November 9, 2005
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A Special Achievement Awards “Most Fun” in the Car of the Year Japan (COTY) 2005-2006 was bestowed upon Suzuki Swift

A Suzuki’s compact car “Swift” was awarded a Special Achievement Awards “Most Fun” in the Car of the Year Japan 2005-2006 (run and sponsored by the COTY Executive Committee) in the final ballot on 8th-9th November 2005.

Suzuki “Swift” was developed with a concept of a Bold Style & Dynamic Drive.It pursued high levels of Styling and Dynamic Performance through the repeated tests in Japan and Europe, and is found to be a globally attractive model.

The “Swift”, produced since November 2004 in Japan, Hungary, India, and China accordingly has been produced accumulated around 168,000 units until October 2005, and has been well-accepted worldwide.

Furthermore, as a flagship of “Swift”, “Swift Sport” with higher grade of dynamics was launched in Japanese market in September 2005.The “Swift Sport”, developed with a concept of Real Sports Compact achieved a combination of sporty design and the dynamic performance, adopting newly developed 1.6L Petrol engine and specially tuned suspension system.It also meets the demand for Fun to Drive of various customers.


Outline of Car of the Year Japan 2005-2006
Candidates: All the passenger cars released or launched in Japan during 1st November 2004 through 31st September 2005
Prizes: Car of the Year Japan/Import Car of the Year/Special Achievement Awards(“Most Fun”, “Best Value”, “Most Advanced Technology”)
COTY Jurors: 60 jurors




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