SUZUKI REBOUNDING?
A YEAR AFTER IMPORTING JUST FIVE 2010 models—the RM-Z250, RM-Z450, RMX450Z, RM85 and GZ250—American Suzuki announced that it would be importing ten 2011 models. This is still less than 25 percent of the 45 models that the company brought into the U.S. for the 2009
model year (including scooters), but it definitely shows that the market is improving. According to sources at Suzuki, the situation is market-driven at this point The company is likely to add more models to the list of 201 Is, but that will be dependent on the remaining
2009 inventories selling through. As of this writing, Suzuki has announced plans to import the V-Strom 650 ABS, DR650SE, DR-Z400S, Hayabusa, RMZ250, RM-Z450, TU250, Boulevard S40, Boulevard M109R and Boulevard M109R Limited.
Blake Conner