Suzuki News

The development of the SX4 WRC is well under way. During the last few months the team conducted extensive tests on both tarmac and gravel. Now it is ready for its official debut at Rallye de France in Corsica on 12 October, where it will complete its first run under real contest conditions.

With the Swift, Suzuki began the first phase of its world strategy and gave undiluted form to the attribute that was the theme of the first phase: sportiness.

The Suzuki Splash is making its world debut at the 62nd International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany (open to the public from 13 to 23 September 2007).

Suzuki Motor Corporation’s Indian automobile production and sales subsidiary Maruti Udyog has been renamed Maruti Suzuki India Limited.

Suzuki has announced further details of the proposed 2008 Suzuki Swift Sport Cup which is to be contested over the first five rounds of the Tesco 99 Octane MSA British Rally Championship plus the Tempest Rally (subject to MSA approval).

Suzuki driver Urmo Aava has moved into the lead of the Junior Championship after a carefully-controlled drive to second place on the ADAC Rallye Deutschland.

Suzuki will be unveiling a number of exciting world premiers at September’s Frankfurt Motor Show which runs from 13th-23rd September.

Suzuki held tarmac tests for the SX4 WRC in June in southern Europe. The European tests started in April, but these were the first fully fledged tarmac tests. The SX4 WRC brought in for testing was evolved further from the earlier prototype design; in fact, its specifications are already close to what is planned to be fielded in this season’s WRC test entries.

Dealer Team Suzuki’s Lorna Smith and co driver Joanne Oakey drove an almost faultless rally to bring their Swift Sport home on the Isle of Man International Rally, the 3rd round of the British Rally Championship and also a round in the Irish Tarmac Championship.

Nobuhiro Tajima, President of Suzuki Sport, has won the 85th anniversary run of the world classic Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 10 minutes and one second, breaking the record previously held by New Zealander Rod Millen driving a Toyota 13 years ago.