Auto Expo 2020: Maruti Jimny To Replace Gypsy In India

The Jimny showed here is a 3-door and in India it is expected to come in that only which means it would be the only 3-door Maruti SUV like the Gypsy which was also 3-door. It is a four-seater with boot big enough too.

The Jimny has a 1.5l petrol engine with 100 bhp while it has both an automatic plus a manual gearbox. There is no diesel option and in India it will be petrol only. the engine si same in the new Ciaz and Brezza.

Unlike the Brezza the Jimny has a ladder frame like the Toyota Fortuner which makes it robust off-road but it has a special system where for off-roading the gearing is tuned which means you can drive through rough roads with a low gear with extreme off-roading.

The Jimny is 3.5m in length and quite a small car but the design is proper SUV with a large grille and small round headlamps like the Gypsy plus it has a spare wheel at the back too which is similar to the old Gypsy.

The Jimny is the new generation of the Gypsy and is true to the roots of being an affordable off-road car. It is not a modern compact SUV but a proper 4-wheel drive SUV.

Maruti is most likely to launch it later in the year or early next year and it will compete with the Mahindra Thar. Overall the Jimny is a off-roader SUV and not a Brezza like compact SUV.