Maruti Suzuki is being reported to possess commenced the assembly on the Suzuki Jimny SUV at the brand’s production facility in Gurugram. Currently, the Jimny is being assembled from knocked-Down kits imported from Japan and pictures of the locally assembled Jimny have emerged on the web . But the Jimny assembled within the Indian market is probably going to be exported to other countries and isn’t expected to be sold in India.
The Japanese manufacturer could have made the move to form India the assembly and export hub for the Suzuki Jimny because the Kosai manufacturing facility in Shizuoka Prefecture isn’t having the ability to stay up with the worldwide demand for the SUV. Reports suggest, that the present version of the Jimny has seen such a surge in demand that the waiting period within the certain market has reached around 10 months.
According to reports, Suzuki produces around 50,000 units of the Suzuki Jimny, once a year at the japanese facility in Kosai, but when the brand fully optimises the assembly plant in India to manufacture the Jimny the volumes are likely to leap three folds. The brand may even shut the Jimny’s assembly line at the japanese plant and make India the only manufacturing hub for the assembly and distribution of the SUV.
Currently, the brand is assembling the three-door Suzuki Jimny which isn’t likely to be for domestic consumption but are going to be exported to other countries. But within the near future, the brand is probably going to develop a extended five-door iteration of the Jimny which is predicted to travel on sale in India. The five-door iteration will target the mainstream SUV buyer within the Indian market because it is meant to be the ‘Practical’ option. Later the first three-door option could make its market debut targeted towards the life-style mindshare customers.
The brand is predicted to develop the five-door Jimny for the Indian market by 2022. Mahindra is additionally likely to develop a five-door Thar which is probably going to form its debut round the same period.