据Nicholas Takahashi报道，铃木汽车公司旨在加快汽车研发速度，以在由中国汽车制造商重塑的行业环境中保持竞争优势。
By Nicholas Takahashi Suzuki Motor Corp. aims to develop cars twice as fast to maintain its competitive edge in an industry reshaped by Chinese automakers.
该公司首席执行官Toshihiro Suzuki表示，目标是在本十年末将汽车研发周期从目前的40至48个月缩短至24个月。
The Japanese manufacturer eyes slashing vehicle development times to 24 months by the end of this decade, from the 40 to 48 months it takes now, Chief Executive Officer Toshihiro Suzuki said Friday.
铃木在东京对记者表示：‘中国制造商的速度令人难以置信，为了跟上他们的步伐，我们需要找到更快的发展方式。’
“Chinese manufacturers have incredible speed,” Suzuki told reporters in Tokyo. “To keep up, we need to figure out how to move faster.” After decades of measuring themselves against Japanese efficiency or German engineering, car executives are looking to China’s automakers as a new benchmark. The likes of BYD, Leapmotor and Xiaomi are driving competition with ultra-fast development cycles, software-first design and latest battery technology. That’s prompting legacy brands to overhaul their production systems to keep pace.
多年来，铃木一直以日本的生产效率和德国的工程技术作为标杆，但现在他们将目光转向了中国汽车制造商。
“Chinese manufacturers have incredible speed,” Suzuki told reporters in Tokyo. “To keep up, we need to figure out how to move faster.” After decades of measuring themselves against Japanese efficiency or German engineering, car executives are looking to China’s automakers as a new benchmark. The likes of BYD, Leapmotor and Xiaomi are driving competition with ultra-fast development cycles, software-first design and latest battery technology. That’s prompting legacy brands to overhaul their production systems to keep pace.
像比亚迪、蔚来和小米这样的企业通过超快的研发周期、以软件为主的设计和最新的电池技术推动了竞争。这促使传统汽车品牌改革其生产系统以保持竞争力。
“Chinese manufacturers have incredible speed,” Suzuki told reporters in Tokyo. “To keep up, we need to figure out how to move faster.” After decades of measuring themselves against Japanese efficiency or German engineering, car executives are looking to China’s automakers as a new benchmark. The likes of BYD, Leapmotor and Xiaomi are driving competition with ultra-fast development cycles, software-first design and latest battery technology. That’s prompting legacy brands to overhaul their production systems to keep pace.
铃木已于2012年和2018年退出了美国和中国市场，现在将印度视为最大的增长引擎。
Suzuki, which pulled out of the US and Chinese markets in 2012 and 2018, is looking to India as its biggest growth engine.
该公司计划到2030年将其在印度的生产能力从今年的不到300万辆提升至400万辆，并预计印度汽车市场在未来几十年内将翻一番或三倍。
The maker of the Jimny compact SUV plans to grow its production capacity there to 4 million units by 2030, from less than 3 million this year. The company expects the India car market to double or triple in size within the next few decades.