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ESCUDO
(Export name: GRAND VITARA)
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 2001 (from April 2001 through March 2002) numbered 5,824,774 units, 97%
of the previous year and dropping from the previous year for the first time in three years. Although sales of mini vehicles remained
strong at over 1,800 thousand units, the figure dropped from the previous year. The number of registered units (automobiles
excluding mini vehicles), which had in the fiscal year 2000 gone up from that of the year preceding, that had dropped from the
previous year. Overall, domestic automobile sales trended low.
Suzuki's total domestic automobile sales totaled 619,038 units, 101% of the previous year, thus marking a growth amidst the weak
domestic market. As a result, Suzuki's domestic market share in the fiscal year 2001 was 10.6%, 0.3 percentage points up from the
previous year. Among the twelve 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 has continued ever since their regulatory standards were revised in 1998,
has settled, and many makers have seen their sales drop to below their previous year's figures. Under such circumstances, Suzuki sold
570,412 units (100% of the previous year) -- the second largest figure following the record figure for mini vehicle sales that Suzuki set
in 1999. As a result, Suzuki once again in the fiscal year 2001 held the largest market share in mini vehicles -- a position Suzuki has
maintained for 29 consecutive years.
(2) Suzuki's small and subcompact vehicle sales were 48,626 units, 105% of the previous year, exceeding the preceding year's figure
for the second consecutive year.
AERIO (Export name: LIANA)AERIO (Export name: LIANA) WAGON R+ (manufactured at Magyar
Suzuki Corp. in Hungary)
Individual model topics
(1) Sales of Wagon R reached 218,228 units, making it once again the
only mini vehicle to surpass the 200,000 mark and the top seller among all
mini vehicles for the 7th consecutive year since the fiscal year 1995. (*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 Carry Truck in the fiscal year 2001 once again became the best-
selling model in the all-truck segment, making it the top seller for 31
consecutive years.
(3) In addition, in the fiscal year 2001,
the Chevrolet Cruze, which was
developed jointly with General Motors,
was marketed to strengthen small and
subcompact vehicle sales. As for mini
vehicles, MR wagon and Alto Lapin
were newly introduced, to enhance our
product lineup so that we may respond
to a wider range of user demands.
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
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