Suzuki has confirmed six new models including a lightweight Honda Jazz rival and a new city car for the next three years.
Suzuki UK’s sales and marketing boss, Dale Wyatt, said that the carmaker will launch six all-new cars by 2017. That’s quite a lot compared to Suzuki’s current European lineup which includes the Alto, Splash, Swift, SX4, SX4 S-Cross, Jimny and Vitara.
“The plan is to introduce two new cars in each of the A, B and C segments over the next three years. One will be a more rational, sensible car, while the other will be something more emotional,” Wyatt told Auto Express.
Two of the upcoming cars are already known: the recently-unveiled Vitara SUV (pictured) and the Celerio city car, both scheduled to debut in 2015. But what models does Suzuki prepare for 2016 and 2017?
Wyatt says the first to arrive will be another hatchback that will complement the Swift. It will be a car that “will answer all the reasons not to buy a Swift,” which means it will be a more practical model aimed to rival mini MPVs like the Honda Jazz. The car will be “very comfortable, raised up a bit and not as dynamically wired as the Swift,” while weighing 90 kg less than the Swift. The model is likely to debut at the 2015 Geneva Auto Show and will go on sale in early 2016.
The second model to arrive in 2016 will be a sister car to the Celerio that will feature a more daring design and will focus less on interior space. Described by Wyatt as an “A-segment funky car,” the new model is said to create a new segment when it debuts at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show before going on sale in late 2016.
The last two models to arrive will be the next-generation Swift supermini which will be even sportier, and possibly an all-new Jimny.
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