Posts Tagged ‘Suzuki’
Myvi Extreme 1.5 vs Saga 1.6 FLX vs Swift GX
WHEN it comes to model changes Perodua seems to have adopted the strategy of glacial progress. Today’s new Myvi is nearly exactly the same as the old Myvi underneath its body, save for a few mechanical improvements to increase space and decrease fuel consumption. Only when the new Myvi got the 1.5-litre engine did it [...]
Next Generation Suzuki Alto To Be Built In Thailand
Presently, the Suzuki Alto is imported in CBU form from India. According a report by the Bangkok Post, Suzuki Motor Thailand is planning produce the next generation model of Suzuki’s entry level Alto at its new THB 8 billion plant in Rayong. Suzuki currently manufacture the Swift 1.25 Eco-car in Thailand. But with a starting [...]
Suzuki Ertiga Launched in India, Indonesia Soon
Three months after its preview at the Delhi Motor Show in January, Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car maker finally launched the much hyped Suzuki Ertiga. The Ertiga will lock horns with the Toyota Innova and Mahindra Xylo, the two dominant MPV models in the Indian market. The Avanza is not sold in India. Both the [...]
Suzuki Kizashi 2.4 Sport – The Kizashi Cometh
When we heard that Suzuki, the purveyor of excellent small cars, was releasing its first big D-segment car (ignoring the rebadged-Daewoo Verona), we were a little sceptical. It is like moviemakers making a full length movie out of your favourite 30-minute television show. Surely it would be bigger, better and more content packed, but there [...]
Suzuki Kizashi Launched in Malaysia
The Kizashi is Suzuki’s first entry into the mid-size sedan segment. Straddling between the C/D segment, the Kizashi is in a tricky no-man’s land. At 4,650 mm long with a 2,700 mm wheelbase, it is between the size of a Toyota Corolla Altis and a Toyota Camry. The Kizashi is only available with a 2.4-litre [...]
VW Loses GTI Lawsuit Against Suzuki
Car makers can sometimes take their nameplates a bit too seriously. Last year, Ford became an Internet joke when it sued Ferrari for naming their F1 car F150, arguing that the name is too similar to its F-150 pick-up truck. Ford thought a bit too highly of its truck and actually associated it with a [...]
New Suzuki Swift Joins Thai Eco-Car
Less than a day after Mitsubishi announced its Mirage eco-car, Suzuki Motor Thailand announced its entry to the Thai eco-car segment yesterday. The new generation Swift, now modified with a smaller capacity 1.25-litre petrol engine to qualify for eco-car tax rebates, will spearhead Suzuki’s entry into the hotly contested eco-car segment, currently dominated by the [...]
Man wins Grand Vitara in MPH contest
“The Lord of the Fly – An Autobiography”, a fictional story of a zipper tycoon revealing his private stories of living life in the fast lane won Lee Hor San the grand prize of a Suzuki Grand Vitara in the Read & Reap contest. The contest, which was organised and held in conjunction with the [...]
Suzuki To Build Eco-Car in Thailand
Eco-cars, despite its generic sounding name, refers to a specific vehicle taxation class when read in the Thai automotive industry context. Coming under the purview of the Thai Board of Investment (BoI), the objective of Eco-cars initiative is to move Thailand’s automotive industry up the value chain and to diversify from its existing truck focused [...]
Suzuki Acquires Site For New Indonesian Plant, New MPV By 2012
PT. Suzuki Indomobil Motor (SIM), the distributor of Suzuki vehicles in Indonesia has acquired a 1.3 million square meter area site for its new engine manufacturing plant. Located in the east of Jakarta, the site was acquired for approximately 10 billion Japanese Yen. The engine plant is scheduled to manufacture engine parts by forging, casting, [...]
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