Maruti Jimny First Drive Impressions, How Good Is It For Daily Use? Price Reveal On 7th June-
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. organised official media drive for the media houses to test drive the Jimny and make their opinions, automobile journalist Aayush SSM got a chance to drive the new Maruti Jimny and test it over different terrains testing Jimny’s all possible capabilities. We have come across a comprehensive first drive impression review of the car that includes a complete walk around of the car and how it feels to drive a Jimny in the city and off the road as well.
New Maruti Jimny Indian market ke liye specifically 5-door version mein launch kari gayi hain and accordingly the wheelbase of the car has been increase to give ample space to the rear seat passengers with good enough boot space as well. Maruti Jimny is a legendary car as it has been in the global car market from decades just like the Indians had their Gypsy, the world had the Jimny.
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Coming back to the topic, new Maruti Jimny 5-door version measures 3985 mm in length, 1645 mm in width, 1720 mm in height, 2590 mm in terms of wheelbase and 210 mm in terms of the ground clearance. Boot space is agar baat kare toh according to us this car provides decent amount of space to carry luggage, it measures 208 litres and when the second row of seats are put down the boot space increased to 332 litres.
Even though 5-door Maruti Jimny is a longer car and might look like that it takes some metres to turn around but to our surprise Maruti Jimny’s turning radius is just 5.7 metres jo definitely close spaces and off-road surfaces par driver ko help karega.
Now let’s talk about the rugged styling of the Maruti Jimny, Front fascia of this vehicle has been given a very OG jeep like look with round headlamps, 5-slot grille, round turn indicators, rugged front bumper etc. Additionally Maruti Jimny mein di gayi hain features like LED projector headlamps, headlamp washers, auto headlamp, electrically adjustable and retractable ORVMs.
Side profile mein bhi Jimny squarish door panels, windows, panel mounted side turn indicators and flappy outside door handles with request sensor placed provide karta hain ek Jeep like retro feel with new age features. Also, the 15-inch alloy wheels do look a bit on the smaller side but design and size dono hee elements Jimny ke global model ki tarah hee hain and definitely yeh elements proven hain off-roading karte time. Puri gaadi ke around black cladding di gayi hain jo at the front and the rear connect hoti hain from the bumper.
Rear profile mein Jimny has a tail gate mounted spare wheel with the piano black finished cover mounted on it, yeh ek SUV feel and look provide karta hain Jimny, although Jimny is not a very tall SUV so yeh spare wheel ka addition kaafi rugged feel offer karta hain. Apart from that, rear profile mein Jimny is equipped with rear wiper and washer, request sensor for horizontally opening tailgate, rear bumper mounted rectangular tail lamps etc.
Off-road capabilities bhi iss gaadi ki kaafi impressive hogi because it has got so many off-road aids, Jimny equipped hain with Suzuki’s AllGrip Pro with low range transfer gear, ladder on frame chassis, 36 degree approach angle, 50 degree departure angle, 24 degree breakover angle, 3-link rigid axle type with coil spring for front and rear suspension and a kerb weight of around 1200 kg which is definitely going to help the vehicle overcome many surface obstacles.
Engine specifications ki agar baat kare toh, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. ne offer kiye hain sirf single engine option which is the 1.5-litre 4-cylinder naturally aspirated petrol engine jo produce karta hain 104.8 PS ki max. power and 134.2 Nm ka max. torque. Transmission options mein MSIL ne option diya hain between 5-speed manual and 4-speed automatic transmission unit. Jimny mein older K15B engine diya gaya which scores a bit less on the fuel efficiency score board but doesn’t feel much under powered as per the weight of the vehicle.
Coming inside the new Maruti Jimny, toh again that squarish theme has been followed inside too. It gets Gypsy touch as well in the form of information cluster also known as driver’s display. But yes information cluster ko basic yet informative banaya gaya hain by giving a digital screen in the middle of the two analogue clusters. Abb agar baat kare features ki toh, 9-inch SmartPlay Pro+ touchscreen infotainment system with wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, 4-speaker Arkamys sound system, push start/stop button, cruise control, automatic climate control, leather wrapped steering wheel, manually adjustable IRVM, all four power windows, steering mounted control etc. jaise features are on offer.
Being a 5-door version of the Maruti Jimny, iss gaadi ki rear seat space accessibility definitely kaafi better hain Mahindra Thar se as this is a complete 5-door vehicle. Yeh element definitely Maruti Jimny ko edge provide karta hain over its major competitor. By the looks of it, Maruti Jimny 5-door ki rear seat spacing practical lagti hain although Maruti has missed out on some important rear seat features like rear AC vents.
Safety equipment ki list mein bhi Jimny has been equipped decently, features like front dual airbags, side airbags, curtain airbags, brake limited slip differential, ABS with EBD, ESP, hill hold control, hill descent control, brake assist function, rear view camera, 3-point emergency locking retractor seatbelts, ISOFIX child seat mounts etc. are on offer. Apart from the features, sabse acchi baat jo MSIL ne kari hain woh yeh that base and top variants mein sab hee safety features on offer hain as standard.
Lastly, Maruti Jimny available hogi only in two trims largely, base trim hoga Zeta and then top trim hoga Alpha. Furthermore variants ki agar baat kare toh, Zeta and Alpha dono hee trims mein manual and automatic transmission on offer hoga making a total of four variant available (expected).
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