The light at the end of the tunnel for a production pause on the three-door Jimny is drawing closer, as stock left in dealers is whittled down.
The three-door Suzuki Jimny 4WD is confirmed for a return to Australian showrooms – after going on hiatus earlier this year – once it is engineered with updated crash-avoidance technology to meet new regulations.
But it’s yet to be confirmed when the Jimny three-door will go back on sale, and production for Australia will resume before stock in dealers runs out.
Suzuki was forced to hit the pause button on the three-door version of its pint-sized four-wheel-drive earlier this year, as its autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system did not meet new Australian rules in place from March 2025.
The five-door Jimny XL is not affected, as its AEB system complies with the operating parameters defined in the rules.
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It was promised at the time that “investigations in overcoming this are already at play,” and plans to re-engineer the AEB system to return the car to showrooms “are yet to be confirmed”.
Suzuki Australia general manager, Michael Pachota, told Drive this month the return of the three-door Jimny is “not a matter of if, it’s only a matter of when.”
He said Suzuki is “waiting for production timings” on when the upgraded safety system will be implemented before re-opening order books.
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The executive said remaining stock of the three-door Jimny built prior to the pause is “OK to fill current back orders,” but growing demand means supply may start to “thin out” over the coming months.
Suzuki has reported 3629 Jimny deliveries over the first five months of this year – across three- and five-door versions – down slightly on the same period last year (3915), likely not helped by the production pause.
Over the 2024 calendar year, 9697 examples were reported as sold – up 93.9 per cent on 2023.
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