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New Special Edition Suzuki Swift SZ-L Launched in the UK

Friday, February 1, 2013


After premiering alongside the new Swift Sport SZ-R at last month's Autosport International, Suzuki's tamer Special Edition Swift SZ-L is now available for sale in the UK on the brand's recently extended VAT free promotion until the 31st of March, with prices set at £10,599 for three door model and £11,016 for five door variant. Read more »

Suzuki Shows New Limited Edition Swift Sport SZ-R Ahead of Autosport International

Wednesday, January 9, 2013


Suzuki will be attending the first major motoring event of the year in Britain, the 2013 Autosport International that opens tomorrow at the Birmingham's NEC for the press and from January 12 through 13 for the public, where it will unveil several new special edition automobiles and motorcycles.

Today, we learned about two of them, the new limited production Swift Sport SZ-R with a 1.6-liter petrol unit and the Swift SZ-L powered by a 1.2-liter petrol engine.

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Suzuki Treats German Customers with New Special Edition Swift X-TRA

Tuesday, January 8, 2013


With nothing new coming from the model front, Suzuki is trying to lure German customers into its showrooms with a special edition version of its best-seller, the Swift X-TRA. Read more »

Suzuki Puts the Spotlight on its Wagon R Series with Two Concepts for the Tokyo Auto Salon

Friday, December 28, 2012


The troubled automotive division of Suzuki Motor Corp. will be heading to the Tokyo Auto Salon 2013 next month with an assortment of its latest production cars and two concept models.

For the tuning enthusiasts, the Japanese brand has prepared two studies based on the regular Wagon R and its more aggressively styled sibling, the Wagon R Stingray.

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Too Little, Too Late: Suzuki to Import 2,500 Cars from Japan to Meet Increased Demand in the U.S.

Friday, December 21, 2012


In November, Suzuki's automotive division in announced that it would be shutting down its operations in the United States. On Thursday, December 20, American Suzuki Motor Corp successfully filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, in Santa Ana, California, winning permission to close its automotive operations, while re-organizing its motorcycle and boat businesses.

But that's not all that went down in the court as U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Scott Clarkson also approved Suzuki's request to borrow $50 million to import extra cars from Japan. Confused? Well, allow us to explain.

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Suzuki Unwraps Refreshed Grand Vitara for the UK Market

Friday, December 7, 2012


Suzuki may have pulled the plug on its automotive operations in America, but in Europe, it's still alive (well, at least for now), thank you very much.

Following the release of the updated 2013 Jimny last month, Suzuki has now given a mild facelift to its aging Grand Vitara that goes on sale in the United Kingdom this month as a 2013 model with prices starting from £15,995 for SZ3 1.6 litre 3 door version.

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Suzuki Puts a New Face on the 2013 Jimny, Releases Prices for the UK

Tuesday, November 13, 2012


Shortly after introducing the modestly revised for the 2013 model year Jimny, Suzuki is now offering its updated compact 4x4 model in the United Kingdom, with prices remaining unchanged over the previous version.

Exterior styling revisions are limited to a new front bumper and grille design with five slots, together with a new bonnet shape that houses a central air scoop. The redesign of the front bumper has led to a slight increase in overall length of 30mm to 3,675mm (144.7 inches). There's also a new, optional available, Breeze Blue metallic color.

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Suzuki Shutting Down its Spanish Motorcycle Production Operations As Well

Wednesday, November 7, 2012


Just the other day, Suzuki Motor Corporation filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the USA and announced that it is abandoning the car market in the country, while continuing to sell its motorcycles and ATVs.

Now we learn that the Japanese company is terminating all of its Spanish-based motorcycle production activities by the end of the first quarter of 2013. Not the best news for a country that is in a deepening recession with an unemployment rate of 25 per cent at the end of September.

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Suzuki Pulling Out of the American Car Market, will Focus on Motorcycles and Marine Divisions

Monday, November 5, 2012


We knew that Suzuki's automotive division was having problems in the United States, but we never imagined that the Japanese carmaker would go as far as to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and completely exit the automobile market in the country (this decision does not affect its global automotive operations).

American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC), which is the exclusive distributor in the continental United States of Suzuki Motor Corporation automobiles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and marine outboard engines, made the announcement on Monday night, citing several reasons:

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Is Fiat Flirting with Suzuki as a Response to the VW Group Wanting to Buy Alfa Romeo?

Thursday, October 11, 2012


VW’s Chairman Ferdinand Piech and Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, two of the European automotive industry’s most prominent executives, have presumably read Sun Tzu’s Art of War and are aware of this excerpt:

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”

The two groups are currently involved, if not in war, then certainly in a peculiar game of strategy and tactics – and there is no way of knowing who will come up trumps.

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Suzuki to Bring New Pocket-Rocket Swift Sport Concept to the Sydney Motor Show


Even though Suzuki has already presented a spicy concept of the Swift Sport at the 2011 Geneva Salon, as well as the toned-down, final production model powered by a 1.6-liter petrol engine delivering 134hp (100kW / 136PS), the Japanese marque has prepared another study for the 2012 Australian International Motor Show in Sydney next week (October 19 to 28).

Suzuki tells us that the Swift Sport is a one-off concept designed by the brand's chief engineer Naoyuki Takeuchi.

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Suzuki Subtly Refreshes European Market Jimny 4x4

Thursday, October 4, 2012


Some 13 years since its market launch, the third generation of Suzuki' highly capable off the road but no so much on the road, Jimny 4x4, is clearly getting a little long in the proverbial tooth, but there's no replacement in sight.

Instead, the Japanese carmaker is trying to keep new customers interested in the small off-roader by applying mild upgrades from time to time.

The latest refresh concerns the European market model that receives some subtle cosmetic revisions highlighted by the new hood with a functional air intake, a newly design five-slot front grille and a re-sculptured front bumper.

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Suzuki Affords us a Peek Into its Future with New S-Cross Concept, Enters Production in 2013

Friday, September 28, 2012


The Suzuki stand at the Paris Salon showcased a new concept vehicle named the S-Cross, and mind you, this isn't just another one of those show-grabbers as it hints at a production model that will go on sale sooner than you think.

"The new crossover will be the first in an ambitious programme of annual European model launches, which Suzuki will be starting in 2013," the Japanese carmaker said in a statement.

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Suzuki S-CROSS Concept Comes Under the Spotlight

Wednesday, September 26, 2012


Here's our first clear look at the new Suzuki S-CROSS Concept that will be heading to the 2012 Paris Motor Show on Thursday for its world premiere.

The S-CROSS is a compact (C-segment) crossover model and it gives us an idea of what Suzuki's plans are for a replacement of the current SX4 that is manufactured together with the Fiat Sedici in Hungary.

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Volkswagen Abandons Appeal Against Suzuki and the Use of the GTi Moniker

Tuesday, September 25, 2012


The Volkswagen Group has put to rest an appeal of a court ruling in a brand infringement case against Suzuki regarding its use of the GTi nameplate on the sportiest version of the Swift hatchback – not because it wanted to, but evidently, because it had no chance of winning the case.

The dispute began back in 2004 when the German automaker challenged an application granted to Suzuki to use the GTi moniker and took the Japanese brand to court.

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Suzuki Drops Another Dark Teaser of S-CROSS Concept

Monday, September 17, 2012


The highlight of Suzuki's presence at the Paris Motor Show that runs from September 27 (for the public from September 29) to 14 October will be the S-CROSS concept.

In addition to a shadowy image of the study's front end and a more revealing sketch released by the Japanese carmaker back in August, Suzuki has now dropped a third teaser photo that gives us a look at the crossover model's…very SEAT-like… rear end.

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Fresh Spy Shots of Suzuki's New SX4 Crossover Replacement

Tuesday, September 4, 2012


While Suzuki has already prepared us for the world premiere of a new concept model called the S-Cross at the Paris Motor Show on September 27, behind the scenes, the company's engineers are hard at work finishing the development of the actual production version that may replace the current SX-4. Read more »

Suzuki Debuts European Market 2013 Grand Vitara at the Moscow Auto Salon

Thursday, August 30, 2012


The launch of the lightly refreshed 2013 Grand Vitara (as the Escudo) in Suzuki's home market of Japan earlier this summer has been followed up by the reveal of the European specification model at this week's Moscow International Automobile Salon.

The update brings some cosmetic tweaks on the outside and new design features on the inside to keep customers interested in the compact SUV that has started to show its age as the current model has been in production since 2005.

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Suzuki Previews New S-Cross Compact Crossover Concept Ahead of Paris Motor Show Debut

Friday, August 10, 2012


The 2012 edition of the Paris Motor Show in September will host the world premiere of a new concept model from Suzuki named S-Cross, which previews an upcoming production model in the compact crossover segment.

The Japanese automaker released a teaser sketch and a cropped image of the S-Cross that appears to be a thinly disguised concept of the prototype Suzuki we spied in the middle of July and which we rightly noted at the time was a larger model than the current, sub-compact SX-4.

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Suzuki Previews New Wagon R Mini ENE-Charge with a Mild-Hybrid System

Thursday, August 9, 2012


As part of a presentation today in Japan, Suzuki previewed its new Wagon R tall mini that will benefit from the addition of a new mild-hybrid system named "ENE-CHARGE" (short for 'energy charge') and an energy-saving electric air conditioning system dubbed "ECO-COOL"

The Wagon R with ENE-CHARGE and ECO-COOL is scheduled to go on sale in Japan this September.

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