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Suzuki Swift

Richard_Ingram@autovia.co.uk

@rsp_ingram

Running costs

64.2mpg (official)

£55 fill-up

THE supermini segment is dwindling. Ford’s Fiesta is no more, and fewer manufacturers are finding reasons to invest funds in small cars – looking to more profitable SUVs (and EVs) instead.

But instead of pulling the plug, Suzuki sees this as an opportunity. It estimates that of the 250,000 superminis sold annually in the UK, almost a third either won’t exist at all or won’t have a like-for-like petrol replacement in three years’ time.

Hopes are high for the next-generation

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