Suzuki Jimny was the pickup. Legally and expensive

The Suzuki dealer from Wanganui in New Zealand offers a unique version of the little Jimny SUV frame with the back of a pickup truck. Truck certified, so it’s not just a single home-made, but commercial and very expensive product.

I remember, back in early last year, Suzuki showed at the exhibition in Tokyo pickup on the basis of a new Jimny with a very fine factory body with wood veneer, but it was only a concept with no prospects to become a serial car. Nevertheless, the idea remained alive, it was implemented in New Zealand in private, so to speak, right.

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For local pickup takes the basic Jimny JX on forged wheels, with a plastic interior and a simple radio. Part of the body behind the Central pillars cut, it is set quite rough but practical duralumin body with three folding sides and high front wall with barred window, which insures the goods from getting into the cabin.

Between the rear wall of the cab and seat backs of the driver and the only remaining passenger has a few inches of clearance, so you can choose more or less comfortable fit. There, at the back, will fit a small load, for example, a couple of small portfolios or rifles. Of equipment for natural reasons withdrawn window airbags, what prevents the inscription under the radio.

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New Zealand pickup on the basis of Suzuki Jimny certified, and it is subject to a full warranty. The truck is 37 990 NZ $ 22 which is equivalent to 900 American dollars or 1.7 million roubles translated at the current rate. The original Jimny JX is 25 990 NZ$, that is, alteration in pickup cost of 12 000. New Zealand journal Driven, told of an outlandish novelty, rightly noted that a small truck was too expensive: the full-fledged midsize Chinese pickup T60 LDV double cab can be purchased in New Zealand for 29 990 dollars, Nissan Navara — 31 990 dollars. But for some farm kiwi (new Zealand’s most famous bird) a large truck is not needed, and Suzuki Jimny seems to be the optimal vehicle — in General, your customer this little truck will find, in spite of the very adult price tag.

We will add that in Europe this year, the Suzuki Jimny will also be a truck body to cut him no one will, but it will be certified for category N1, that is, from the rear seats, most likely, have to give. This “reformatting” needed to the Suzuki company avoid environmental fines for excessive CO2 emissions — requirements for commercial vehicles in this respect are less stringent.

The topic of pick-up Jimny on the basis of last fall have developed our artist Nikita Chuiko — he offered his own version of the truck with a stretched wheelbase and double cab.