The American Suzuki Motor Corporation has reportedly set a record breaking car sales of 8,916 units last month. According to the Japanese car maker, this was the second most fruitful August in their car selling US history. The sales record was up by 6%compared to its year-earlier period as well as year-to-date sales which had a 1% compared to last year's sales record. This also keeps the Japanese car maker target more than a hundred thousand car sales for a second-consecutive year.
Suzuki also had a fabulous line up of car models this year, helping them achieve the numbers. Two of its line up of sports utility vehicles -- the Grand Vitara and the XL7 contributed largely on the Japanese car maker's August 2007 sales.
The August 2007 sales of XL7 amounted to 1,964 units which gained a huge amount of sales from its 2006's August. The five-door Suzuki SX4 Crossover also noted a huge increase on its sale amounting to 1,008 units sold last month. This is a 12% increase compared to 2006's August sales of the outgoing Aerio.
"Since the launch of the all-new Grand Vitara, followed by the introduction of the XL7 midsize crossover SUV and all-wheel drive SX4 Crossover, Suzuki has brought more exciting products to U.S. consumers," the president of American Suzuki's Automotive Operations Mark Harano said.
He also added on a statement saying, "The arrival of the eagerly anticipated four-door SX4 Sport next month will bolster Suzuki's recent successes and strengthen Suzuki's position in the marketplace as an automaker to watch."
Among all the vehicles sold in US, the popular Forenza sedan and Wagon, five-door Reno, Grand Vitara and the all-wheel drive SX4 Crossover as well as the all-new XL7 midsize crossover were the most famous car models of Suzuki in the US car market.
Suzuki is also set to add the SX4 Sport on its strong car line up after it is revealed on American showrooms this coming October. All these models are covered by the America's #1 Warranty with an industry-leading 100,000-mile, seven-year, zero deductible, fully-transferable powertrain limited warranty.
American Suzuki Motor Corporation has been one among the supplier of cars and other vehicles on the US car market. It was founded in 1985 by its parent car maker Suzuki Motor Corporation which now has more than 500 dealership showrooms in the entire US. Just like , the Japanese car maker is also noted because of the quality cars they make.