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{{Infobox company

| name = Suzuki Motor Corporation

| logo = Suzuki logo 2.svg

| image_size = 250px

| native_name = スズキ株式会社

| native_name_lang = ja

| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1909|10}} (as Suzuki Loom Works)

| founder = [[Michio Suzuki (inventor)|Michio Suzuki]]

| area_served = Worldwide

| products = [[Automobile]]s, [[engine]]s, [[motorcycle]]s, [[All-terrain vehicle|ATV]]s, [[outboard motor]]s

| owners = {{ubl

}}

| production = {{increase}} 3,900,000 (2021)<ref name="reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsuzuki.com/globalnews/2020/pdf/0130.pdf|title=Suzuki December 2019 and Calendar Year 2019 Automobile Production, Japan Sales, and Export Figures (Preliminary) |publisher=Suzuki Motor Corporation|date= 30 January 2020|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref>

| divisions =

| subsid = {{Unbulleted list|title=List| [[Maruti Suzuki]] | [[Magyar Suzuki]] | [[Suzuki Indomobil Motor]] | [[Pak Suzuki Motors]] | Bari Suzuki | Suzuki China | [[Suzuki Motor Gujarat]] | Suzuki GB PLC | [[Suzuki Motorcycle India Limited]] | Suzuki Myanmar Motor Co., Ltd}}

| location_country = Japan

}}

 

 

Suzuki's domestic motorcycle sales volume is the third largest in Japan.<ref>[[Outboard motor]], the unit sales [http://response.jp/article/2014/07/16/227773.html "Honda, aiming for winding back on an outboard motor that is struggling hard"]. Response.jp.</ref>

 

===Leadership===

 

===Timeline===

{{Prose|subsection|date=April 2019}}

 

====1909–1960====

* 1920: Company is reorganized, incorporated, and capitalized at ¥500,000 as Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Co. with Michio Suzuki as president.<ref name="1909-" />

* 1937: Suzuki begins a project to diversify into manufacturing small cars. Within two years several innovative prototypes are completed, but the government declares civilian passenger cars a "non-essential commodity" at the onset of World War II, thwarting production plans.<ref name="TACH" />

* 1945: Plants close due to severe war damage. Company offices move to the Takatsuka Plant site.<ref name="1909-" />

* 1947: Head office moves to the present address.<ref name="Takatsuka" /><ref name="1909-" />

** 26 September, [[Typhoon Vera]] (''Ise-Wan'') destroys Suzuki's assembly plant.<ref name="senshu">{{cite journal | url = http://ir.acc.senshu-u.ac.jp/index.php?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=3879&item_no=1&attribute_id=15&file_no=1&page_id=13&block_id=52 | page = 75 | script-title = ja:二輪自動車産業における寡占体制形成 | trans-title = Oligopolistic structure formation in the motorcycle industry | journal = Economic Bulletin of Senshu University | location = Tokyo, Japan | language = ja | volume = 47 | number = 1 | year = 2012 | last = Mizukawa | first = Yuki | access-date = 27 September 2013 | archive-date = 7 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200807222414/http://ir.acc.senshu-u.ac.jp/index.php?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=3879&item_no=1&attribute_id=15&file_no=1&page_id=13&block_id=52 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

* 1960: In March Suzuki's new modern assembly line plant is finished.<ref name="senshu" />

 

====1961–1969====

* 1961: Separation of the loom machine division from the motor company, as Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Co.<ref name="1909-" />

**Production of the Suzulight [[Suzuki Carry|Carry]] 360cc, two-stroke lightweight truck begins at new plant in [[Toyokawa, Aichi]] Prefecture, Japan.<ref name="1909-" /><ref name="Toyokawa">{{cite web|title=Toyokawa Plant|url=http://www.globalsuzuki.com/corporate/productionbase/headoffice/toyokawa.html|work=Global Suzuki|publisher=Suzuki Motor Corporation|access-date=5 September 2013|quote=1–2, Utari, Shiratori-cho, Toyokawa-shi, Aichi.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024231635/http://www.globalsuzuki.com/corporate/productionbase/headoffice/toyokawa.html|archive-date=24 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* 1962: First victory in the inaugural season of [[50 cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing]] comes at the end of a three-way battle between Suzuki, [[Honda RC110|Honda]] and [[Kreidler]] at the [[Isle of Man TT]]. The winning RM62 machine was ridden by [[Ernst Degner]] who had defected from the [[MZ Motorrad- und Zweiradwerk#Road Racing|East German MZ]] team to Suzuki the previous year.<ref name="Race1960s">{{cite web|title=Racing History 1960s|url=http://www.globalsuzuki.com/motorcycle/history/racing/race_wgp_1960.html|work=Motorcycles – Global Suzuki|publisher=Suzuki Motor Corporation|access-date=19 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308201511/http://www.globalsuzuki.com/motorcycle/history/racing/race_wgp_1960.html|archive-date=8 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TT 1962|url=http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/Events.aspx?meet_code=TT62|work=The official Isle of Man TT website|publisher=Isle of Man Department of Economic Development|access-date=24 August 2013|quote=The two-lap 50cc race was regarded as a bit of a giggle by some cynics, but they could not have been proved more wrong as the Grand Prix battles between Suzuki, Honda and Kreidler spilled on to the Mountain Course.}}</ref>

[[File:Paris - Salon de la moto 2011 - Suzuki - T 500 - 001.jpg|thumb|[[Suzuki T500]] at the Salon de la moto 2011 in Paris]]

* 1967: [[Thailand]] gets the first motorcycle assembly plant outside Japan, creating Thai Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd.<ref name="1909-" />

** Debut of [[Suzuki Fronte|Fronte 360cc]], two-stroke minivehicle.<ref name="1909-" />

* 1968: After a winning 1967 season, the Suzuki motorcycle race team withdraws from World Grand Prix due to changes in [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] rules. [[Hans-Georg Anscheidt]] rides a 1967 machine in 1968 as a privateer, for the seventh season of Suzuki GP championships.<ref name="Race1960s" />

*** The ''Entre e divirta-se.'' slogan in [[Brazilian Portuguese]] (not in Portugal) translates as "Come and have fun" ending with a [[full stop]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Suzuki Veículos do Brasil – Entre e divirta-se|url=http://www.suzukiveiculos.com.br/|publisher=Svb Automotores do Brasil |access-date=11 September 2013}}</ref>

** The new [[Suzuki Swift|Swift]] wins 2005–2006 [[Car of the Year Japan]] "Most Fun" award, and is awarded the 2006 [[RJC Car of the Year]].<ref name="Corp2005" /><ref>{{cite web|title=第26回 日本カー・オブ・ザ・イヤー 2005–2006|url=http://www.jcoty.org/history/26.html|work=COTY記録|publisher=CAR OF THE YEAR JAPAN|access-date=10 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017100207/http://www.jcoty.org/history/26.html|archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref>

** GM divests, selling 92.36&nbsp;million shares of Suzuki Motor Corporation and reducing their stake to 3%.<ref name="Corp2006">{{cite web|title=History 2006|url=http://www.globalsuzuki.com/corporate/history/2006.html|work=Global Suzuki|publisher=Suzuki Motor Corporation|access-date=18 August 2013|archive-date=28 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328134133/https://www.globalsuzuki.com/corporate/history/2006.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=GM Sells 7.9% Stake in Isuzu|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2006/apr/12/business/fi-gm12|access-date=30 September 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=12 April 2006|quote=This month, GM sold 17% of Suzuki Motor Corp. for about $2 billion, leaving it with a 3% stake. That came after last year's sale of GM's 20% stake in Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of Subaru cars.}}</ref>

* 2007: [[aggregate data|Aggregate]] domestic automobile sales reach 15 million units.<ref name="Corp2007">{{cite web|title=History 2007|url=http://www.globalsuzuki.com/corporate/history/2007.html|work=Global Suzuki|publisher=Suzuki Motor Corporation|access-date=18 August 2013|archive-date=16 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116152721/https://www.globalsuzuki.com/corporate/history/2007.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* 2009: 100th anniversary of the Suzuki brand name.<ref name="English" />

** Suzuki markets its first production pickup truck called the Equator.<ref name="Mateja" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Gunn|first=Malcolm|title=2009 Suzuki Equator|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/oct/17/2009-suzuki-equator/|access-date=2 October 2013|newspaper=The Commercial Appeal|date=17 October 2008|quote=The Nissan Frontier is ideally suited as the basis for the Equator, which is scheduled to arrive later this year. Its compact dimensions (slightly larger than a Ford Ranger and just a touch smaller than the mid-size Toyota Tacoma) neatly fits Suzuki's small-car-focused lineup, yet its solid body-on-frame construction and impressive power from an available V6 give it tremendous versatility.}}</ref>

** November: Suzuki breaks ground on a new 650,000 m². factory in Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate in [[Rayong Province]], Thailand, the 20 billion yen investment for eco-car production to start in March 2012.<ref name="Corp2009">{{cite web|title=History 2009|url=http://www.globalsuzuki.com/corporate/history/2009.html|work=Global Suzuki|publisher=Suzuki Motor Corporation|access-date=18 August 2013|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128105129/https://www.globalsuzuki.com/corporate/history/2009.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

 

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* 2011: Suzuki announces Indonesia will become a regional production base with investment up to $800&nbsp;million over the next few years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.kontan.co.id/v2/read/1308711616/70908/Suzuki-eyes-RI-as-production-hub-with-800-million-project |title=Suzuki eyes RI as production hub with $800 million project |publisher=Kontan.co.id |date=22 June 2011 |access-date=19 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629004846/http://english.kontan.co.id/v2/read/1308711616/70908/Suzuki-eyes-RI-as-production-hub-with-800-million-project |archive-date=29 June 2011}}</ref>

==== 2016–present ====

 

* Suzuki withdrew from China in September 2018.

* Suzuki launches new 2019 Carry small CV in Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web|title= Suzuki launches new 2019 Carry small CV |url= https://www.autocarpro.in/news-international/suzuki-launches-new-2019-carry-small-cv-in-indonesia-42822|work=Autocar Professional|publisher= autocarpro.in |access-date=25 April 2019|date=25 April 2019|quote=Suzuki Motor Corporation's Indonesian subsidiary, PT Suzuki Indomobil Motor, has officially launched the 2019 New Suzuki Carry. The highlights of the latest Suzuki Carry small commercial vehicle are more cargo capacity, increased comfort and improved performance.}}</ref>

 

==Subsidiaries==

2006 was the first year American Suzuki sold more than 100,000 vehicles in the United States. Suzuki redesigned the Grand Vitara in 2006 as well as introduced the all-new [[Suzuki SX4|SX4]] and [[Suzuki XL-7#Second generation (XL7; 2006)|XL7]] in 2007. The [[Suzuki SX4]] is produced as a joint venture with [[Fiat S.p.A.|Fiat]] and the XL7 (notice the shortening of the name from Grand Vitara XL-7) was produced as a joint venture with GM at CAMI Automotive Inc. in Ingersoll. Suzuki put XL7 production on indefinite hiatus in mid-2009 due to low demand and subsequently sold off its share of CAMI back to GM later that year.

 

 

In November 2012, Suzuki announced that its US division would file for bankruptcy and would stop selling automobiles in the United States. It plans to continue to sell motorcycles, ATVs, and marine products in the US.<ref name="Cars1" /> In ten months of 2012, Suzuki only sold 21,188 automobiles in the US. The combination of a strong yen and Suzuki's own limited offering of models has been blamed for the downturn.<ref name="Reuters1" />

[[File:2014 Suzuki APV Arena SGX 1.5 DN42V (20190623).jpg|thumb|left|[[Suzuki APV]], assembled in Indonesia]]<br>[[File:Suzuki GSX-R150 - Indonesia International Motor Show 2017 - April 30 2017.jpg|thumb|left|Suzuki GSX-R150]]

 

 

Suzuki has done its first activities on the Indonesian market in 1970 about its import firm PT. Indohero Steel & Engineering Company. Six years later they were built the manufacturing facility in Jakarta which is the oldest part of the Indomobil Group.

 

 

 

===Suzuki Motorcycle India, Private Limited===

{{Main|Suzuki Motorcycle India Limited}}

 

 

==Production facilities==

Colombia:

*[[GM Colmotores]] (automobiles)

 

Malaysia:

* [[Suzuki GSX-R/4|GSX-R/4]] concept car was presented in 2001. It is fitted with a {{convert|1300|cm3|abbr=on}} engine taken from the [[Suzuki Hayabusa|GSX1300R Hayabusa]] motorcycle in an attempt to split the difference, merging the posture of an automobile and the disposition of a sportbike (Suzuki had been particularly successful selling motorcycles in the United States). Its high-revving [[inline-four engine]] supplied about 175&nbsp;hp to a bare-bones, two-seat roadster weighing less than 1500 pounds.<ref>{{cite web|last=McCausland|first=Evan|title=Six Suzukis That Should Have Been Sold Stateside|url=http://wot.motortrend.com/six-suzukis-that-should-have-been-sold-stateside-287773.html|work=MotorTrend Magazine|publisher=Source Interlink Media|access-date=30 October 2013|date=6 November 2012|quote=Although Suzuki's American lineup offered little to quicken our collective pulse, the company did show a few occasional flashes of genius abroad, showing there were still a few enthusiasts trapped within the corporate walls.}}</ref>

* '''Pixy + SSC''' concept was introduced at the [[Tokyo Motor Show#2007|2007 Tokyo Motor Show]]. The Pixy is an enclosed three-wheel, single-seat personal transport pod, similar to the [[Toyota i-unit]], and [[Toyota i-REAL|i-REAL]], but dissimilar in that two Pixies can dock inside the SSC (aka Suzuki Sharing Coach) for highway driving. Electric power is generated by a hydrogen fuel cell and solar panels to drive the SSC carrier van, and to recharge the Pixy at the same time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dowling|first=Joshua|title=The weird on wheels|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/news/the-weird-on-wheels/2007/10/26/1192941285683.html|access-date=31 October 2013|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=27 October 2007|quote=Of all the Japanese brands, Suzuki is probably best placed to produce 'personal mobility devices'. After all, it is famous for making motorcycles as well as clever small cars. The PIXY is Suzuki's answer to Toyota's i-Real. The difference is that Suzuki has built a small van-like 'car' (called the SSC, for Suzuki Sharing Coach) that the PIXY docks into. So, you can drive on main roads in your SSC and then scoot along the footpath in your PIXY. It's a dream for now, but Suzuki already produces a small motorised buggy for the elderly, so maybe this isn't so far away after all.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Simister|first=John|title=Tokyo Motor Show: I have seen the future – and it's fun|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/tokyo-motor-show-i-have-seen-the-future--and-its-fun-398262.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/motoring/features/tokyo-motor-show-i-have-seen-the-future--and-its-fun-398262.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=31 October 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=30 October 2007|quote=Take those wheeled pods. For the third Tokyo show in succession, the latest variation on the theme was revealed: the i-Real. This is a motorised chair that leans back as it speeds up, and leans into corners. Its name suggests that Toyota is serious about this device. Do you think it could work? No, nor do I. Suzuki does, though, and takes the notion a stage further with its Pixy + SSC. The Pixy part is, again, a three-wheeled, single-seater pod, this time weatherproof with a windscreen and roof, two of which can dock inside the Suzuki Sharing Coach (SSC) for higher speeds and longer drives. Electricity comes from a hydrogen fuel cell and solar energy, and the SSC recharges the Pixies as it drives along.}}</ref>

* '''G70''' appeared at the [[Tokyo Motor Show#2011|2011 Tokyo Motor Show]] as the '''Regina''', but was renamed before the 2012 [[Salon International de l'Auto]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The 82nd Geneva International Motor Show|url=http://www.globalsuzuki.com/globalnews/2012/0306.html|work=Global News|publisher=Suzuki Motor Corp|access-date=30 October 2013|date=6 March 2012}}</ref> and [[Auto China]]<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition|url=http://www.globalsuzuki.com/globalnews/2012/0423a.html|work=Global News|publisher=Suzuki Motor Corp|access-date=30 October 2013|date=23 April 2012}}</ref> shows to signify that it met the goal of [[Motor vehicle emissions#Carbon dioxide (CO2)|carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions]] no higher than 70g/km (and perhaps that ''Regina'' as a model name would be a marketing fiasco). The G70 is a concept for the next-generation global compact car, possibly replacing the [[Suzuki Alto|Alto]], and at {{convert|3550|mm}} long and {{convert|1630|mm|abbr=on}} wide with a weight of {{convert|730|kg}}, the G70 is smaller and lighter than the Alto. It has an extremely economical {{convert|800|cm3}}, direct-injection turbo gasoline engine mated to a [[continuously variable transmission]], and a claimed fuel mileage of {{convert|3.1|L/100km}}.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=Mike|title=Suzuki Regina Concept Previews New City Car, Tokyo Debut Planned|url=http://www.themotorreport.com.au/52822/suzuki-regina-city-car-previewed-in-tokyo-lead-up|access-date=30 October 2013|newspaper=The Motor Report|date=9 November 2011|quote=Whether the Regina will replace the Alto is unclear, but Suzuki has at least confirmed that the new concept offers a preview of its next-generation city-car plans. The current Alto is less than three years old, so a replacement is likely sometime away.}}</ref><ref name="Siler">{{cite web|last=Siler|first=Steve|title=Suzuki Totes Swift Sport and Three Concepts to Tokyo (Guess Which One We Want)|url=http://blog.caranddriver.com/suzuki-totes-swift-sport-and-three-concepts-to-tokyo-guess-which-one-we-want/|work=Car and Driver Blog|publisher=Hearst Communications Inc|access-date=30 October 2013|date=9 November 2011|quote=Suzuki may be struggling to maintain much of a presence in the U.S., but the brand remains a successful purveyor of small vehicles elsewhere in the world. Indeed, we could see the cars it's showing at the 2011 Tokyo auto show being received well in global markets—and there's one in particular that we wouldn't mind seeing here. A rundown of the quartet follows.|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807191751/https://www.caranddriver.com/news/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Woosey">{{cite news|last=Woosey|first=Jason|title=Suzuki delivers quirky Regina concept|url=http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/cars/suzuki/suzuki-delivers-quirky-regina-concept-1.1174445|access-date=30 October 2013|newspaper=Independent Online|date=9 November 2011|quote=The Regina concept will be unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in Japan early next month, alongside an even stranger little creature called the Q-concept.}}</ref>

* '''Q-concept''', first shown at the [[Tokyo Motor Show#2011|2011 Tokyo Motor Show]], is a [[bubble car]] like the MIT [[CityCar]], [[Nissan Pivo]] or [[Toyota PM]]. Just {{convert|2500|mm}} in length, the Q-concept has its driver and one passenger riding in tandem but is more comfortable than a motorcycle, being enclosed and having seats instead of a saddle. Intended primarily for short trips (within {{convert|10|km}}) it ought to be able to park in nearly any available space.<ref name="Siler" /><ref name="Woosey" />

 

==Motorcycles==

In 1994, Suzuki partnered with [[Nanjing Jincheng Machinery]] to create a Chinese motorcycle manufacturer and exporter called [[Jincheng Suzuki]].

 

 

The next few years in MotoGP were rather experimental for Suzuki, with some spotty success; but in 2020, on Suzuki's 100th anniversary, Spanish rider [[Joan Mir]] surprised the world by cinching the 2020 MotoGP World Championship, Suzuki's first GP conquest since Kenny Roberts Jr's World Championship win in 2000.

[[File:Tokyo Motor Show 2007 - DSC 7255 - Flickr - Nguyen Vu Hung (vuhung).jpg|thumb|[[Suzuki Gemma]] prototype scooter at the [[Tokyo Motor Show#2007|2007 Tokyo Motor Show]]|alt=]]

* '''Falcorustyco''' concept model at the [[Tokyo Motor Show#1985|1985 Tokyo Motor Show]] envisaged the motorcycle technologies that might be brought into play by 1995, including a 4-cycle square 4-cylinder 500&nbsp;cc engine, frameless body, front-and-rear swingarm suspension, center hub hydraulic power steering, chainless hydraulic drive and pop-up screen cowling.<ref name="BurnsConcept">{{cite web|last=Burns|first=John|title=Days of Future Past|url=http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/05/11/days-of-future-past/|work=Cycle World|publisher=Bonnier Corp.|access-date=27 October 2013|page=1|date=11 May 2012|quote=The first memorable concept bike of the modern era may have been the Suzuki '''Falcorustyco''' (''gyrfalcon'' in Latin – pictured above), which appeared at the 1985 Tokyo Motor Show. [...] Possibly still happily bemused at the reception the Falcorustyco had received, Suzuki was back at the 1986 Tokyoshow with the '''Nuda'''. This one, they said, is functional—not that anybody actually got to see it function.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The 2WD Freak Show... – Suzuki Falcorustyco concept|url=http://www.visordown.com/features/the-2wd-freak-show/14819-4.html|work=Visordown|publisher=Immediate Media Company|access-date=27 October 2013|page=4|date=19 October 2010|quote=In 1985 Suzuki produced this concept, the Falcorustyco. Really? It had a 500&nbsp;cc square four water-cooled engine with 16 valves and 3 camshafts, no gearbox and relied on hydraulic pumps to provide final drive to both wheels. Front and rear swinging arms provided hub-centered steering and the bike had electromagnet brakes.}}</ref><ref name="WestConcept">{{cite web|last=West|first=Phil|title=MCN's Top 10 concept bikes that were never made|url=http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/New-bikes/2010/january/jan0110-mcns-top-10-concept-bikes-never-made/|work=Motorcycle News|publisher=Bauer Media|access-date=27 October 2013|date=8 June 2010|quote=We've all drooled over Honda's CB1100R concept bike, willing Honda to bring it to the UK. On the other hand there was Suzuki's B-King and Yamaha's MT-01 that did hit the showroom floors. But what about the others? Over the last 25 years there have been dozens of show specials or concept bikes that the leading manufacturers have teased us with, never to go into production.}}</ref>

* [[Suzuki B-King|B-King]] – The concept model was well received by the public when it went on display at the [[Tokyo Motor Show#2001|2001 Tokyo Motor Show]]. The addition of a turbocharger to the GSX1300R engine testified to massive power output, while electronics such as cellphone and GPS were stowed in the ultra-modern angular bodywork. The production model appeared six years later, largely unchanged except for its [[naturally aspirated engine]].<ref name="AshB-King" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Conner|first=Blake|title=2008 Suzuki B-King – First Look|url=http://www.cycleworld.com/2007/03/07/2008-suzuki-b-king-first-look/|work=Cycle World|publisher=Bonnier Corp|access-date=28 October 2013|date=7 March 2007|quote=Details on this much-hyped motorcycle were still suppressed by our Suzuki hosts, but the bike does closely resemble the showbike that raised our temperatures in the first place, even if, as previously announced, the concept B-bike's turbocharger didn't make the translation.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Burns|first=John|title=Days of Future Past|url=http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/05/11/days-of-future-past/2/|work=Cycle World|publisher=Bonnier Corp.|access-date=27 October 2013|page=2|date=11 May 2012|quote=Suzuki sold a few, mostly to owners who must've parked the things under a cover once the honeymoon was over and reality set in. You really don't see many B-Kings running around, do you? It's destined to be a serious Craigslist bargain in another few years when owners throw in the towel after admitting that fashion is never going to catch up to this motorcycle.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105121938/http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/05/11/days-of-future-past/2/|archive-date=5 November 2013}}</ref> B-King styling is reflected in the award-winning design of the [[Suzuki GSR600|GSR600]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Road sports bike [GSR series]|url=http://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/32453|work=Good Design Award|publisher=Japan Institute of Design Promotion|year=2006|access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> and the [[Suzuki GSR750|GSR750]], as well as the [[Suzuki Inazuma 250|Inazuma]] GW250 and GW250S.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lost in translation|url=http://www.visordown.com/features/lost-in-translation/22663.html|work=Visordown|publisher=Immediate Media Company|access-date=28 October 2013|date=22 April 2013|quote=Nobody would call the B-King beautiful when it was shown as a concept bike, but onlookers clamoured for the machine to be put into production nonetheless. It was just ''so'' brutal.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Burns|first=John|title=Days of Future Past|url=http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/05/11/days-of-future-past/2/|work=Cycle World|publisher=Bonnier Corp.|access-date=28 October 2013|page=2|date=11 May 2012|quote=Suzuki sold a few, mostly to owners who must've parked the things under a cover once the honeymoon was over and reality set in. You really don't see many B-Kings running around, do you? It's destined to be a serious Craigslist bargain in another few years when owners throw in the towel after admitting that fashion is never going to catch up to this motorcycle.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105121938/http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/05/11/days-of-future-past/2/|archive-date=5 November 2013}}</ref>

* '''G-Strider''' concept model with 916&nbsp;cc engine, made public at the [[Tokyo Motor Show#2003|2003 Tokyo Motor Show]], was a half-scooter, half-[[cruiser (motorcycle)]] mash-up with an electrically controlled [[Continuously Variable Transmission]] incorporating a push-button manual mode, similar to the Burgman 650. Accentuating luxury, the G-Strider's handlebars, footrests, seat backrest, passenger backrest and windscreen were all electrically adjustable while under way to ensure the most comfortable riding position possible.<ref name="WestConcept" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Hanlon|first=Mike|title=Suzuki's radical G-Strider concept|url=http://www.gizmag.com/go/2303/|access-date=28 October 2013|newspaper=Gizmag|date=31 October 2003|quote=The G-Strider is as interesting and radical as it looks, and in many ways it builds on the direction taken by the Burgman 650&nbsp;cc scooter tested in Gizmo last year and simply bristles with new ideas and functionality.}}</ref><ref name="BurnsConcept3">{{cite web|last=Burns|first=John|title=Days of Future Past|url=http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/05/11/days-of-future-past/3/|work=Cycle World|publisher=Bonnier Corp.|access-date=28 October 2013|page=3|date=11 May 2012|quote=What the G-Strider did get right was its 'nextgeneration telematics system, with interactive communications over a bidirectional wireless infrastructure...all controlled via glove-friendly trackball.' Which is actually similar to the thumbdrive controller that sorts through all the electronics on BMW's new K1600s. This wouldn't be the first time BMW took some good cues from the generally proletarian Suzuki. [...] In 2007, Suzuki went so far as to announce that the Strat would be entering production at an unspecified future time. Shortly thereafter, as you may have noticed, the free-market system imploded, and our Suzuki contacts claim to have no knowledge of what became of the bike.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105160103/http://www.cycleworld.com/2012/05/11/days-of-future-past/3/|archive-date=5 November 2013}}</ref>

* [[Suzuki World Rally Team]]

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