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Suzuki Motor Corporation
(スズキ株式会社,
Suzuki Kabushiki-Kaisha?)
is a Japanese
multinational
corporation headquartered in
Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing
compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of
motorcycles,
all-terrain vehicles (ATVs),
outboard marine engines,
wheelchairs and a variety of other small
internal combustion engines. Suzuki is the
9th largest automobile manufacturer in the world by
production volume,[4]
employs over 45,000 people, has 35 main production
facilities in 23 countries and 133 distributors in 192
countries.[citation
needed] According to statistics from the
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA),
Suzuki is Japan's second-largest manufacturer of small
cars and trucks.
"Suzuki" is pronounced
[suzuki] in Japanese, with a high tone on the
[ki]. It is pronounced
/səˈzuːki/
sə-ZOO-kee in
English, with a stressed zu. This pronunciation
is used by the Suzuki company in marketing campaigns
directed towards English-speakers.
Above courtesy of
Wikipeda
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Suzuki home page
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