Suzuki Motor Corp’s Kosai plant rolls out its 20 millionth unit

Suzuki Motor Corporation’s Kosai Plant, located in Kosai, Shizuoka, Japan has achieved cumulative automobile (complete built-up) production of 20 million units.

Suzuki celebrated this milestone with Toshihiro Suzuki, President, Suzuki Motor Corporation, attending the commemoration ceremony on September 9.

The Kosai plant becomes the first automobile plant in Suzuki’s global production sites to reach 20 million units, in 45 years and 11 months since the start of production. The 20 millionth model was the Spacia minicar.

The Kosai plant started out as a production site for mini vehicles in October 1970. In August 1983, a second plant started operation for compact cars, taking exports of those units into concern as well.

Currently, the Kosai plant serves as Suzuki’s main production site for mini vehicles including models such as the Alto, Wagon R, and Hustler.

In FY2015, the plant produced 450,000 units, which is more than half of Suzuki’s domestic production volume of 860,000 units.