Suzuki SX4 Sedan Due Next Year

NEW YORK – American Suzuki Motor Corp. will offer a sedan variant of its upcoming subcompact SX4 hatchback next year, a company official says.

Tom Carney, vice president-sales, tells Ward’s the Japan-built SX4 model line is critical to Suzuki’s continued growth in the U.S.

It will have heady competition when it goes on sale in early August from new entrants such as Honda Motor Co. Ltd.’s Fit, Toyota Motor Corp.’s Yaris and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.’s Versa, not to mention ...