Talk:Suzuki Alto

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pari

[edit] 4 gears ? haha

My suzuki alto has 5 gears plus reverse.

[edit] Possible restructuring

I think this page could do with having some detail added, which I can do - but do people think the detail about Pak Suzuki and Jiangnan should still be included, or ought they to go on new pages? (I don't mean the fact that the Alto is made by them, but rather the extra bits about factory location, the rest of their ranges etc.) AJHW 17:09, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

I'd say keep separate pages, at least for the Maruti 800, because it's had such a great impact, whereas the Pak and Chinese production have come later and aren't as significant individually. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.36.54.26 (talk) 11:50, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

When in doubt, separate articles for separate models / brands helps the 'Keep it Simple' requirement, which both makes the project more user friendly as a device for disseminating knowledge and avoids confusing folks with things they hadn't wished nor expected to discover. But obviously there is a critical mass 'below' which a separate article isn't justified simply because, collectively, we've nothing to write about the 'separate' - differently named, assembled some place else or whatever - variant. That can sometimes be addressed by translating the article from the wiki version of the language of the country where the different version is assembled / manufactured. In this case I know nothing about the Pak and Chinese production, but economic develpments in Asia mean that if present trends continue, maybe they're in the process of becoming more 'significant individually' - especially to wiki contributors / readers based in relevant countries. The good news, here, is that we seem already to have a willing volunteer to kick off the separate articles. Charles01 (talk) 12:50, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

To the question about merging the Zen article with Suzuki Alto, I would say leave it as such. The reason is, while the old Zen was a version of the Alto, teh new one isnt. And in effect, the Zen is a brand of its own in India.

As for the details, can cross link the stuff that is shared. AJ-India (talk) 17:23, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

I, too, think the articles on the different models (particularly the Zen, which wasn't originally based on the Alto anyway) should stay separate - in most cases the models have either mechanical differences (eg Maruti 800) or differences in market scope and significance (eg Daewoo Tico). I'd be inclined to split the bits on Pak Suzuki and Jiangnan off as separate articles, since the Alto doesn't make up the whole of their production. So if the suggested merge is as a result of my suggestion, I'd like to withdraw it - and if not, I'm against it. AJHW (talk) 15:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I've now added the detail to the page. The Pak Suzuki page already has some details of the Mehran. I'm aware that the information about Jiangnan has gone; but I've taken a copy of it and I'll include it in a separate page on Jiangnan. If nobody objects by the end of the month I'll take the merge proposals off Daewoo Tico etc. AJHW (talk) 20:17, 2 April 2008 (UTC)