Suzuki · Alto

Suzuki Alto 1st generation (SS30V/40V)

Years
1979–1984
Chassis
SS30V/40V
Drivetrain
FF / 4WD
Suzuki Alto 1st generation (SS30V/40V)

Image: Hunini / CC BY-SA 4.0

Story

The commercial-version sister car of the Fronte kei passenger car. Thorough cost-cutting and a nationwide uniform price of 470,000 yen made it a huge hit, and it created the genre known as the "kei bonnet van".

Chassis

Front

Strut

Length 3,195 mmWB 2,150 mm1,335-1,350 mmHeightWidth 1,395 mm
Curb weight
540-560kg

Production plants

  1. Kosai Plant

    Kosai, Shizuoka

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible since May 200425 years after sales began in May 1979
Last cars
Eligible since 200925 years after sales ended in 1984 (month not recorded)

Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).

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