Suzuki Jimny Rainforest, Malaysia Black Edition – special graphics, accessories, RM169k to RM172k
It is a boxy, compact 4×4 vehicle. Suzuki Jimny is well suited to being equipped with a variety of lifestyle accessories, and distributor Naza Eastern Motors (NEM) has taken advantage of that by offering some packages And special version in the past year and a half since the car’s launch. Its latest effort is the Jimny Rainforest and Black Edition, which comes equipped with easy-to-understand graphics and colors.
The latter is especially true of the Jungle, which is painted Jungle Green and decorated with camouflage along the sides. You also get a camouflage grille, along with roof racks, door visors, and front and rear mudguards.
The camouflage theme continues inside with the rearview mirror caps (featuring a Jimny rhino), tailgate trim and door sills, while the handles on the dashboard and doors are covered in brown leather. Elsewhere, the front end gets a black and gray front bumper, and there’s unique carpeting and a rear glove box.
Meanwhile, the Black Edition, as its name suggests, comes in Bluish Black Pearl 3 and is equipped with faux carbon fiber on the grille, door mirror caps, spare tire cover and rear door hinge cover, along with the same roof rack, door visors and fenders as the previous version. Tropical forest. Inside, the grip covers are black with bright green stitching, and NEM says it also gets a two-tone Nappa leather upgrade for free.
Perhaps most notable is that both the Rainforest and Black Edition are slightly cheaper than the Jimny’s standard RM174,900 price despite coming with plenty of genuine Suzuki accessories. Rainforest retails at RM168,900while the Black Edition is a bit more expensive at RM171,900. Both figures are on-the-road without insurance, including a three-year/100,000km warranty.
Jimny continues to be equipped with a 1.5 liter K15B naturally aspirated VVT engine, producing 100 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and maximum torque of 130 Nm at 4,000 rpm. All that is sent to all four wheels via a four-speed automatic transmission and part-time all-wheel drive system, complete with a low-range transfer case and torque vectoring with brakes.
Standard equipment includes automatic LED headlights, fog lights, 15-inch gray alloy wheels, manually adjustable cloth seats, single-zone automatic climate control, cruise control, and a smart touchscreen. 7-inch infotainment with Apple CarPlay connectivity, two speakers and dual airbags. Read Danny’s impassioned defense of the Suzuki Jimny in his review here.
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