Owing to its focus on small cars, a strong yen and stringent US safety regulations which have hurt growth, Suzuki Motors announces it will discontinue building autos for the US market and focus instead on motorcycles, ATVs and marine equipment.[166][167] U.S. sales had peaked in 2007 but had dropped to a quarter of that by 2011.[109][168][169] Suzuki got the approval for setting up a new factory and revive its plant in Yangon.