Wee automatics - HJ opinion?

Head says ... buy Mazda 2 auto

Heart says ... buy Suzuki Swift SZ4 auto

Have Suzuki sorted the autobox issues on motorway raised in your review?


PS: wife has i10 auto ... it's a little whizzer on motorway

Asked on 29 January 2011 by celticblue

Answered by Honest John
Can't tell you about the Swift auto. Probably the same box as the previous one. We've has that box in a Vios and it has done about 150k kilometres, no trouble.

1900 kilometre test of the Mazda2 Activmatic here:

www.honestjohn.co.uk/road-tests/mazda/mazda-2-auto/

I think it was 25mph/1,000rpm. Not as high geared as out Vios. 36mpg overall.

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