38 Facts About Suzuki

Suzuki Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, Japan.

In 2016, Suzuki was the eleventh biggest automaker by production worldwide.

Suzuki has over 45,000 employees and has 35 production facilities in 23 countries, and 133 distributors in 192 countries.

In 1909, Michio Suzuki founded the Suzuki Loom Works in the small seacoast village of Hamamatsu, Japan.

Business boomed as Suzuki built weaving looms for Japan's giant silk industry.

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In 1929, Michio Suzuki invented a new type of weaving machine, which was exported overseas.

Suzuki's fortunes brightened as orders began to increase from domestic textile manufacturers.

Michio Suzuki was intent on making better, more user-friendly looms and, for 30 years his focus was on the development of these machines.

Today Suzuki is among the world's largest automakers, and a major brand name in important markets, including Japan and India, but no longer sells cars in North America.

Maruti Suzuki produced 1,133,695 units between 1 April 2011 and 30 March 2012.

Suzuki was incorporated in 1981 and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India.

Maruti Suzuki was born as a Government of India-led company named Maruti Udyog Limited, with Suzuki as a minor partner, to make lower priced cars for middle class Indians.

Suzuki went on to launch another compact car Maruti Wagon-R followed by Maruti Baleno in 1999.

Maruti Suzuki unveiled the Vitara Brezza in the Indian Auto Expo 2016 as a contender in the subcompact SUV segment.

Suzuki announced in November 2012 that it would stop selling cars in the United States.

In 1989, American Suzuki introduced the Swift which was the 2nd generation Suzuki Cultus.

Negative evaluations from Consumer Reports of the Suzuki Samurai led to some temporary setbacks at American Suzuki as annual sales in the following years dropped to below 20,000 units.

Worldwide Suzuki production reached more than 975,000 cars this year.

In 2004, General Motors and Suzuki jointly purchased the bankrupt Daewoo Motors renaming the venture GMDAT.

Suzuki redesigned the Grand Vitara in 2006 as well as introduced the all-new SX4 and XL7 in 2007.

The Suzuki SX4 is produced as a joint venture with Fiat and the XL7 was produced as a joint venture with GM at CAMI Automotive Inc in Ingersoll.

Suzuki put XL7 production on indefinite hiatus in mid-2009 due to low demand and subsequently sold off its share of CAMI back to GM later that year.

Suzuki did not import any 2010 model year street motorcycles into the US, with dealers instead relying on unsold stock from the 2009 model year.

In November 2012, Suzuki announced that its US division would file for bankruptcy and would stop selling automobiles in the United States.

In 2013, Suzuki Canada announced that it would follow the US division and stop selling automobiles in Canada after the 2014 model year.

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PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor is a joint venture between Suzuki Motor Corporation and the Indomobil Group.

Suzuki is located in Jakarta, Indonesia and specialized in manufacturing Suzuki vehicles for the local market.

Suzuki has done its first activities on the Indonesian market in 1970 about its import firm PT.

In 2013, Suzuki opened another plant in Cikarang with a total investment of $1 billion.

Suzuki has a manufacturing plant at Gurgaon, Haryana having the annual capacity of 5,40,000 units.

Suzuki started manufacturing motorcycles in 1952, the first models being motorized bicycles.

Suzuki hired Degner, and he won the 50 cc class FIM road racing World Championship for them in the 1962 season.

In 1976 Suzuki introduced its first motorcycles since the Colleda COX of the 1950s with four-stroke engines, the GS400 and GS750.

In 1994, Suzuki partnered with Nanjing Jincheng Machinery to create a Chinese motorcycle manufacturer and exporter called Jincheng Suzuki.

Suzuki continued to compete in MotoGP and last won the title in the 2000 season.

On 18 November 2011, Suzuki announced that the GP racing was suspended, partly due to natural disasters and recession, until 2014.

Suzuki have taken the runner up spot in the various race categories 100 times and a total 92 third places.

Suzuki is a major sponsor of luge, biathlon, and cross-country skiing sporting events.