Exactly ten years ago, Suzuki had good news: the new price for the top version of the Alto range also falls below € 10,000. In 2020, such prices have become unthinkable.
A-segmenters for less than € 10,000 stood effortlessly with dealers for decades. From the Panda to the first zipper Aygo-107-C1. The Suzuki Alto was still very new on April 3, 2010, because the car had only been around in our country for a year. Four generations have preceded this fifth generation since 1979. The Alto 1.0 Base was in the price list for € 7,999. The range went up to the Exclusive with alloy wheels, ESP, six airbags and fog lamps. In early April it became clear that Suzuki would charge € 500 less for this version. This meant that almost the entire Alto range fell below € 10,000. At the time, only the version with an automatic transmission cost € 10,945.
In 2015, the Dutch importer put an end to the Suzuki Alto, because five years ago the Suzuki Celerio takes over from the compact Japanese. Until then, around 200,000 Dutch people will buy a new Alto. The Alto performed particularly well in the 1980s with annual sales of around 10,000 copies. This success will be achieved in 2002 and 2010, and usually about 5,000 customers find their way to the dealers. The Celerio has never been able to drop below the € 10,000 mark. The Celerio 1.0 Economy has always been the cheapest version, costing € 10,244 at the lowest. At the end of last year it becomes clear that Suzuki no longer sees any point in the compact shopping trolley and pulls the plug from the European delivery. Until then, 13,000 Dutch people buy a copy.