Suzuki surprise visitors with display model of the all-new five-door Jimny.
Suzuki Auto South Africa has a special surprise in store for guests to this year’s Festival of Motoring.
The group unveiled its first Suzuki Jimny 5-door off-road SUV at the festival. The 5-door Jimny is not available for sale yet, making the Festival of Motoring the only place where South Africans can see and experience this new model.
The new five-door Jimny was revealed to global applause at the Auto Expo in India earlier this year. It has since become a top-selling model in its market segment, and for Suzuki as a whole, in the Indian market.
“With the overwhelming popularity of the new Jimny, and its three-door sibling, our production facilities in Japan and India are working at full capacity to meet the demand.
“We have already placed our first order and we hope to make it available for sale in the last quarter of this year,” says Brendon Carpenter, Brand Marketing Manager for Suzuki Auto.
The new five-door Jimny has a stretched wheelbase that allows for an additional 340 mm of space over the shorter 3-door model. This has allowed Suzuki engineers to add extra luggage space and innovations such as the ability to fold the front seats into overnight beds, without compromising the vehicle’s off road capabilities.
The five-door Jimny that is on display at the Festival of Motoring is painted in the new Jungle Green colour, which is proving very popular in the current three-door line-up. When it is launched, the model will also be offered in a couple of new, and exclusive, paint colours. They are called Celestial Blue, Granite Grey and a special Sizzling Red with metallic black roof.
While fans will not have an opportunity to drive the five-door Jimny (yet), they will get a chance to climb behind the wheel of the two newest SUVs to join the Suzuki line-up.
Suzuki revealed both the new Fronx, their sporty coupé-SUV, and the XL6, their stylish larger SUV with space for six occupants, in August and both models are at the Festival of Motoring.
“We have a number of units available and ready for visitors to test drive and experience. This is the first public opportunity to test drive these models and what a better venue than the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit!” says Carpenter.
