waiting for product updates and hopefully in October, I’ll understand some more about future products and we’ll see if that’s in the lineup,” Pachota told carsales.

October is significant because that’s when one of two annual Suzuki global distributor conferences is held in Japan, and in 2025, it will coincide with the latest edition of the bi-annual Japan Mobility Show (Tokyo motor show for the old-timers).

Like all the other Japanese brands, Suzuki makes a big splash at the show rolling, out plenty of future production and concept models.

In 2023 it showed off a close to production version of the new Swift and the concept eVX electric SUV.

Right now though, Pachota says he’s as much in the dark about the future of the Swift Sport as the rest of us.

“Suzuki Motor Corporation said nothing to us about Swift Sport when we were offered the product in terms of the current generation Swift,” he said.

“Obviously we asked question too, ‘what’s happening with Sport?’ And they said, ‘There are no plans to do Sport at this stage’.

“They didn’t say ‘We killed it’. All they said was ‘There’s no planes at this stage’. I haven’t asked since.”

There’s no doubt given the popularity of the current Swift Sport, and with stock dwindling, that Suzuki Australia would love to see a replacement.

“Swift [Sport] is still selling pretty well, we haven’t gone down in sales, even as a result of the body shape changing,” Pachota said.

“Matter of fact, for a couple of months we’re up in sales … we [have] probably got enough stock to go to the end of the year in Australia in terms of our product portfolio, product supply, actual inventory.”

However, Pachota confirmed the Sport was now sold out in its most popular exterior paint, Champion Yellow, which is a colour synonymous with Suzuki.

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