Production of the Suzuki Ertiga has expanded beyond Indonesia and India – Myanmar has become the third country to build the three-row seven-seater MPV. The vehicle made its debut in India as the Maruti Suzuki Ertiga in 2012, and began selling in Indonesia later that year.
Suzuki Myanmar Motor Co (SMMC) will produce the Ertiga at its plant located in South Dagon, Yangon, with monthly production to be 100 units. The plant currently builds the Carry mini-truck.
The Ertiga goes on sale from the end of July at Suzuki dealers in the country, and the model sold in Myanmar will be a 1.4 litre version – the K-14 VVT four-cylinder petrol mill offers 94 hp at 6,000 rpm and 130 Nm at 4,000 rpm.
The automaker earlier announced plans to expand its assembly operations in the republic by building a second production plant. Reports indicate that construction is expected to start later this year, with the facility slated to begin running in 2017. The company plans to produce some 10,000 cars a year – including the Ertiga – at the new plant.
Suzuki Ertiga Sporty, Indonesia
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nice looking car..
You won’t go wrong with sushi cars.
Will it be lhd or rhd for ertiga produced in myanmar? because myanmar is a weird country where majority of automobiles there are imported from japan thus rhd but driving on right side of the road. can’t imagine how to overtake buses and lorries over there.
Come on proton. Start rebadging Suzuki already. No need to think anymore. You make own model, people complain. You rebadge, people complain also. Might as well rebadge. No need R&D or go to Europe to testing new model.
Consider it service to rakyat. Sell cheap2, we will support you la. No worry.
Also consider it service to us paultan readers also la. For once, sam loo can shut up about “proton no RV” one.
Do the right thing!
myanmar people more prefer disel.
Why petrol only now?
There have been rumours that Proton will rebadge the Suzuki Ertiga as a new 2016 Proton model, which will compete directly with the Perodua Alza… BUT it’s only a RUMOUR, and until Proton confirms it, we won’t know for sure.
But just to recap, the Alza has virtually no competitors, and although some people think the Exora is supposed to compete with the Alza, that’s far from the truth. The Alza is a smaller B-segment MPV while the bigger Exora is a C-segment MPV. The Alza’s non-turbo 1.5 litre engine only does 102 hp with 136 Nm of torque, while the Exora’s 1.6 CamPro CPS engine can do 125 hp / 150 Nm, and the 1.6 CamPro Turbo does 138 hp / 205 Nm. In MPVs, torque matters more than raw horsepower, and the turbocharged Exora has a massive 69 Nm more torque than the Alza (or almost a whole Viva 850’s worth), and virtually all of the torque comes in very low at around 2,000 rpm; you will have to rev the Alza to 4,400 rpm to get all the available torque, which means a noisy engine and reduced fuel efficiency.
Although some Exora models overlap into the Alza’s price range, both Alza and Exora were never meant to compete against each other in the first place. It’s just like the Iriz and Axia today… very similar at first glance, but very different everywhere else. If Proton plans to make a smaller MPV to challenge the Alza, I personally believe that it’ll be better if they do it on their own with an extended Iriz platform. Proton is no stranger to this; the 2009 Exora platform was later used for the 2012 Prevé and 2013 Suprima S. The 2007 Persona and 2004 Gen-2 both share the same platform. The same goes for the 2008 Saga and 2005 Savvy. Sharing the same platforms and engines increases economies of scale, which reduces costs and margins for error. The savings can be passed down to the consumer with cheaper products. Just like how the Alza is simply a bigger Myvi with a Myvi 1.5 engine, the ‘Exora mini’ could just be a bigger Iriz with the 1.6 VVT engine. Proton shouldn’t rebadge just because they can, they should remain independent and design their own B-segment and C-segment products (including MPVs and SUVs), traditionally their strongest segments. I can understand if Proton wants to rebadge A-segment and D-segment products, because traditionally, Proton has never been very strong here. After the Suzuki A-segment car and Honda Accord-based Perdana, I hope the next A- and D-segment Protons will be Proton’s own designs (especially the A-segment one). Just my dua sen.
Rasanya iriz boleh berkongsi platform dengn membuat model baru. Mungkin iriz 7 tempat duduk utk bersaing dengan alza.
Let me know the price list of these cars according to the models