Suzuki’s Queensland distributor has revealed a particular Jimny in the identical color because the state’s rugby league crew, which misplaced final night time’s State of Origin decider.
In a press launch despatched simply earlier than the Maroons’ devastating defeat final night time, Suzuki Auto Co revealed the Jimny Maroon Version.
For now, it’s a one-off prototype that’ll go on a roadshow throughout seven of Suzuki Auto Co’s 32 sellers, from this Friday (July 10) to Saturday, September 5.
You’ll have the ability to discover out precisely the place and when to see the Maroon Version, and vote on whether or not Suzuki Auto Co ought to produce additional examples of it, by visiting the corporate’s web site.
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Suzuki Auto Co has taken the usual three-door Jimny with a four-speed computerized transmission and brought it to The Wrap Boutique, primarily based in Brisbane, to provide it a customized maroon exterior with white racing stripes.
There are particular Jimny Rhino Maroon Version badges, with matching logos fitted contained in the cabin.
Suzuki Auto Co says it’ll add customized leather-based seat trim with maroon stitching and piping late in July, courtesy of one other Brisbane agency, WFC Oz.
“It is acquired maroon working by its gas strains,” mentioned Suzuki Auto Co advertising and marketing supervisor Jake Tobin. “We wished to construct one thing that felt genuinely Queensland and introduce a dialog about what this state loves and what it needs to see on the highway.”
The Maroon Version is not being explicitly marketed as a tie-in with Queensland’s state rugby league crew.
Maroon is extra than simply the identify of the crew, because it’s been the Sunshine State’s official color since 2003 – although, naturally, this is because of Queenslanders’ love of their residence crew.
Technically, Suzuki Auto Co additionally handles distribution of the Japanese model within the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales, however unsurprisingly none of its sellers there can be displaying this distinctly Queensland version.
Ought to Suzuki Auto Co flip this from a one-off prototype right into a particular version, it’s unclear how a lot of a value premium it’ll cost.
In Queensland, the three-door Jimny auto is at present priced at $40,990 drive-away, although the vary opens with the Lite handbook at $36,490 drive-away.
Suzuki Auto Co’s Maroon Version particular follows the reveal of the Jimny Rhino by Suzuki Australia, the manufacturing facility distributor that handles the Japanese model in every single place else in Australia.
Priced at $44,990 earlier than on-road prices, this takes the five-door Jimny XL auto and provides Kinetic Yellow paint, particular rhino decals, satin silver accents inside and outside, a novel grille, and 15-inch alloy wheels, amongst different enhancements.
