Maruti Jimny Rebadged As Toyota Jimny

Maruti Suzuki has formally unveiled the brand new Jimny 5 door – Based mostly on the identical, here’s a digital model of Toyota Jimny

With Suzuki adopting RAV4 and Corolla in worldwide markets and Toyota adopting Baleno and Brezza in India, the partnership between the 2 Japanese automakers has been up and working very effectively. Just lately, we noticed Toyota launching Vitz in South Africa, which is a rebadged Maruti Celerio.

With each having an eclectic mixture of merchandise with minimal section overlaps, the scope of this product / platform sharing association is sort of broad and deep. So, if we take the immensely standard Suzuki Jimny mini off-roader and provides it a Toyota face, the ensuing product could also be a bit far fetched however not an impossibility. Maruti lately launched the brand new Jimny 5 door in India. Bookings have already crossed the 15,000 mark.

Maruti Jimny meets Toyota FJ Cruiser

We puzzled how a rebadged Toyota Jimny would look and our design specialist Pratyush Rout materialized our ideas within the type of this speculative rendering. Earlier than we proceed, please observe that neither Toyota nor Suzuki made any statements concerning the attainable existence of such a product within the pipeline.

As you’ll be able to see, the Suzuki Jimny’s retro-classic and boxy styling adopts Toyota FJ Cruiser impressed headlamps, grille and bumper surprisingly effectively. Going by the present examples of rebadging between the 2 manufacturers, ought to they select to share the Jimny, the entrance fascia would be the solely factor to be restyled.

Will there actually be a Toyota Jimny?

The three-door Suzuki Jimny is being produced in Japan in addition to India. It has an enormous order backlog from the world over with ready durations in some markets extending past 8 months. Maruti Suzuki is on the brink of start manufacturing of the 5 door Jimny in India.

Naturally, Suzuki could be specializing in catering to its clients earlier than interested by sharing such a product with iconic model recall. The highest administration could take a look at rebadging the Jimny as a dilution of its model worth, and therefore it might not occur in any respect.

Nevertheless, if in any respect a Toyota’s model of Jimny manages to see the sunshine of day, then it could give the Japanese automaker entry to a profitable area of interest within the world market.

It could sit under the brand new Toyota Yaris Cross as a life-style product. With its compact footprint, good off-road credentials, gasoline environment friendly engine and a no-nonsense enchantment, the Jimny has garnered an enormous fan following.