Japanese Car Production: Suzuki

Origins:

Weaving loom enterprise in 1909. Motorcycle manufacture started in 1952, followed by a light car, the Suzulight in 1955. Launch of the Suzuki Fronte 360 LC 10 in 1967.

Milestones:

First mass-production model: Suzulight (1955).
Model most sold abroad (as at 1979): Cervo (Fronte) - 3991 units exported in 1979.
Number of employees (as at 1979): 8,700.
Position among Japanese Manufacturers (as at 1979): 9th (1.1 per cent of home market).
Position among exporters (as at 1979): 9th.
Group products: Motorcycles, cars, light commercial vehicles, light four-wheel drive vehicles, outboard marine engines, engines for snowmobiles, prefabricated houses.
Range: (as at 1979): Suzuki SC 100 (two models), Suzuki SS 20 (two models).

Suzuki Car Production 1956 - 1979
Year	Production	Exportation
1956	24	-
1957	19	-
1958-61	-	-
1962	2,565	-
1963	2,360	-
1964	1,819	-
1965	1,828	-
1966	3,394	-
1967	26,454	-
1968	96,471	281
1969	121,871	928
1970	144,843	1,252
1971	150,963	869
1972	90,493	853
1973	88,328	742
1974	55,277	1,156
1975	50,668	479
1976	43,347	1,534
1977	55,888	3,651
1978	62,459	1,544
1979	69,798	3,815