01/07/2008 06:13. The Suzuki Swift, New Zealand’s best selling small car, has achieved an international milestone. Production of the most successful car ever produced by Suzuki recently topped the one million barrier and continues to increase. The Swift surpassed the one million level three years and eight months after the first unit rolled off the line in Japan. 

A truly world car, the compact hatchback is built not only in Japan, but also in Hungary, China, India and more recently Indonesia and Malaysia. Swift production for the New Zealand market is sourced from Japan where 361,676 of the first million units were produced. 

Year to date sales of new Swifts in New Zealand are up 37 per cent compared to the same period in 2007. The Swift is... // Car and SUV