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Marine Products
The number of units of outboard motors exported in the fiscal year
2001 (from April 2001 through March 2002) -- combining CBU and
KD units for Thai Suzuki Motor -- reached 103% of the previous year.
In terms of sales, we were able to achieve 131% of the previous year,
due to favorable sales of the 2002 new model DF140, the production of
which started from October 2001, and other big 4-stroke outboard
motors such as the DF90 and DF115. With the increase in shipment of
big 4-stroke outboard motors and with the start of OEM supply of 4-
stroke models to Bombardier Motor Corporation from December 2001,
we have been able to steer more of our outboard motor export business
to bigger 4-stroke models.
The aforementioned DF140, which is the most powerful (103.0 kW,
140 ps) model in Suzuki's 4-stroke outboard motor lineup, has won very
high acclaim and was a winner of the "Editors' Choice Awards 2002"
from the American magazine "Motor Boating," following the winning
of the same award last year by DF90 and DF115.
Thai Suzuki Motor, which assembles small 2-stroke outboard motors
since September 1999, started the assembly of small 4-stroke outboard
motors, 2002 new models DF4 and DF5, in October 2001. Suzuki's 4-
stroke outboard motor lineup is now greatly enhanced, with models
ranging from the DF4 (2.9 kW, 4ps) to the DF140 (103.0 kW, 140ps).
Power Products
The number of Suzuki power products shipped overseas in the fiscal
year 2001 (from April 2001 through March 2002) dropped to 60% of
the previous year for generators and to 78% of the previous year for
general purpose engines and other products. On the other hand, our
supply of snowmobile engines to Arctic Cat Inc. grew to 107% of the
previous year in terms of the number of units and to 123% of the
previous year in terms of sales, the latter due to the larger size of the
engines supplied.
MARINE AND POWER PRODUCTS
Suzuki outboard motors provide power for a wide
range of boats
Generator SV7500E powered with V420
4-stroke OHV engine
DF140
DF4
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
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