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and other products.
Automobiles
* Suzuki automobiles on display at New York Motor Show, Frankfurt Motor
Show, Geneva Motor Show and other exhibitions included various reference
vehicles, along with newly introduced models including the Liana Sedan
(Aerio Sedan in Japan) and Alto (produced at Maruti Udyog in India).
Motorcycles
* Suzuki Motor R&D Asia Co., Ltd., a new company for creating plans and
designs for motorcycles, purchasing their parts, and conducting cost
management operations, was established in Thailand on September 2001 for
the purpose of strengthening the product appeal of our motorcycles for
ASEAN nations and promoting cost reduction.
* Suzuki Manufacturing of America Corporation (SMAC), the All Terrain
Vehicle (ATV) production plant we have been building in the state of
Georgia, U.S.A., has started operation on May 2002.
Marine Products
* Suzuki reached basic agreement on November 2001 for OEM supply of 4-
stroke outboard motors (6 models: 9.9 ps, 15 ps, 40 ps, 50 ps, 60 ps and 70
ps) to Bombardier Motor Corporation of America. This is aimed at further
heightening the strength of Suzuki's outboard motor business for the long
run, and expanding production in a manner by which we could reduce costs
and speed up development of new models.
Motorsports Topics
Suzuki participates in numerous motorcycle and automobile races that
fascinate motorsports fans worldwide, and has won a great number of titles.
We also make sure that the technological know-how gained from racing
activities are fed back to our development work to help us create better
products.
Automobiles
Suzuki's racing automobiles have competed in various motorsport events
around the world. Grand Vitara (Escudo) and Liana (Aerio) racing machines
were entered in hill climb events in New Zealand and U.S.A. and have
finished in high positions. Suzuki has also participated in the Asia-Pacific
Rally Championship (events in Australia, Malaysia and China) with the Ignis
Ignis Super 1600 tackles Junior WRC
Iwata Plant passes eight million mark
Super 1600, which demonstrated its high competitiveness by taking a class win at the China Rally.
As announced in our 2002 motorsports participation plan we released on December 2001, we are supporting racing teams in Japan, Germany and
Finland participating in the FIA Junior World Rally Championship (WRC) with the Ignis Super 1600.
We have continued to hold one-make races in Japan, such as "Suzuki Kei Sport Cup," "Formula Suzuki Kei Sport Series" and "Formula Suzuki
Hayabusa Series".
Motorcycles
Suzuki motorcycles once again in 2001 had numerous racing successes. In the 2001 Moto GP Championship, Team Telefonica MoviStar
Suzuki's Sete Gibernau finished the season in 9th place, and Kenny Roberts Jr. in 11th place. In the World Motocross Championship 250cc class,
Mickael Pichon on his RM250 won the consecutive world champion, while in Japan, Akira Ryo became the series champion in the All-Japan
Championship Road Racing.
Environment Topics
Suzuki is making efforts to reduce environmental impact in each stage of the product life cycle from their development, production, distribution
to their disposal. Alongside the design and development of our products, Suzuki has been developing multi-faceted, highly advanced and
environmentally attentive technologies, to respond to increased demands for environmental protection in areas such as "reduction of emission
gases," "improvement of fuel efficiency," "noise reduction," "reduction in the amount of resources consumed" and "recycling-friendly designs."
In the areas of production and purchasing, as well as in the field of distribution of our products, our efforts include "reduced energy consumption
(reduction of CO
2
)," "reduction of waste (recycling)" and "management of chemical substances." In working with the market in general, we are
making efforts, including disseminating information, for proper disposal of used products and components. By pursuing such policies actively, we
make sure we do our part for the protection of the environment.
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
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