Here's something you might not know: Suzuki sells cars in this country. They've never had more than one or two at a time and only the luckiest dealers sell that many per day, but the 20th anniversary of Suzuki's car selling days is nonetheless around the corner. Using the vaguely familiar aliases of Swift, Esteem, (Chevrolet) Sprint, and (Geo) Metro, Suzuki has so far been content aiming for the bottom of the market. Not that it matters much; most of Suzuki's riches come from its line of much-respected sport bikes and from foreign nations with high demand for super economical cars (that would be all of them).
New millennium, new attitude. Suzuki now seems to be stepping away from the Toyota Echo and moving into the crowded compact car mainstream populated by the Ford Focus, Honda Civic, Mazda 3, and others.
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