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Suzuki celebrates 70 years of the Suzulight – the firm’s very first car

8th May 2025

Suzuki's first car arrived 70 years ago... Suzuki tells us: (All words and photographs from Suzuki). This Autumn, as Suzuki gets ready to launch e Vitara, it’s very first electric vehicle, it’s well worth reflecting on where it all began for Suzuki Motor Corporation 70 years ago. Back in the Autumn of 1955, Michio Suzuki personally delivered a Suzulight, his very first production car to a … [Read more...]

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