Suzuki joins 1 000-unit club

Following the release of the official sales figures for December 2018 and a final calculation of the full-year sales for last year, the National Association for Automobile Manufacturers’ statistics confirmed that Suzuki sold 12 123 units in the last calendar year and grew by well over 30 percent in a year that the general market declined by one percent.

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This singular achievement means that Suzuki is now part of the 1 000-unit-per-month club, a decade after entering South Africa officially and only 16 months after celebrating the first time it sold over 1 000 units in one month (August 2017).

In December, Suzuki sold 938 cars and light commercial vehicles, giving it a share of 2.3 percent of the total market and 3.3 percent of the passenger vehicle market. It also cemented Suzuki’s position as number 10 in the Top 10 best-selling vehicle brands in South Africa.

For the year ahead, Suzuki will continue to strengthen its dealer network and its product line-up to further grow sales.

Suzuki is particularly excited to have received the thumbs up from Japan to introduce the Boosterjet turbocharged engines in the new year.

Suzuki’s innovate Boosterjet engines uses a short intake manifold, an integrated exhaust manifold, a turbo with intercooler and Suzuki’s proprietary lightweight-engineering to offer greater fuel efficiency and power from smaller combustion volume.

One of the first examples of Suzuki’s innovative turbo-technology will be the 1.4 Boosterjet engine to be introduced in the all-new Suzuki Swift Sport.

This engine will deliver 103kW and a racy 230Nm, while still offering a fuel consumption figure of as little as 6.1 litres/100 km.

Suzuki will also upgrade or improve several of its family favourites, including the Vitara, Ertiga and Ciaz, while working to increase the availability of vehicles with a long waiting list, such as the Suzuki Jimny. 

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