Suzuki plans to double car production capacity at its joint venture in Chongqing, China, to 500,000 vehicles a year in 2015.
The company said it will spend about JPY60bn to build a new plant next to an existing production facility on land to be leased free of charge by the city of Chongqing.
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It plans to produce environmentally friendly cars at the new plant. The existing factory produces the Swift and Alto subcompacts and has an annual production capacity of 250,000 units.
