Suzuki Jimny 3-Door returning to Oz in early 2026 with safety upgrades and new interior tech

Suzuki Australia has at the present time confirmed that the typical three-door model of its compact Jimny 4×4 wagon will return to native showrooms in early 2026 after the mannequin turned into taken off sale in March 2025 attributable to an absence of compliance with a alternate in the Australian Diagram Principles.

In short, each Jimny and Jimny Lite three-door variations will arrive in the neighborhood in February 2026, bringing “updates centered on safety, technology and driver convenience,” says Suzuki Australia, after production of native allotment of the Eastern-sourced mannequin turned into paused in early 2025.

The principle update – and impetus for reintroduction into the Australian market – is the fitment of Twin Sensor Brake Enhance II (DSBS II), a tool that is compliant with ADR 98/00 that came into produce in March 2025 and knocked the feeble three-door off the market.

Other driver assistance factors that luxuriate in been launched to Jimny 3-Door “whereas we awaited updates to satisfy ADR compliance requirements,” says Suzuki, consist of lane departure prevention and adaptive cruise alter. Front and rear parking sensors will now be on hand on this mannequin.

Updated internal tech for Jimny

In other locations, the Jimny lineup will get a multimedia enhance, with the reasonable model becoming a 9.0-trip touchscreen arrangement offering Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The Jimny Lite will characteristic a identical arrangement the exhaust of a smaller 7.0-trip display veil. No photography luxuriate in but been supplied.

All isn’t apples for nostalgia buffs: the Jimny Lite will no longer fit a CD player, “previously making it one of many rest fresh vehicles in Australia aloof to present one,” its importer claims.

The three-door line will re-enter the native market from $31,990 earlier than on-motorway costs for the Jimny Lite. Within the meantime, the reasonable Jimny 3-Door handbook will checklist for $33,990, whereas the automatic rounds out choices on this body model from $36,490 checklist.

The Jimny 3-Door can be a a part of the Indian-sourced Jimny XL 5-door in showrooms, the latter no longer tormented by changes in ADRs by 2025 though a mannequin topic to its occupy, considerably mysterious gross sales conclude mid this 365 days that stumbled on the stretched model eradicated from sale for round a month.

Suzuki Australia did no longer reveal a motive of the sale conclude again in September 2025, short of affirming that “there are no considerations with regards to the Jimny XL’s quality, safety, efficiency or (ADR) compliance,” at the time.

Suzuki Jimny 3-Door: costs in Australia

All costs listed are earlier than on-motorway costs.

• Jimny Lite 3-Door: $31,990
• Jimny 3-Door handbook: $33,990
• Jimny 3-Door automatic: $36,490