yaris vs swift

was driving the 1.3 yaris last t week. felt that the car is really underpower but is still nice to drive. very small car and very easy to u-turn as well as easy to park. the acceleration of the first and second gear is relatively high and the gear ratio of the 2 gears are very close. in fact the gear ratio of all the gears are very close. the engine is always at quite a high rev. something i really like is the car when travelled at high speed, i can really feel the car being pushed down, not sure if is due the the aerodynamic or others. the car is also very stable even when i am accelerating at 130 and above. the cornering is also very fun and is really easy. not sure how the car would perform with a 1.5 engine? really hope i can try. however the car is really small, the back seats and the lugguge space is very limited which is not very good.

yesterday, i also have the chance to drive shuan's swift. at first i was doing my standard driving. then shuan was asking me to change gear only at 3000 - 4000 rpm and so i did. the car does produce a decent amount of power with a 1.5 vvt engine. realy can feel the difference with the 1.3 vvti engine. was being forced to do wheel spin and also full accelerate during cornering. was a bit scared initially cos is not my car and dun wanna damage his car. but overall, i think i quite like the car cos of its power and also the stability. dun have the chance to test when is at high speed, only drive in those neighbourhood areas where there are heaps of roundabouts and winding roads. the swift has the same problem with yaris which is the limited space at the back seat and the lugguge space. think honda jazz is the only small car that has the best back seat and lugguge space. haven try the mitsubishi colt so cant comment on that.

just few weeks ago, i did also test drive the honda civics. the only auto car that i had drive among the three. the whole car is very wide and heavy. the i-vtec engine is really effective at high rpm, which is the nature of the engine. handling wise, maybe i still need to get used to the handling cos when i turn in roundabout, the car seem to oversteer and i had to make adjustment. not sure how it would be like if i was driving the manual one. due to its weight, the car is really harder to stop. not so sure about the engine brake cos was driving the auto version. cant comment anything about the gear ratio and also the acceleration.

overall, i had a fun time driving all the cars. hope to have more chance driving again.