Suzuki to double Thai production to 100k units, introduce A-segment competitor in 2014

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Suzuki is planning to double its annual production capacity at its Thai plant to 100,000 units, the Nikkei reports. The Rayong facility, which opened in March last year, currently builds 50,000 units of the Swift in its 1.2 litre guise, and the automaker is reportedly set to invest an additional five billion yen to set up supplementary production facilities for a new compact vehicle.

The report indicates that the vehicle will have a 1.0 litre engine displacement and will offer highly competitive features, superior fuel economy and a low price. Pricing has yet to be announced, but shouldn’t veer far from the likes of the Nissan March and Mitsubishi Mirage.

The model in question should be based on the A:Wind Concept that premiered at the 2013 Thai Motor Expo last week. The production version of the A:Wind Concept – which measures 3,600 mm long, 1,600 mm wide and 1,540 mm tall, and which is powered by a 1.0 litre petrol engine mated to a CVT gearbox – is set to debut sometime in 2014, according to the automaker.

The company is also slated to invest around 93 billion yen to expand its assembly capability in Indonesia with a new assembly plant – this will build compact minivans and models that do not overlap with those built in Thailand. It already builds engines at its 1.3 million sq metre engine manufacturing plant located at the outskirts of Jakarta, and assembles around 150,000 vehicles – including the Swift and SX4 – there.

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Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

 

Comments

  • SamShowedMeTheHilux on Dec 03, 2013 at 6:07 pm

    Suzuki better to just close down and concentrate on their motor and kapchai. Nobody buys Suzuki cars anymore. RV so bad, even the K5 RV is more than any Suzuki

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    • Because this is Boleh-land, where Korean starting to ruin the country.

      Before you use your ass and speak, go to Suzuki Japan site.

      THEY PRODUCE CAR GDI.
      THEY HAVE GOOD BUSINESS.

      SUZUKI PRODUCE NICE QUALITY CARS IN JAPAN OKAY.

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    • Sam Loo on Dec 04, 2013 at 2:27 pm

      K5 owner with the permanent hailat face again

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  • Van Damn on Dec 03, 2013 at 7:59 pm

    Please dont come to Malaysia. We have enough fugly swifts on our roads!!

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    • You bloody Korean.

      They invite angmohs designer to revamp their car designs,yes they get to earn a lot of money because of you stupid enough to buy a Korean product.

      But your money doesn’t goes into angmoh designer’s pocket, all your money goes to those Koreans who are sitting at the sofa and laugh at how many money coming into their pockets !

      You think Korean product are getting nicer quality, no. They suck your money and wipe their ass and invest on Korean entertainment industry.

      See how fat is PSY ?

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      • Passerby on Dec 04, 2013 at 5:18 am

        you butthurt because korea have developed tremendously for the past 20 years? you butthurt because malaysia is getting backwards? althought the koreans are lazy but they will not beat the majority race in here… have hand have leg but choose not to work instead go rob and steal…

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  • Bleachers on Dec 03, 2013 at 11:36 pm

    A:wind? Sounds like a fart.

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  • Sam Loo on Dec 03, 2013 at 11:47 pm

    As long as its not a kimchi, it will have RV

    As long as its not a KIA, it can be traded in

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  • a-wind. much wind. many smell. so name. wow.

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  • Jinn Sung on Dec 04, 2013 at 7:57 am

    Nice design might beat Kia rio

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  • Fries on Dec 05, 2013 at 2:11 pm

    Welcome to the Suzuki A$$: Wind.

    Best naming convention evar!

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