Statistics from industry researcher Datahouse show Suzuki sold 11,266 new passenger cars last year, taking first place with a market share of 11.67%.
Operations director Róbert Krisztián said last yearʼs strong results were mainly due to the unexpected success of Suzukiʼs Vitara SUV model: domestic sales of Vitara amounted to 6,538, or 23.2% of the SUV segment. Domestic sales of the other locally made model, the S-Cross, came to 1,643.
Manufacturing of the Hungarian plantʼs earlier main model, the subcompact Swift, was discontinued in Esztergom (north of the capital) in December; the new version is due to arrive from imports at the end of the first half of this year.