The Suzuki Wagon R is a kei car first introduced in Japan in 1993, and is still in production by Suzuki. The R stands for Recreation. It is one of the first cars to use the "tall wagon or tall boy" design in which the car is designed to be unusually tall with a short bonnet and almost vertical hatchback and sides in order to maximise cabin space while staying within the kei car dimension restrictions. The Wagon R has been the best-selling kei car in Japan since 2003; and in 2008, Suzuki expected to produce its three-millionth Wagon R. It has been a profitable car for Suzuki even in the... International market, mainly since introducing the car in India. Sales of Suzuki Wagon R have reached 5 million units at the end of February 2010. The first generation Wagon R is 1,640 millimetres high, or 255 millimetres taller internally than the JDM Suzuki Alto sold at the same time . The Wagon R used the same 660 cc three-cylinder engines as did the Alto and other Suzuki kei cars. A bigger first generation Wagon R, the Suzuki Wagon R+, was added in early 1997 and manufactured until 2000 for the European market.
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