2024 Suzuki Jimny update! Five-door wagon pricing, launch, spec and delivery info, as three-door auto sells out again!

If you’re after a new Suzuki Jimny auto this year – then you’re plum out of luck.

All 500 of the current GJ-series three-door models were snapped up within five hours of going back on sale after an eight-month hiatus at midday on Monday, September 18, and there’s no word as-yet when the next batch will return – meaning the stop-sale resumes.

Monday’s Jimny stampede seems to have also rubbed off on the coming JJ-series five-door version as well, with Suzuki reporting 62 additional orders placed on that same day, taking the number of pre-launch sales for the long-wheelbase four-seater wagon to in excess of 1500 units.

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This is an astonishing number, given that nobody has seen the finished production vehicle in final Australian specification guise as yet, at least not outside of the company.

Furthermore, Suzuki does not intend to release any pricing or specification details of the 2024 Jimny range including the five-door wagon until early December at the earliest – some 2.5 months from now. People continue to order this vehicle sight unseen.

That said, Suzuki is believed to be bracing itself for an even stronger upturn in customer deposits once pricing is divulged, as there are potential buyers unwilling to commit until they know how much more expensive the five-door model will be compared to its three-door siblings.

Currently, they kick off from $27,490 (all prices are before on-road costs) for the Lite five-speed manual and $29,990 for the better-equipped GLX version, while the optional four-speed auto that’s proving such a sales sensation adds another $1500 to each.

Monday’s Jimny stampede seems to have also rubbed off on the coming JJ-series five-door version as well.

Our guess is a $3000 premium.

We can also reveal that first deliveries are pencilled in by the end of March at the latest, though some lucky buyers may get hold of their Jimny five-door slightly sooner in the first quarter of next year, if all goes to plan.

So, what are buyers in for with the newcomer?

Measuring in at 3985mm long, 1645mm wide, 1705mm tall and 2590mm in wheelbase, the JJ wagon – which will be sourced out of India rather than Japan like the GJ – has been stretched by 340mm in length and wheelbase, yet is 20mm lower in height.

Pricing and spec details of the 2024 Jimny range won't be released until early December at the earliest.

Except for the longer body, the interior will stay much the same as the three-door model’s – though Suzuki’s updated multimedia system is likely to debut. Boot space with all seats up in situ jumps from just 85 litres to 219L.

Whether the wagon carries the base Zeta/up-spec Alpha grade names as per its Indian counterpart is unknown.

Ground clearance remains at 210mm, as do front and rear track sizes (1395mm/1405mm respectively). Towing capacity continues to be 1300kg (braked) and 350kg (unbraked). Brakes are again disc/drum front/rear.

The 75kW/130Nm K15B 1.5-litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder petrol engine is set to remain, as are the five-speed manual or four-speed auto choices. Dependable, proven, low-cost engineering is key to the Jimny’s appeal and the company knows it.

Except for the longer body, the interior will stay much the same as the three-door model’s.

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Suzuki’s updated multimedia system is likely to debut in the five-door Jimny.

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Dependable, proven, low-cost engineering is key to the Jimny’s appeal and the company knows it.

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Some lucky buyers may get hold of their Jimny five-door slightly sooner in the first quarter of next year, if all goes to plan.

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People continue to order the five-door Jimny sight unseen.

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2024 will prove to be a hectic year for Suzuki in Australia, with at least three more models expected to land.

Already confirmed is the Swift-based Fronx light SUV, also out of India as the belated replacement for the popular Baleno small car and expected to sit between the Ignis and Vitara, while the next-gen Swift is expected to surface sometime later in the year. Whether this is an extensive facelift or a complete rebody of the existing, 2017-vintage model is not yet known.

Will the Jimny Electric also be one of three newbies? What about the India-only (for now) Grand Vitara?

Watch this space.