Suzuki 2014 Annual Report Download - page 16

14 SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
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Donation for Construction of Sea Wall in Hamamatsu City
Suzuki announced plans to help Hamamatsu City fund the construction
of an anti-tsunami sea wall. The Hamamatsu Chamber of Commerce and
Industry made an appeal for ve billion yen. Suzuki is contributing 500 mil-
lion yen over ve years.
Launch of the Feminine Alto Lapin Chocolat
Suzuki launched the Alto Lapin Chocolat—a minicar designed specially for
young women. The Alto Lapin Chocolat has cute styling, jewellery-inspired
design details, and candy colouring. Plus, it
has ultraviolet- and infrared-cutting glass
whose functional benets reect consider-
ation of female users. In December 2013,
the car won the interior and design awards
at the Japan Fashion Color Association’s
2014 Auto Color Awards. Announcement of Plans to Build Hamamatsu Plant
Suzuki announced plans to build a production, research, development, and
testing complex called the Hamamatsu Plant at the Hamamatsu City Miya-
koda Industrial Site. The Hamamatsu Plant will have a northern block and a
southern block. The northern block will consist of a factory producing pow-
ertrain parts for motorcycles, automobiles, and next-generation eco-cars.
The southern block will consist of (a) a factory
producing engines for motorcycles and (b) an
engineering centre handling research, develop-
ment, and testing for motorcycles and next-
generation eco-cars. Suzuki plans to complete
the parts plant at the end of 2016 and the
motorcycle engine factory in 2017. In January
2014 the Company held a ceremony for praying
safety of Hamamatsu Plant construction.
Suzuki Wins 2013 Endurance World Championship Title
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT), a racing team supported by Suzuki’s French
subsidiary, Suzuki France S.A.S., won the World Endurance Championship title for
the fourth consecutive year, its 13th
all-time title. Suzuki proved the high
performance of the GSX-R1000 at the
production-based motorcycle endur-
ance race championship. Suzuki is
also developing MotoGP machine
toward its participation in 2015.
Launch of WagonR in More Fuel-Ecient and
20th-Anniversary Forms
Suzuki enhanced the WagonR and WagonR Stingray to achieve fuel economy
of 30km/L* (the best of any miniwagon in Japan**) and incorporated advanced
safety technologies that make these models even more appealing. Suzuki also
launched a special model to celebrate the WagonR’s 20th anniversary.
*Measured in the JC08 test cycle using
a vehicle with two-wheel drive and a
continuously variable transmission.
Veried by Japan’s Ministry of Land, In-
frastructure, Transport and Tourism.
**A miniwagon is a minicar with an overall
height of at least 1,550mm. Suzuki made
comparisons in July 2013 using mea-
surements taken in the JC08 test cycle
and veried by Japan’s Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Unveiling of Comprehensively Enhanced Carry Minitruck
Suzuki unveiled the rst comprehensively enhanced version of the Carry
minitruck in 14 years. The newly improved Carry has proven popular with
customers owing to a roomy, comfortable cabin, a capacious load bed,
powerful performance, superior manoeuvrability and fuel economy, and
comprehensive anti-rust measures. Plus, it meets a wider range of needs
owing to the availability of discharge headlamps,
which brightly illuminate the road far ahead. In
October 2013, the Carry won a place in the Good
Design Best 100 at the 2013 Japan Good Design
Awards. The judges recognized it as representing
excellence in manufacturing in a mature eld.
Selection of Recipients for Suzuki Education and Culture
Foundation Scholarships
Suzuki founded the Suzuki Education and Culture Foundation (a juridical
foundation) in 2000 to mark its 80th anniversary. The foundation is funded
by donations from its chairman, Osamu Suzuki, and the Suzuki group. It
gives scholarships to students who would otherwise not be able to focus
on their studies for nancial reasons. Eligible students include those who
attend high schools in Shizuoka Prefec-
ture and those who graduated from high
schools in Shizuoka Prefecture and are
now at university. In scal 2013, the foun-
dation decided to give 20,000 yen a month
each to 55 high-school students and
50,000 yen a month each to 13 university
students. The foundation held a certica-
tion ceremony for the recipients.
Launch of Swift with Dualjet Engine and Ene-Charge System
Suzuki oered SUZUKI GREEN Technology environmental innovations in a compact
car for the rst time with the launch of the Swift in a form that incorporates the
newly developed Dualjet engine and the Ene-Charge energy regenerative system.
The Dualjet engine combines high fuel economy with powerful performance by
means of measures that include two fuel-injection systems for each cylinder,
cooled exhaust-gas recirculation, and a heightened compression ratio. The SUZUKI
GREEN Technology-equipped Swift oers fuel economy of 26.4km/L* (the best of
any petrol-engine car with an engine displacement of at least 1.2L)** together
with an even higher level of the driving enjoyment for which the Swift is known.
*Measured in the JC08 test cycle using the
XG-DJE, XL-DJE, and XS-DJE variants (each
equipped with two-wheel drive and a con-
tinuously variable transmission). Verified
by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism.
**Suzuki made comparisons in July 2013 using
measurements (excluding those for hybrids)
taken in the JC08 test cycle and verified
by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism.
Suzuki Endurance Racing Team (SERT)
August 2013
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