Hungarian automotive industry: week 29
Hungary´s gov´t expects positive turn after Brexit, Audi Hungaria keeps developing, sheet metal manufacturer expands in Téglás. Let’s recap what week 29 brought in Hungary’s automotive sector.
2016.07.24 23:30
Suzuki Esztergom puts production on overtime to keep up with increased demand on Vitara
The Suzuki Vitara is enjoying a much higher popularity than how the Esztergom-based Suzuki plant originally expected. By the end of this year, Magyar Suzuki Corporation will manufacture 210,000 units, topping previous forecasts by 20,000.
2016.07.22 12:32
Hungarian automotive industry: week 26
Last week saw even more drama in the bus industry with industry players pointing the finger at one another but also investments and successes in the Hungarian auto sector. Let’s recap what week 26 brought in Hungary’s automotive industry.
2016.07.04 00:00
Suzuki to recall thousands of Hungarian-made cars
Thousands of SX4 S-Cross cars that were manufactured in Esztergom, Hungary, are being recalled by Suzuki due to faulty side airbags.
2016.06.30 23:20
Vitara drives market-leading Suzuki sales in Hungary in Q1
Magyar Suzuki Corporation sold 2,247 cars in the first quarter and is leading Hungarian new-car registrations with a market share of 11.41 percent.
2016.04.03 01:30
Suzuki donates Vitara to Esztergom police dep´t
Thanks to a longstanding cooperation between the Hungarian police authorities and Magyar Suzuki Corporation, the manufacturer donated a new Suzuki Vitara to the Esztergom Police Department.
2015.12.18 16:26
Vitara honoured with “Hungarian Quality Product Award”
Launched in March this year, the Hungarian-built Suzuki Vitara has been awarded the prestigious Hungarian Quality Product Award, and the Excellence in Innovation Award.
2015.09.05 12:31
New Suzuki Vitara goes into production in Esztergom
The new Vitara premiered in serial production last week at Magyar Suzuki Corporation in Esztergom, Hungary.
2015.03.07 11:45
Magyar Suzuki Corp. celebrates 25th anniversary
Suzuki owner Osamu Suzuki, Autókonszern Rt. CEO István Lepsényi and deputy first minister Péter Medgyessy signed the founding documents of the Japanese car maker´s Hungarian joint venture car plant 25 years ago, on 13 January 1990.
2015.01.14 11:57
Suzuki Vitara to make debut in March
The series production of the new-generation Suzuki Vitara has been preceded by a lengthy technological preparation, to be followed by additional changes to prodution technology this year.
2015.01.12 17:41
Hungarian automotive industry: week 47
Last week saw the inauguration of the fifth Audi Hungaria department at Széchenyi University and a fiery discussion about Hungary´s bus manufacturing. The forint finally gained some strength last week, rising by 0.6 percent to 304.30 against the euro by Friday.
2014.11.23 13:54
Magyar Suzuki to launch production of new Vitara in January
Magyar Suzuki´s Esztergom-based plant will return to two-shift operation in December, where the mass production of the new Vitara, the fourth Suzuki model manufactured at the plant, will begin in January.
2014.11.18 16:49
Hungarian automotive industry: week 42
Last week was characterised by a fluctuating Hungarian currency, decreasing oil prices and a moderate growth in Hungary´s gross production output due to a less productive summer period in the country´s automotive industry.
2014.10.19 15:04
Suzuki prepares Hungarian production line for new model launch
The Esztergom-based plant of Magyar Suzuki returned to a single-shift operation in September, while the production line is being prepared for the introduction of the new Vitara.
2014.10.14 17:47
Kirchhoff expands welding shop and implements hot forming technology in Esztergom
Esztergom-based automotive parts manufacturer Kirchhoff Hungária Kft. has expanded its welding shop by 50 percent.
2014.09.02 12:19
Esztergom-built Vitara to make debut at Paris Motor Show
The world premier of the new Suzuki Vitara, to be manufactured at the Japanese car maker´s Hungarian plant in Esztergom, will be at the 2014 Paris Motor Show.
2014.08.28 09:46
2.5 million cars from Suzuki Esztergom
On July 9, the 2.5 millionth car rolled off the production line in Esztergom, Hungary. The car is a 1.2-litre third-generation Swift in white colour, sold to a Hungarian customer.
2014.07.10 08:55
Suzuki Esztergom to start test production of new iV-4 soon
Magyar Suzuki Corp. will soon launch the test production of their latest model, the iV-4. Mass production of the sporty offroader will start in early-2015.
2014.03.22 00:04
