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Maruti Suzuki has seen "double-digit" percentage growth in August sales and has not seen any impact so far due to drought in the country, its sales chief said on Thursday. Full story...

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday said it would decide whether to import the new 'luxury' Kizashi sedan to India within the next two years. Full story...

Maruti Suzuki India plans to increase its focus on exports over the next few years, livemint.com reported, citing company chairman, RC Bhargava. Full story...

The silly season has been on for a few months now, dominated by the monster rumour that 1993 World Champion Kevin Schwantz will take a leading role in running the Suzuki team in MotoGP starting with the 2010 season. Full story...

Suzuki is to set up a research and development centre complete with a test course in India to develop cars for the local market. Full story...

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has said that VW could be interested in a tie-up with Suzuki. Full story...

Suzuki reportedly plans to start selling a hybrid car in North America in 2011, utilising a next generation system co-developed with GM. Full story...

Suzuki's Pakistani subsidiary, in operation since 1982, has now produced a million cars. Full story...

Brett McCormick (Suzuki), who qualified on pole for the Superbike and the Pro 600 Sport Bike races, kept his hopes of claiming his first Parts Canada Superbike Championship alive with convincing wins at the Atlantic Motorsport Park this past Sunday. Full story...

Maruti Suzuki India sold 78,000 vehicles in July, the Indian company said, up 33.4% on the same month last year. The total includes 10,546 units sold overseas. Full story...

Suzuki Motor posted an 80 percent drop in quarterly operating profit hit by a stronger yen and declining sales, and it kept its annual forecasts amid an uncertain outlook for global vehicle demand. Full story...

Kizashi four-door saloon to take on market-leading Ford possibly hitting hit UK showrooms early next year

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American Suzuki Motor has launched its first in house-developed mid-size sedan - the 2010 Kizashi, also the company's first entry into the all-wheel-drive sport sedan segment. Full story...

Suzuki will remain in a joint venture with General Motors even though it has indefintely halted output at the Canadian (CAMI) plant this year, a senior executive said. Full story...

It's official. Suzuki confirmed its next midsize sedan will be called the Kizashi, and it is set to launch in the United States at the end of this year. Full story...

Reeling from a 60.2 percent sales decline in the first half of 2009, American Suzuki hopes the launch of its Kizashi mid-sized sedan in December will help reverse course. But first Suzuki must convince U.S. Full story...

BREA, Calif. (July 30, 2009) -- American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) takes a bold step forward today. Known primarily as a maker of small vehicles and high-performance motorcycles, today marks the global debut of the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi (pronounced "Kee-Zah-Shee"), the company's first entry into the all-wheel-drive sport sedan segment. Benchmarked against some of the leading cars in the world, the all-new 2010 Kizashi becomes an instant car-of-the-year contender in its own right. With the launch of the Kizashi, Suzuki delivers a unique blend of dynamic performance attributes with premium design aesthetics and craftsmanship yet to be experienced in this category. Full story...

First quarter profits at Maruti Suzuki India rose a healthy 25.3% to INR5.83bn (US$120m) in the three months to 30 June. Full story...

Suzuki; a global company that continues to grow in reputation, popularity and success celebrates its centenary this October. Back in 1909, Michio Suzuki founded the Suzuki Loom Company in Hamamatsu, Southern Japan and it was while manufacturing looms for production of plain white fabric he learned that weavers wanted looms that could produce cloth with vertical and horizontal stripes; so he developed a unique loom capable of weaving patterned cloth from dyed yarn. Suzuki's new innovation represented the start of an uncompromising focus on creating products that meet people's needs and realise new lifestyle possibilities. Full story...

Suzuki will embrace the hot-hatch craze by adding a more street-worthy version of its SX4 compact car. Full story...