Suzuki Swift

After a long long time PakSuzuki has finally managed to launch an exciting new car. That’s great news because with a 1.3 liter engine this is the most powerful hatchback in the market.

Performance Figures

 

Engine Capacity (litre)			Power (bhp)		Torque (Nm)	0-100 kph (sec)	Top Speed (kph)
1.3			92		114	11	175

 

The Suzuki Swift is renowned all over the world as a great hatchback. Even Tiff Needell from fifth gear is a big fan of this car and that’s BIG praise for a small car. Here’s a video of the Suzuki Swift review from fifth gear.

 

Previously all the cars with a swift badge from Suzuki have been massive people’s favorites in Pakistan. It’s a shame it took them so long to release the new one here. Anyway hopefully the new swift will join the hall of fame as long as the build quality issues that usually come with all Suzuki cars don’t spoil the fun.

Electric Suzuki Mehran

Remember the time when you first heard of a CNG powered car?

Well I can’t. Because back then nobody could have guessed what a mammoth revolution was coming our way with these three letters. Today as we know, everything runs on CNG. I’ve even seen a couple of sports cars running on CNG around town.

Well this could be the moment when history starts to repeat itself. So listen carefully!
A chap named Faraz Ruknuddin Khan has turned his Suzuki Mehran into an electric vehicle and nick named it, the Elektra-1. Going electric means that the car’s engine is replaced with a simple DC motor and some batteries. And it’s not just the engine that gets sacked, you can also get rid of the clutch, the exhaust, the fuel injection and your mechanic. Electric cars only have one moving part which is the DC motor and that’s it. The Elektra-1 is also amazingly economical. According to Faraz the Elektra-1 can be as economical as the equivalent of up to 133 km in a liter of petrol which is fantastic. Electric cars are also very environmentally friendly as they are completely silent and produce zero emissions. In short, the advantages are endless.

The major drawbacks of electric cars are that they have to be charged over night and they don’t usually have a very long range. The only way to fix these problems is to use better batteries which are presumably rather expensive.
So the Elektra-1 being a backyard project is not extremely practical yet. It has a range of 30 km per charge and the motor produces 22 hp which can be upgraded to 30 but still less than a standard Mehran’s 38 hp engine. However Mr. Faraz has plans to address these issues in his next project car, the Elektra-2 which could produce 70 hp and reach speeds of up to 110 kph. We’ll surely be looking forward to that.

Good work Mr. Faraz! And best of luck for the future projects.

For latest news about this project, visit www.ElektraAutomotive.com

Family cars sorted by power

		Brand	Car	Engine capacity (litre)	Max Power (hp)	Torque   (N.m)	0-100 kph (sec)	Top speed (kph)
	1	Toyota	Mark X	3	252	314	–	–
	2	Toyota	Mark X	2.5	215	260	7.9	220
	3	Honda	Accord	2.4	190	220	7.8	227
	4	Toyota	Camry	2.4	165	224	10.6	211
	5	Mitsubishi	Galant	2.4	147	225	8.8	216
	6	Honda	Civic	1.8	140	174	8.9	205
	7	Toyota	Corolla	1.8	130	170	9.7	195
	8	Toyota	Premio	1.8	130	170	11.5	200
	9	Proton	Gen.2	1.6	110	148	10.5	190
	10	Nissan	Sunny	1.6	108	148	–	–
	11	Chevrolet	Optra	1.6	108	150	11.7	187
	12	Toyota	Premio	1.5	107	141	–	–
	13	Mitsubishi	Lancer	1.6	102	138	10.7	180
	14	Suzuki	Liana	1.6	102	144	11.6	170
	15	Honda	City	1.3	100	128	–	–
	16	Suzuki	Liana	1.3	89	116	13.3	165
	17	Toyota	Vitz	1.3	85	121	11.5	170
	18	Mitsubishi	Lancer	1.3	81	120	14	171
	19	Toyota	Corolla	1.3	80	119	12.8	170
	20	Toyota	Corolla 2.0D	2	71	131	–	–
	21	Toyota	Vitz	1	68	95	15.7	154
	22	Chevrolet	Joy	1	63	88	14.8	152
	23	Suzuki	Alto	1	62	87	14.8	155
	24	Suzuki	Cultus	1	60	83	–	145
	25	Hyundai	Santro	1	55	82	14.6	142
	26	Cherry	QQ	0.8	51	77	18.8	138
	27	Chevrolet	Spark	0.8	50	71	18.2	145
	28	Daihatsu	Cuore	0.8	40	65	15.6	135
	29	Suzuki	Mehran	0.8	38	59	20	138