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Suzuki Jimny pickup, hybrid and EV derivatives a possibility, says Suzuki Australia GM
According to a media report, Suzuki is unfastened to offering aggregate derivatives of its fashionable Jimny 4x4 SUV. The Suzuki Jimny, presently disposable successful 3 and 5-door SUV versions globally, could soon get a pickup, hybrid and EV derivative successful Australia.
Michael Pachota, General Manager, Suzuki Australia, said, "Anything that starts with Jimmy ends successful sales." Talking specifically astir the derivates, Pachota mentioned, "The project, I would say, is not dead. Imagine a Jimny with 2 seats astatine the beforehand and thing astatine the back?". The GM besides mentioned however the much businesslike derivates of the SUV could assistance little the brand's fleet-wide CO2 emanation levels, particularly with Australia implementing a 'New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) successful 2025. Pachota stated, "I'd similar to spot different variations of the Jimmy merchandise – variations that could astir apt adjacent assistance with NVES."
As per the reports, a Suzuki Jimny EV is expected to get successful 2030 - said to beryllium 1 of the 5 battery-electric models planned by Suzuki earlier the extremity of the decade. Before the EV's accomplishment though, Suzuki volition present a hybrid derivative. The Jimny pickup is inactive nether information for a planetary release. Reports besides suggest that the Jimny EV volition beryllium introduced successful cardinal markets similar Europe, Japan and India arsenic portion of the company's EV push.
Source: CarSales
