05 Honda Jazz or 05 Suzuki Swift?

**carlocaraddict** · December 31st, 2005 12:23 PM

i saw a blue swift with a GB flag painted on the roof.

**CVT** · December 31st, 2005 12:46 PM

ryan: Sorry, to disappoint you but I am not kidding. They are, as you can get a full-sized sedan here by adding a few more Kdough. Maybe not near-equivalent cutting edge technology/feature, but still a car. Now, if you have the money to 'burn', and you like to be unique in a certain sense, then I agree 100%+ they're great drives.

**tagalnasaabroad** · December 31st, 2005 01:38 PM

tingin ko rito parehong me pros & cons between them..pogi daw swift pero high tech naman ang jazz..ewan, pero hatch backs just turned me off..gaya ng matrix ko short-lived lang ang enthusiasm ko then had to switched back to sedan format..
but if i'm on the threadstarter shoes the clincher would be price acquisition factor..motioncars figures put swift at p712k against p752k for the jazz..surely i cant stomach the whale of price difference needless to say the jazz's "parang chikang nakasuot ng saya" looks..

swift for me..

**slamtaz** · December 31st, 2005 02:31 PM

ika nga eh, don't judge the book by its cover, but by what's inside...

if ung cover pag-uusapan, i guess swift has the upside;

if what's inside ang pag-uusapan, i guess jazz has the advantage.

in the end, its still the judge who will prevail, o d b?

prang ang labo ano...

**darkhalf** · January 8th, 2006 03:07 AM

i am still deciding which of the two to buy... my first choice is really the Honda Jazz, but got swayed by the looks of the Swift. hehe.

It might be just me, but I feel that the Jazz is a better buy simply because of the great reputation of Honda cars here in the Phils...

**ryan** · January 13th, 2006 03:14 AM

Originally Posted by CVT

ryan: Sorry, to disappoint you but I am not kidding. They are, as you can get a full-sized sedan here by adding a few more Kdough. Maybe not near-equivalent cutting edge technology/feature, but still a car. Now, if you have the money to 'burn', and you like to be unique in a certain sense, then I agree 100%+ they're great drives.

Ahh...I see. Sorry but I'm curious, like which full sized sedans?

I guess it just depends how a person classifies a car's worth. Maybe its just me but I think hatches especially like the Jazz has a more practical boot shape than a regular compact sedan.

**AG4** · January 13th, 2006 05:22 AM

Originally Posted by darkhalf

It might be just me, but I feel that the Jazz is a better buy simply because of the great reputation of Honda cars here in the Phils...

Suzuki is just not that popular here with cars, but I've read that their quality track record is good. The Swift 1.5 A/T is priced slightly lower than the Jazz VTEC CVT and its also a CBU from Japan.

**AG4** · January 13th, 2006 05:42 AM

Originally Posted by miLes

saw a white swift last night along ortigas around 1am

damn ganda talaga

so got 3 jap cars on my list that looks good on white
1. mazda3 2L
2. focus 2L
3. swift

The Focus isn't Japanese, its European engineered.

It shares only 40% commonality of parts(C1 platform) with the Mazda 3 and Volvo S40/V50.

**darkhalf** · January 14th, 2006 03:31 AM

Originally Posted by AG4

Suzuki is just not that popular here with cars, but I've read that their quality track record is good. The Swift 1.5 A/T is priced slightly lower than the Jazz VTEC CVT and its also a CBU from Japan.

Well... actually, this is no longer true.

Suzuki is no longer selling stock-only Swifts, and the OEM cosmetics are 78K, making the Swift 1.5 cost 816K...

Jazz 1.5 is currently 752K, for anyone who wants to know.

Actually, if the Swift 1.5 was in the price range of 710K and below, I probably would've bought the Swift.