…and that was during the period when Suzuki actually had a presence in The US!
I really can’t imagine why somebody would knowingly purchase an “orphaned” vehicle that no longer has any technical support or parts infrastructure when other–better–vehicles are available.
Quite a few years ago, there was a car marketed by Austin/Rover in The US that was branded here as the Sterling. It had the reliable engine and transmission of an early Acura Legend, but the body, all electronics, and all electric motors were of British design and manufacture. Within a few years, the Sterling was pulled from the US marketplace after the car’s reputation for failing electronics, peeling paint, and rotting body parts became more widely-known, and sales plummeted.
However, for several years after the Brits stopped marketing the Sterling in The US, it was not unusual to see these vehicles in ghetto areas, where used car dealers were counting on people who had no clue regarding the company’s history with these highly-flawed vehicles. Those ghetto dwellers probably put a lot of money into trying to keep these cars running before giving-up, and within a few years, there were no more Sterlings to be seen anywhere in The US, due to all of them having been scrapped.
This article claims that they can still be seen on US roads, but I haven’t seen one for…probably…20 years:
