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{{nihongo|'''Suzuki Motor Corporation'''|スズキ株式会社|Suzuki [[Kabushiki gaisha]]|lead=yes}} is a Japanese multinational mobility manufacturer headquartered in [[Hamamatsu]], [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]]. It manufactures [[automobile]]s, [[motorcycle]]s, [[all-terrain vehicle]]s (ATVs), [[outboard motor|outboard marine engines]], [[wheelchair]]s and a variety of other small [[internal combustion]] engines. In 2016, '''Suzuki''' was the [[Automotive industry#By manufacturer|eleventh biggest]] automaker by production worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://oica.net/wp-content/uploads/ranking.pdf|title=World motor vehicle production OICA correspondents survey without double counts world ranking of manufacturers year 2011|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref>
Suzuki has over 45,000 employees and has 35 production facilities in 23 countries, and 133 distributors in 192 countries. The worldwide sales volume of automobiles is the world's tenth largest,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navikuru.jp/articles/ranking/118/|title=【世界・車メーカー】販売台数ランキング!※2014年1月~12月の販売台数【車査定ならナビクル】|website=www.navikuru.jp|date=12 January 2024 }}</ref> while domestic sales volume is the third largest in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://car-moby.jp/295745|title=自動車メーカー販売台数ランキング【世界シェア2017-18年最新】|website=MOBY(モビー)車はおもしろい!を届ける自動車情報メディア|date=27 March 2018}}</ref>
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>
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===Leadership===
The company was founded by [[Michio Suzuki (inventor)|Michio Suzuki]]; its current Chairman is [[Osamu Suzuki (industrialist)|Osamu Suzuki]],<ref name="googfin">{{cite web| publisher=[[Google Finance]] | title=Suzuki Motor Corporation | url= https://www.google.com/finance
===Timeline===
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* [[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 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>
* '''Hayabusa Sport''' was a sports car unveiled at the 2002 Tokyo Auto Salon. Its engine - the same 1.3l I4 as found in the GSXR/4 and the GSXR-1300R Hayabusa sports bike it was named after - would produce 175hp at 9800rpm and was mated to a 6-speed sequential gearbox. Due to characteristics such as its front-mid engine positioning and diminutive carbon-fibre body, Suzuki achieved an optimal front:rear weight distribution of 50:50 and a markedly low mass of 550kg. One prototype was created and, while conceived as a street-legal car, was not ever used on the road.
*'''X-HEAD''' is a concept vehicle that debuted at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Show. It has a somewhat unusual design, looking similar to a dump truck. It has an X pattern on
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* '''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 (CO<sub>2</sub>) 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" />
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