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Despite filing for Chapter 11 last month, American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC) is buying an additional 2,500 vehicles from Japan to sell in the U.S. market.

Suzuki is scrambling to sell its remaining stock in the U.S. and to a certain extent it seems to be working.

Compacts and sub-compacts were the most popularly queried cars this week with selections from both Japan and the U.S. filling the list.

Now that Suzuki has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the states, the brand’s dealers are faced with a decision; take a cash settlement from the brand, or fight Suzuki HQ in bankruptcy court. 

American Suzuki ended its North American car selling operation earlier this week, but that left a crowd of unhappy dealers the company is now trying to pay off.

While Suzuki’s automotive distribution arm has filed for bankruptcy in America, the company has announced that it will continue to sell cars in Canada. 

Despite a positive 5 percent sales increase for the month of October, American Suzuki is preparing to close up shop in North America, announcing it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Another Halloween has passed and with it the 10th month of the year. As automakers turn another page on the calendar they’re finally reporting sales for October. Were they on the business end of a nasty trick or did they receive a tasty treat? Keep reading for all the juicy details.

A new crossover from Suzuki called the S-Cross will make its debut at the upcoming 2012 Paris Motor Show, and once again the company has dropped a teaser image, this time of the rear end of the car.

Far from being the most exciting car to show up in a set of spy photos, the 2014 Suzuki SX4 small crossover will split from its current platform which it shares with Fiat to become its own car.

Ask anyone who’s been watching and they’ll probably tell you both Mitsubishi and Suzuki are living on borrowed time in the U.S. market.

Despite struggling outside the kei car segment, which it does very well in, Suzuki will debut a crossover concept at the upcoming Paris Motor Show in September.

The North American Suzuki Grand Vitara will get some of the updates announced for its Japanese cousin: the Escudo.

Crossovers continue to be one of the most competitive new car segments in the industry, and that’s a good thing for car buyers. With more and more entries into the market, prices have dropped across the board. Here’s a quick look at the top 10 cheapest crossover vehicles.

A report out this morning documenting the downward spiral that Suzuki is caught in hints strongly that the Japanese automaker is looking to exit the North American marketplace.

For starters, sales are down. From a total of just over 100,000 in 2007, Suzuki moved just 26,618 units last year and is poised to deliver an equally unimpressive year end result with sales for the first quarter ringing in at 6,561 units. That figure is actually down 2 percent from the year before, in a market that’s up 13 percent.

As a result of low sales, as well as an initiative by Suzuki to shed franchises, the company is down 32 franchises compared to a year before. Worse than that, roughly 150 of Suzuki’s remaining 246 dealerships sell five or less cars per month.

That’s just the start of the ominous news, however. Suzuki skipped the Detroit and LA Auto Shows this year and hasn’t posted a social media message on Twitter or Facebook in months. And after the brand’s top product planning and marketing exec left the company in January, Suzuki announced he wouldn’t be replaced.