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best-selling car in Japan's Suzuki - Yes, Suzuki with Asterisk.
Advertising claims can go in one ear and out the other, but here s that stuck with me a recent ad says Suzuki TV was the most sold car in Japan No kidding.
Most Americans in or out of the auto industry would probably guess the best selling car in Japan should be a Toyota a way, they are right, more than below or perhaps a Nissan or Honda Suzuki little known in the United States and when it is known at all, it is often for the wrong things, such as poor quality.
There notorious years unacceptable rating from Consumer Reports unrecoverable US sales of the Suzuki Samurai and the Suzuki brand in general, even though Suzuki has helped launch the small SUV phenomenon in the US It was 1988 Suzuki continued the magazine and the case was settled in 2004.
Suzuki has been a long way back in the US Although the brand is still quite dark, he had some notable successes Suzuki was the most improved brand in a quality survey by JD Power last year, and its sales in the United States tripled between 1997 and 2007.
And yes, it really was the best selling car in Japan for several years running, the cute little Suzuki Wagon R model we don t get the US This statement does get a big asterisk, because Suzuki Wagon R is so small, with a small engine, it's considered a minicar category it's popular in Japan, but n is not in Minibuses US has a really tiny engine smaller than 660 cc, and other size restrictions one liter, three-cylinder engine in the Smart fortwo for example, is too large to qualify.
That could change if the smart brand manages to hang on long enough in the US to achieve different engine choices Some small cars of other brands, such as Chevrolet Spark, could qualify one day, with a fairly low engine if prices gas were again on the uS market, maybe we'll start to see cars like the Suzuki Wagon R.
Meanwhile, the Prius TM Toyota recently dethroned R Suzuki Wagon as the best selling car in Japan, according to press reports, however, Suzuki also claims that the Suzuki Wagon R is the best-selling minicar And if you total almost May 3 million sales since the first-generation Wagon R is on sale in 1993, it is still the biggest seller.
Even with two asterisks, which is still a pretty good claim, and that is hard to imagine in a U S Suzuki perspective can be hard on the U S market, but it gets a lot of respect elsewhere.
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