SWIFT LAUNCHES ITS MOST STYLISH MODEL YET
It’ s much like going to watch a favourite movie all over again
OCTOBER 2017 | The Canberra Reporter | 7
Edited by ARNALDO DE LEON
MOTORING
ABOVE, exterior of the 2017 Suzuki Swift. BELOW, front interior with steering wheel and dashboard.
The partner of your dreams
SWIFT LAUNCHES ITS MOST STYLISH MODEL YET
FROM a hot-hatch burning with rally heritage to one of the most stylish car Suzuki has ever launched comes the 2017 Suzuki Swift. I still remember back in 2004, the year when this subcompact jumped from a low-priced alternative to a sporty hatch. Its design wowed the car industry back then; now it’ s back with all-new set-up from chassis to engine. It comes with a CVT 66kW 1.2 litre naturally aspirated four-banger or the beast 6-speed Automatic 82kW 1.0 Boosterjet turbocharged three-cylinder engine mounted on Suzuki’ s new Heartect chassis, keeping overall weight low for better handling. Six airbags and electronic stability control with ABS, EBD and BA for the braking system gives the Swift a much deserved 5-star rating for the GL Navigator class onwards. Daytime running lights and privacy glass adds the much-needed class on this segment.
It’ s much like going to watch a favourite movie all over again
It has a 7-inch, multi-touch display unit for your entertainment needs, hands-free phone and satellite navigation system for those long interstate trips. Some may say that these features are common for highspec subcompacts nowadays, especially on the $ 16,990 range. Packaged in a Swift, the car makes it all exciting again. One imagines going to watch your favourite movie again, climbing your best mountain or plainly drinking a cuppa on your small-town café. Only this time with the partner of your dreams. •
ENTERTAINMENT
Celebrating the children
Catherine Tiatco and Sharlene Gamo, of Fil-Oz Liverpool, performing at the children’ s festival at Paul KedatingPark, Bankstown.
MORE than a thousand children and their families flocked to Paul Keating Park in Bankstown on Sunday, September 17, 2017 for the annual Multicultural Children’ s Festival.
Children of different backgrounds performed traditional dances and songs along with modern hip-hop and jazz numbers in both community-specific groups and in mixed background groups. They engaged in kite-making, face-painting. and a host of other fun activities. The spectacular children’ s parade displayed costumes of many traditions including Aboriginal, Arabic, Russian, Filipino, Bosnian, Indonesian, Macedonian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, Nepalese and Scottish traditions.
Some came in their Scouts uniforms. Children of many different backgrounds featured in the list of winners of the poster competition on the theme‘ Water is Life’ run in conjunction with the festival. It was the 19th festival organised by Thuat Nguyen who announced at the official opening:“ This is a fun day for families because it is a wonderful time to share different cultural experiences, to be together and to have fun in harmony.” Mr Thuat, founder and president of the Children’ s Festival organisation, thanked Canterbury Bankstown Council, Multicultural NSW, and many local sponsors who made the festival a big success. •