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ESCUDO
(Export name: GRAND VITARA)
4 ●SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
GRAND ESCUDO
(Export name: GRAND VITARA XL-7)
AUTOMOBILES
The Japanese Market
Suzuki's performance in the Japanese domestic market
Total domestic sales of automobiles in the fiscal year 2000 (from April 2000 through March 2001) by all makers numbered
5,980,294 units, 102% of the previous year and surpassing the previous year for the 2nd consecutive year from the fiscal year 1999.
The mini vehicle market -- although falling short of the previous year when sales surpassed all previous years -- marked the third
largest number of total units sold in a single fiscal year, indicating that the market remains strong. This, together with the fact that the
number of registered units (automobiles excluding mini vehicles) exceeded that of the previous year for the first time in four years
since the fiscal year 1996, resulted in the growth of the total domestic automobile sales.
Suzuki's total domestic automobile sales totalled 616,304 units, 99% of the previous year. Suzuki's domestic market share in the
fiscal year 2000 again exceeded 10%, just as in the last fiscal year. Among the eleven domestic auto manufacturers, Suzuki stood at
4th place in domestic market share, unchanged from the previous year.
Suzuki's sales status
(1) The vigorous strength of the mini vehicle market, which continued ever since their regulatory standards were revised in 1998, is
showing signs of stabilizing. Under such circumstances, Suzuki sold 569,804 units (97% of the previous year) -- the second largest
figure following the record figure for mini vehicle sales that Suzuki set in the previous year. As a result, Suzuki once again in the
fiscal year 2000, marked the largest market share in mini vehicles -- a position Suzuki has maintained for 28 consecutive years.
(2) Suzuki's small and subcompact vehicle sales were 46,500 units, 116% of the previous year -- successful introduction of new
models led the figure to exceed that of the year before, for the first time in three years.
Individual model topics
WAGON R+ (manufactured at Magyar
Suzuki Corp. in Hungary)
AERIO (Export name: LIANA) SWIFT (Export name: IGNIS)
(1) Sales of Wagon R reached 243,755 units -- the largest figure since its
introduction -- making it once again the only mini vehicle to surpass the
200,000 mark and the top seller among all mini vehicles for the 6th
consecutive year. (*In April 2001, Wagon R marked total domestic sales
of 1,500,000 units in only seven years and eight months since it was
introduced to the market.)
(2) The Jimny, the first full-fledged 4-wheel-drive mini vehicle, marked
aggregate domestic sales of 500,000 units in 2000, the 30th anniversary of
its introduction to the market.
(3) The Carry Truck in 2000 once
again became the best-selling model in
the mini-truck segment, making it the
top seller for 30 consecutive years.
(4) In addition, in the fiscal year 2000,
Suzuki strengthened sales of small and
subcompact vehicles by newly
introducing Wagon R Solio 1.3, Grand
Escudo and Aerio to our product lineup.