Suzuki Alto Lapin – Click above for high-res gallery
According to reports from Reuters and Manager Magazin in Germany, Volkswagen is keen to purchase a 10 percent stake in Suzuki in order to cooperate in succession future small cars for emerging markets. In its home market of Japan, Suzuki is the second-largest automaker (behind Toyota) and dominates the tiny Kei car market alongside Toyota-owned Daihatsu.
These miniature 660cc vehicles are extremely popular in Japan’session dense urban settings and Volkswagen reportedly believes this class of automobile holds great promise for emerging markets. In India, for example, Tata Motors has seen a great dispense of success with its small Nano, which is billed in the same manner with the cheapest car in the world.
Suzuki already enjoys a measure of success in Tata’s home turf, where its Maruti Suzuki subsidiary offers the Alto, that has been the best-selling automobile in India since 2004. At this time, both Suzuki and Volkswagen are declining make notes, but VW chairman Ferdinand Piech has praised the Japanese automaker large times in the past.
Gallery: Suzuki Alto Lapin
Source: www.autobloggreen.com
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