Suzuki became SA’s favourite passenger car brand in May

• Suzuki the greatest-offering passenger car or truck brand overall
• Swift the most common auto with 1 764 models bought – a new report
• Suzuki Vehicle SA and its dealers established new data

 

Suzuki Car recorded a product sales-bounce of 630 motor vehicles from April to May possibly and strike a new all round document of 4 331 new automobile revenue.

The new file signifies that Suzuki was also South Africa’s favorite passenger motor vehicle model in Could, outselling just about every other car marque and firmly establishing itself as the 3rd premier maker on the industry sales roster.

“As a company, our advancement system above the several years could be in comparison to that of bamboo. Bamboo spends its early decades escalating a sturdy root method that can guidance its stems. To the bare eye, it appears that it is not increasing at all, but the moment it has established the right roots, the bamboo shoots into the sky at a speedy tempo.

“Since opening our doorways in South Africa in 2008, we have expended a great deal of time, power and dollars on setting up a robust dealer network, a healthy head workplace group and a massive parts warehouse that can deliver on our manufacturer guarantee of value for cash and excellent buyer services. Now, with a community of 81 sellers, we are viewing the solid advancement that a firmly recognized root method can produce,” suggests Henno Havenga, manager for car supplier profits at Suzuki Auto.

Havenga congratulated Suzuki dealers right after they broke via the 3 000-unit barrier in May perhaps with total retail revenue of 3 100 models. Most of the remaining Suzuki cars ended up offered by its govt, rental and fleet profits division, which recorded revenue of 1 229 models.

To best the selection of new documents by the enterprise, naamsa, the field company council, reported that the Suzuki Swift was South Africa’s best-marketing automobile in May possibly with sales of 1 764 units (together with the Swift Sport). The S-Presso (783 units), Vitara Brezza (530 models), Jimny (428 models) and Ertiga (305 units) concluded the checklist of 5 best-selling Suzuki types.

“The announcement of our new record and the new supplier revenue history will come a couple of days just before we rejoice the greatest-performing dealers at the 2021/22 Seller of the Year Awards,” claims Havenga.

“Every 12 months the competitors for the title as the Suzuki Supplier of the Yr turns into fiercer as far more dealers enter our Elite and Platinum tiers for substantial-performing dealers with exemplary purchaser services. This yr is no different, and we seem forward to announcing the major performers upcoming 7 days.”

Suzuki will launch its latest product – the 2022 Suzuki Baleno – in the to start with week of June. It will sign up for other incredibly common benefit-for-revenue cars this kind of as the Swift, S-Presso and the Tremendous Have workhorse on the showroom floors.

“The Baleno sets a new standard for worth for cash,” claims Brendon Carpenter, Model Marketing Supervisor of Suzuki Auto South Africa.

“With luxuries this kind of as weather control, an infotainment process with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as properly as prime-product attributes these as head-up exhibit and a spherical-watch digital camera process, we hope to set a new conventional for the compact hatchback marketplace and welcome even more persons to the Suzuki spouse and children.”