Festiva vs Metro

[anomoly40]

But Veilside makes body kits for the metro/swift. They're not a small time tuning company.

[xanthinic12]

well theres no geometro.com
go festiva!

[anomoly40]

www.SSgti.net and www.teamswift.net/index.php

But we're way cooler.

[BlueBooger]

well theres no geometro.com
go festiva!

hahahaha :lol: :lol: I think i pee'd alittle. Good point!

Festiva's are just so great in the fact of the amount of room that little car has. One of my friends said it had more room in the back then his moms Mini Cooper.

In my opinion my festiva is the Mini Cooper i always wanted... and i'm not talking about the new ones. I have always wanted an Original Cooper S, or Works.

Who's with me on that one?

[Axlander9289]

I'm with you. I've called my Festivas the poor man's Mini from the beginning.

[muffin_man]

I found my way here because I'm a Miata owner, and I know that you can swap the BP engine into a Festiva. I was thinking it would be fun to own a BP powered hatch. (and since a GTX isn't jumping into my lap...)

I've owned a 1990 Swift GT and a 1988 Chevy Sprint Turbo - and let me tell you, no non-swapped Festiva holds a candle to these cars (performance wise). The top engine swap for the Swifts is to put the DOHC 1.3 head on a samurai/sidekick 1.6 block. There's the convertibles, and the Metro XFI getting 53/58 mpg. So I'm going to give the edge to Suzuki on this battle. That said - Festivas are very cool cars and the bodykits on Festiva Motorsports are awesome. I will be doing the 1.8 big block swap into a Festiva sooner or later...

Comparing the sport version of the suzuki to the base festiva is like comparing apples to oranges. Comparing the base festiva to the base suzuki is more accurate. The suzuki doesn't even come close. The stock festiva will run 113 mph! 52 mpg is the best I've heard from a festiva so the festiva is still the champ in my book. I'd rather have tolerable performance and 45 mpg than scary performance and 55 mpg. And hey, welcome to the board!

Thanks! Been lurking a long time now.

Plenty of Swift owners pull over 50mpg (even with the turbo, but not the GT), so call it a toss up. I have no idea what the top speed of a 1.0 or SOHC 1.3 Swift is - I can tell you that I definitely never went that fast.

[BlueBooger]

So what is the performance of the swift turbo/gt's? I cant really think of what a swift looks like to be honest. are they rare?

oh also, justy's are AWD right?

[Axlander9289]

A Swift looks just like a Metro IIRC. It's the car the Metro was based on. Some Justys were AWD. I believe those came with a four cylinder engine. The others were FWD and had a three cylinder engine.

Edit: Just found a cool Justy site: www.dustysjustys.com

[elcamino1]

No contest Festiva all the way.

[BlueBooger]

So i've always had a dream of make'n a small little rally car... the justy might work? awd, 4 banger...

[silver '88]

I had a 93 metro 2 dr 5spd before i bought my 88 festi and even though the metro got better mileage it feels a lot cheaper than the festi does. Rust was also a huge factor in the metro and cause its demise. The lower control arm separated from the unibody as i was driving it to a buddys house luckily it was at low speed and i managed to limp it to his driveway. My festi may be runnin funny right now but i still like it a lot more than my old metro.

[neanderpaul]

I owned a metro for a short while. It was ok. I just picked it up to turn it. The festiva however, is a legend.

[muffin_man]

How about the twincam Cuiltus AWD? They have a version of the Suzuki Swift, Geo Metro, Holden Barina, Chevy Sprint, Pontiac Firefly, and Suzuki Cultus for everyone!

All this said - I have yet to drive a Festiva, hopefully not for long.

[quaddawg]

I love my Festys, but to be honest, I love the Zukis too.. a Metro IS a Swift, like a Festy IS a Pride/121.

I would love to have a kick butt Swift GTi

I would also love to have a swapped late model Swift/Metro

I owned a 1996 Metro 4 banger, and I wish I had never sold it.. pretty little car, nearly as much room as my beloved Festys..


Still, in my book, Sit a Stock Festy, next to a Stock 3 cyl Metro and I will take the Festy every time... it's just that way... LOL. My 96 Metro handled quite a bit better than any of my stock Festys ever did.. The 95 (I think) and up Swift/Metros had a much sleeker look than the Metros before that.

[neanderpaul]

^ Yeah I like the 2nd gen metro body style a lot better than the first.