India is going to be an economic powerhouse, just like China. With 1.1 billion people, that’s a lot of potential customers for your goods. Suzuki knew this, which is why they pushed hard in India. Suzuki is the undisputed market leader in India....
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found 6 days ago by John Neff on
Autoblog
Unlike Hyundai, Suzuki isn't featuring any lesbians in its marketing campaign for the all-new Kizashi. Nope, Suzuki is instead relying on another proven technique for attention keeping: Killer snowmen. Actually, Suzuki already has a rather large...
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A European version of the Suzuki Kizashi saloon is currently being showcased at the Geneva Motor Show. Suzuki says however that this model is for the Swiss market only and there are no plans to sell it in the UK. The Japanese manufacturer intends to...
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Subaru crushed it again this month [via PRNewswire], with the Outback and Forester both breaking 6,000 units of sale and overall sales up 38 percent. Suzuki, not so much [full release here]. Despite a recently-launched (and relatively well-received)...
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Even when Suzuki stopped to roll out its TL1000R bike seven years ago, it still has a cult following, particularly in Europe. So, it’s no surprise to any one of us, who knows and love TL1000R, when a Dutchman, Mathijn Nelis, set out to create...
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found 15 days ago by Michael Harley on
Autoblog
Lexus and Hummer took top honors in their respective categories in the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Consumer Service Index (CSI) Study. Released this time each year, the CSI rankings (based on a 1,000-point scale) measure satisfaction among...
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found 16 days ago by Sam Smith on
Jalopnik
Go ahead: Search for "Asif Hussain Shah." Can't resist, can you? His plan is working, but that's nothing — wait 'til you see the interior. We're stone sober, and it freaked us the hell out. This is Asif Hussain Shah, and this is his Suzuki taxi....
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Suzuki Motor Corp’s domestic car sales recently passed the 20 million unit milestone. This was spurred by strong performance in the small vehicle segment – Suzuki sold a total of 624,723 units in Japan last year to claim a 32.7% market share in...
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Suzuki knows that its new Kizashi midsize sedan will have a tough time competing with bigger rivals in the segment – with hopes to avoid that, Suzuki will steer half of this year’s $30 million marketing budget for the new sedan to U.S....
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found 23 days ago by Jonathon Ramsey on
Autoblog
Nissan got turned out of the Chrysler house after Fiat bought the Pentastar, which ended Nissan's hopes for a jointly developed replacement for the Nissan Titan. while it's busy doing the O Solo Mio routine on the coming 2014 Titan, another...
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BusinessWeek reports that Nissan could be up a certain creek without a certain instrument. In Europe, Nissan competes in the low cost, city car segment (just below cars like the Toyota Yaris and Honda Jazz) by selling a rebadged Suzuki Alto which...
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As these Japanese carmakers are experiencing higher demand and have been successful at cutting costs, Suzuki Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. both raised their annual profit forecasts. Automakers all around the globe have cut fixed costs and...
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Suzuki Motor Corp. is eager to take a stake in Volkswagen AG soon but since its floating shares are limited, the European automaker looks for shareholders willing to sell to Suzuki, according to Osamu Suzuki, the chairman and CEO of the Japanese...
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Suzuki will serve us a treat at the Geneva Motor Show in March as it reveals its European version of the Kizashi saloon. For now, the car will be limited to the Swiss market as there are still no plans to release it in the UK. In the meantime,...
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My name is Scott Grunsky and this is a brief history of my Suzuki 1991 Suzuki Alto Works RS-X that I imported from Japan a few years ago. When I first set out on this endeavor I had desperately wanted a similar age Suzuki Cappucino to build in to a...
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In response to former President Bill Clinton's urgent request for 100 pickup trucks "yesterday" to help with earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, the National Automobile Dealers Association is calling on dealers around the U.S. to answer this...
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This year’s Geneva Motor Show will see the Kizashi saloon on show. The model is already on sale in the American market, where it will soon be available for European customers. The new Kizashi will rival the Ford Mondeo, Citroen C5, Toyota Avensis,...
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Suzuki’s new Kizashi has undergone NHTSA testing at where the car received a 5-star rating for both the frontal and side-impact tests. “The all-new Kizashi includes a class-leading list of standard safety equipment, including class-exclusive...
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Suzuki announced that its new 2010 Suzuki Kizashi, the company’s first entry into the all-wheel-drive sedan segment, earned the highest possible rating by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) New Car Assessment Program...
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At this year's International Motor Show in Geneva in the beginning of March, Suzuki will unveil the European market version of its new Kizashi saloon that's already on sale in North America and Japan. In Europe, Suzuki's mid-size sedan will play in...
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It’s obvious that Suzuki isn’t surviving the global downturn on US sales. Stateside, the Japanese automaker’s sales fell over 50 percent last year, with only 38,695 vehicles sold. Globally, Suzuki sold 908,302 units, meaning fewer than one out...
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found about 1 month ago by Arman on
Motorward
With the new 2010 Kizashi Sedan, Suzuki done a brilliant job in making an affordable yet very well-equipped and, as it turns out, very safe family car. IT has recently achieve five-star safety rating form U.S. Department of Transportation’s...
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found about 1 month ago by Arman on
Motorward
Suzuki Sx4 has always been a good car because it’s actually two good things in one! With this car you get the convenience of a hatchback with practicality and some capabilities of a crossover vehicle. Now for the new year, the company has...
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Suzuki’s updated SX4 Hatchback has entered the UK market with a front-wheel-drive petrol powertrain. The 4×4 petrol and diesel models will arrive in April. Suzuki’s crossover model will have five doors and it will boast a few minor interior and...
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After deciding to end development projects with General Motors Co. for hybrid and fuel-cell technologies in February, Suzuki Motor Corp. said that it would reconsider ties with PSA/Peugeot-Citroen and Renault SA. Suzuki had recently entered an...
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As part of an operational review following Suzuki’s alliance with Volkswagen AG, Suzuki will end joint development projects with General Motors Co. for hybrid and fuel-cell technologies. Last month, a comprehensive tie-up was entered between...
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Volkswagen is currently Suzuki’s biggest shareholder as they hold a 20% stake in the company, where the German automaker is now looking to their own individual share holders that might be willing to sell a few of their ties to the Suzuki brand....
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Osamu Suzuki said today he would probably refuse advances by Volkswagen if they would want to get deeper in bed with their new Japanese bride. “When Suzuki becomes a bigger and more successful company, Volkswagen will probably want to buy more of...
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You saw it on New Year’s Eve or shortly thereafter. Suzuki racer and star of MTV’s Nitro Circus hit a record-smashing, 269-foot jump over Long Beach Harbor in his Suzuki WRX STI. If you, like the rest of us, were left wondering how Pastrana got...
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Suzuki's mildly updated SX4 hatchback (also sold in Europe with the Fiat Sedici badge) has made its way into the UK with the front-wheel drive petrol models on sale now and the 4x4 petrol and diesel versions to follow in April. The five-door...
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