The parent company’s plan to introduce a new model every year could result in Magyar Suzuki launching the production of a new model every 2-2.5 years, the CEO said. The Hungarian unit wound up Splash and previous-generation SX4 models and the Esztergom plant is only making SX4 S-Cross and Swift models at present.

Suzuki sales on Hungary’s new market reached 5,000 this year, up 27% year-on-year, beating the 20% rise of the market, sales director Robert Krisztian said. Suzuki has a 7.4% share on the market, he added. Magyar Suzuki sales rose 11.6% to €1.567 bln last year.