Suzuki Suzulight

Suzulight was the brand that Suzuki used for the kei cars it built from 1955 to 1969, its first entry into car making after producing only motorcycles. It was the second front wheel drive car in Japan, after the very limited Tsukuba go of the 1930s, and its sedans and light vans all had transversely mounted engines driving the front wheels. The SF series of October 1955 was closely based on the Lloyd 400 and used a two cylinder, two stroke engine of 359.66 cc sized to meet the Japanese light car rules, with a design credited to the founder Michio Suzuki. It came as the SS sedan, SL light van, SP pickup and later the SD delivery van, and by 1958 the range had been cut to a single light van. The Suzulight Carry trucks and vans were the first to use the Carry name that Suzuki still uses today.