Trout

iTrader: (1)

Test drove a Suzuki Swift Sport today. Nice car to drive if not the quickest in town. Great chassis.

What amazes me most is how much standard kit you get on a £10k car nowadays. It even had heated door mirrors!

Stereo was a bit dull mind you - no burble

Rannoch

corradoboy

Yup, I'm more than happy with my little Fabia vRS. 30-70 in 7s whilst returning up to 65mpg on a run. Stylish, sporty interior a nice place to sit. E/W, E/M (heated), A/C, and with minor tweeks 320ftlb

Deacon

I have a Swift Sport and love it - so, so much fun. And the kit you get is fantastic. I don't find the stereo too bad but there is a Suzuki upgrade kit available.

Deacon

corradoboy

I looked at the Swift but the rear visibility was a bit too restricted for teaching (driving instructor), but they are possibly the best looking supermini currently on sale IMHO.

Fabioso

Not very 'swift' though in a straight line when I mullered one after he caught me up on the sweeping corner..........shame the Fabia doesn't corner as well as it shifts in-gear .

corradoboy

Get yourself a Jabba rear ARB for a start

Trout

iTrader: (1)

Well I got the Swift and in the twisties it has already embarrassed a couple of so called fast cars!!!

In evo magazine for the 2006 car of the year the Cayman could not lose it through the twisties now I understand why!

51st state

great car the skoda these days, a lot better style than the vw car it came from, love the octavia vrs
last at yorkshire track there was somone tracking a fabia vrs, he was all over some tw*t in an M3 i kept shouting "go on, get in there" as he came past chasing sports cars
it all ended in tears as he rolled it


the swift is a very good looking car, some on the lines look very mini like to me, i think that was there outline for it

corradoboy

Mine held its own on track against many Scoobs recently. I couldn't pass them, but nor them me. Lap after lap I measured my performance by judging the gaps with the cars in front and behind, and I was level with most of the high powered and 4WD stuff (except one or two serious machines) and monstered every other 2WD car there. I am still impressed with it in every way except looks and possibly the brakes. Was hunting AP's for it last night

wrxcraig

i still prefer old school like the cavalier gsi 2000, S1 rs etc etc

geesta

My old Cav 1.7td had heated mirrors...........................Died last year with 195,000 miles on her, gutted.

Deep Singh

Bought a Honda Jazz for my mum and wife to share and its a nice piece of kit. In town situations its 'faster' than my M5 because its so easy to turn/park etc. AC, electric folding heated mirrors, CD player, 7 speed flappy paddled gear box (that works well) and more for £10k.

AudiLover

Really impressed with my little brothers Ibiza TBH. Much better drive than I had anticipated even though the model is due for replacement soon!

hectic

Nowt wrong with the 'Biza's ... good pedigree too having done some serious rallying stuff in F2 a few years back and showed the big boys how too, to..
and the Furby's are good bloody motors too.. Corradoboy, have you seen the Jabba'd diesel Furby? ferk its rapid! saw it at the Pod a while back.. very nice motor.. think he goes onto the Skoda site with it too occasionally

Gutmann pug

I had a play with one at the 'ring' on Sunday and have to say they are very capable cars.

matchmaker

So do I

Whoops . Fabias are good on twisty circuits (like Knockhill) where the torque allows them to be booted out of corners to the embarrassment of supposedly faster machines

They are a bit nose heavy, though, and the brakes don't last

AudiLover

Heard that ibiza cupras come with AP 4 POT brakes as standard? Any truth to this as for the price its impressive!