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American Suzuki Holds 2003 National Sales Meeting
 At
the American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) national sales meeting of the marine division
held 4 August in Biloxi, Mississippi, ASMC announced that the 2002 model outboard
motor DF140 has earned the highest US sales of any Suzuki outboard in history
and superb customer satisfaction index rating.
Despite the precipitous drop in overall boat and motor sales in US since 2000,
Suzuki’s outboard market share has steadily increased, thanks to aggressive
development of new 4-stroke outboards. “Nobody has converted from 2-stroke
to 4-stroke technology faster than Suzuki,” said Mr. Manabu Nakamura, Senior
General Manager of Marine & Power Products Division for Suzuki Motor Corporation
at the meeting, expressing his gratitude to dealers for the successful sales campaign.
He also unveiled a plan to introduce the first prototype of production models
slated for 2004, the Suzuki V-6 4-strokes, at the Miami Boat Show this coming
February.
Conference of Middle East and African Distributors in Cyprus
 The
first conference of Suzuki Marine distributors from regions of the Middle East
and Africa was held 15 October in Larnaca, Cyprus with cooperation of A. Tricomitis
LTD., Suzuki Marine’s Cypriot distributor. Twenty participants from 13 distributors
discussed the current market trend from 2- to 4-stroke outboard motors and projections
of sales growth in the region.On the second day, the participants enjoyed test rides in boats powered by
DF140 and DF115 4-stroke outboards.
Suzuki Outboards Make a Splash at Sea World
 Suzuki
4-stroke outboard motors – quiet, environment-friendly and hard-working –
are helping educate and entertain visitors to the Sea World Adventure Park in
San Diego, California, thanks to an agreement making Suzuki the Featured Outboard
Motor supplier to the USA’s pre-eminent marine theme park.
There are several Suzuki motors on Sea World’s fleet of workboats, including
70-, 40- and 15-HP 4-stroke outboards. Commented a Sea World staff member, “We
demand a lot from our performers, crews, and our equipment, too, and our new Suzuki
motors seem more than up to the challenge.”
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