The oldsters over at Suzuki Motor USA are positively in a celebratory temper, as they’ve simply constructed their 500,000th ATV. Headquartered in Rome, Georgia, Suzuki Manufacturing of America Company (SMAC) has been producing ATVs within the good previous US of A since 2002.
For 22 years, the SMAC facility has been serving the US and Canadian markets, in addition to 25 different nations around the globe, making ATVs rather more accessible to a wider viewers. Previous to organising store within the US, ATVs for the North American market had been sourced all the way in which from Japan.
Masami Haga, President of SMO and SMAC, defined simply how necessary the North American market is for the worldwide powersports business. “North America represents the biggest ATV market on the earth, and it’s necessary that these merchandise are constructed right here by expert American employees.” In fact, it’s necessary to notice that SMO works with a number of US-based suppliers in offering components and parts for Suzuki’s ATVs.
The Suzuki KingQuad 750 had the honour of being the five hundred,000th ATV to be produced in SMAC’s facility.
Suzuki’s 500,000th ATV is none aside from the KingQuad 750 AXi, the model’s flagship mannequin, and one which’s extraordinarily well-liked amongst fanatics. In truth, Suzuki credit its KingQuad vary because the “inventor of the four-wheel ATV.” And certainly, with 20 years of steady manufacturing beneath its belt, it’s straightforward to see simply how well-liked Suzuki’s KingQuad has turn out to be.
Wanting even additional into the previous, Suzuki pioneered its first four-wheeled ATV all the way in which again in 1982 with the LT125. Quick ahead to the current day, and Suzuki’s ATV lineup consists of a wide array of four-wheelers—from kid-specific fashions to 400cc to 750cc KingQuads.
Even higher nonetheless, Suzuki has a community of over 700 sellers, making its ATVs and powersports automobiles accessible just about to anybody.
As for the five hundred,000th ATV produced, Suzuki doesn’t intend on promoting it, however relatively, placing it up on show at its headquarters as a testomony to the staff’s dedication to engineering excellence.
Suzuki’s manufacturing milestone resides proof that the powersports business is alive and properly. Anybody who tells you that off-roading is dying clearly doesn’t know what’s occurring and must get out extra.
The very fact is that it isn’t simply Suzuki that’s been having fun with plenty of success currently. We’ve been seeing improvements from gamers like Polaris and Segway Powersports pave the way in which for the way forward for powersports.