Archive for the ‘Chang’an Suzuki’ category
Suzuki SX4 gets bling update for 2012
The SX4 started the mini crossover craze in the Chinese market when it entered China in 2008, the chunky little car got Chinese consumers hooked on crossovers in a major way and sparked a trend that saw other manufacturers jack their hatchbacks by an inch or two and coat them in black plastic cladding. The [...]
Suzuki WagonR to be stretched for your pleasure in Chinese market
The WagonR is still in production in China – other world markets received the Opel based model a few years back but Changhe Suzuki still make the older generation for the Chinese market. The WagonR has actually undergone a minor face melting change in early 2010, but now they are making it a little long [...]
Turbo powered Suzuki Swift is going to rock China’s socks in 2011
Chang’an Suzuki are readying to release a little monster into the Chinese market over the next few months with a turbo powered Suzuki Swift. The Swift has been in China for several years and is currently available in 1.3L and 1.5L models with manuals and automatics to match, small updates have been made to the [...]
Suzuki Kizashi still doing poorly in the Chinese market
The Suzuki Kizashi was a much heralded vehicle in the Chinese automotive press prior to its launch in China, an AWD vehicle that came in at a price lower than the equivalent Subaru Legacy but without the lashings of internal fake wood, but after actually hitting the market the Kizashi has been as popular as [...]
Stretched WagonR – pulled for your pleasure
The WagonR is getting its third make over to date to keep it rolling in the Chinese market, except this time it is not going to be the doe-eyed box on wheels that we saw in the last make over, as we mentioned before the WagonR is going to get stretched to give it more [...]
Suzuki closing Beijing representative office, facing stiff market in China
Over the past two years Suzuki by all means should have been riding the China wave with its small car line up that mostly consists of sub 1.6L cars – cars that were (and probably still will be) in high demand in the Chinese market from 2008 onwards. Instead they have failed to meet the [...]
2011 SX4 spotted out
An usual thing has happened with this SX4 sedan – it has become smaller. Usually in China cars get stretched, but for some reason this 2011 SX4 has shrunk by a mere 2cm, of course this going to have no bearing on any purchase, but an usual start to a new car none the less. [...]
Chang’an Suzuki to update Swift, no new Swift yet
Whilst the rest of the world is getting the generation of Suzuki Swift, it seems that Chang’an Suzuki have decided there is plenty more milage left in the current China built Suzuki Swift and have thus given it a face lift for 2011. The above Swift continues to have its handsome stance that has helped [...]
Stretched Suzuki WagonR to launch in China in 2011
The WagonR is set to get stretched for the Chinese market in 2011, it appears that Changhe Suzuki have decided that the fun little box is no longer long enough to cope with consumers and plans to stretch its wheelbase to allow more rear leg room and also plan to offer larger engines including a [...]
Suzuki Splash to launch at the end of the year
The Suzuki Splash is set to launch at the end of the year according to media reports and will be the eighth small car from Chang’an Suzuki in the Chinese marketplace. Since Chang’an Motors took over the Changhe and Hafei auto companies from AVIC group, Chang’an was able to solidify its Suzuki joint venture and [...]
Facelift Suzuki Swift to launch tomorrow
Suzuki have had a big hit on their hands from day one when they launched the Suzuki Swift into China, the low cost mini car that has a lot of funk about it has been a best seller seller for a long time, initially only coming in 1.3L form but later came in 1.5L form, [...]
Chang’an Suzuki to recall over 10,000 cars
Its not been a great week for the Japanese automakers, the biggest loser of course being Toyota, but now Suzuki are getting in on the action. From Peoples Daily China’s quality watchdog said Friday that Chongqing Chang’an Suzuki Automobile Co., a sino-Japanese joint venture, would recall 10,326 Alto vehicles due to gas filter problems on [...]
Suzuki WagonR to launch in 2010 first quarter
Kei car fans in China needn’t wait much longer for another kei car fix, Suzuki have already launched the Suzuki Alto (and have an order book of 20,000 vehicles per month already) and will launch a new generation of Suzuki WagonR in the first quarter of 2010. The WagonR is available in China with a [...]
Chang’an slows down North American entry, but still committed!
Is it that Chang’an are not yet ready for North American, or is it that North Americans are not yet ready for Chang’an? Reuters tells us like it is: GUANGZHOU (Reuters) – Changan Automobile Group, China’s No. 3 automaker, said on Monday it had slowed down plans to set up a Mexican plant but remained [...]
Wowsers – Suzuki Kizashi Sports spotted in China!
The Suzuki Kizashi is the first big Suzuki sedan to be built in China (unless of course you count the Suzuki Verona, which was the last generation Chevrolet Epica) and will be built by Chang’an-Suzuki sometime in 2010. A sports model oKizashi has been spotted out testing in China, and has proven to be a [...]
Chang’an Suzuki working on 600CC turbo engines
The current sales tax for sub 1.6L cars has spurred on the development of powerful engines such as the VW 1.4TSI engine which gives car owners lower sales tax but all the power and punt of a larger engine. Sub 1.3L cars in China are few and far between, but Chang-an Suzuki are reportedly working [...]
Suzuki Kizashi Spotted….. in China!
The Suzuki Kizashi is Suzuki’s latest mid size sedan concept car, that is due to be put into production later this year for Western markets, but it appears that it may well be in production in the Middle Kingdom early next year: It’s likely that the Suzuki Kizashi will be produced in cooperation with Chang’an [...]
Suzuki Swift – Pretty in Pink
Despite being a healthy, hetrosexual male, the soon to be pink Suzuki Swift is looking rather cute! Obviously trying to be a hit with the ladies, the pink Swift will launch next month alongside a ‘cool black’ Swift. The Swift has been a major hit for the Chang’an Suzuki group, and they continually launch new [...]
Citroen ZX finally dies, all hail the ZX replacement
The Citroen ZX has been in production for as long as CCT can remember, although it did go out of production in 1998 in Europe according to Wikipedia, although it continued to be produced until now in China. The Dongfeng Elysee was produced after the ZX was introduced to give the PRC a small sedan [...]
Sad day: Chang’an Suzuki Alto went quietly and without fuss
The Suzuki Alto was one of the first affordable kei cars (or Wei Cars) to hit the Chinese roads, the first generation of Alto was introduced quite early, and silently ended production in July this year due to falling sales. The Alto initially sold very well in the Chinese market place, but sales growth was [...]
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