Suzuki Australia is being quiet.
Too quiet. They just dropped some teaser shots of the Jimny Rhino 4×4 ahead of a full reveal in June. You can expect to see it in local showrooms before the year is out. The mystery wraps tightly around the vehicle, but we’ve got details to parse.
The images show a five-door Jimny XL. It’s dressed in Kinetic Yellow, that color usually locked behind a Queensland residency unless you’re looking at the three-door. Then there’s a black roof. Contrast. Style points.
What Exactly Is It?
The name Rhino is new to these shores. Overseas it has been slapped on ruffler special editions, usually cosmetic upgrades and unique badgging. Just looks tougher. Does it actually work better? Unclear.
We don’t know if this is a limited run. It might vanish soon. It could stay permanent. Suzuki hasn’t committed.
There is a graphics package. It runs along the doors, shouting Rhino branding from the hip. The wheels look distinct, unique alloys, but they seem to keep the standard 15-inch size and 195/60 rubber. Note the change, it’s actually 195/80 R15 on these smallies, standard fare. Road focused. Not all-terrain.
“Road-focused tyres rather than all-terrain… though they appear different to anything in the current catalogue.”
That’s a detail that might bug the purists. Or the modifiers. The new wheels aren’t in the Suzuki accessories list yet. Different. But not necessarily dirt-ready.
Pricing is a blank slate. Suzuki has said nothing about the cost. They haven’t even confirmed if this badge is exclusive to the five-door Jimny XL. For reference, that car starts at $40,490 drive-away for the five-speed manual. Add an extra thousand and you get the four-speed automatic at $42,990.
The smaller three-door range is cheaper, obviously. Starts at $36,490 for the manual Jimny Lite.
Under the hood? Business as usual.
A naturally aspirated 1.5-liter four-cylinder petrol engine. It pushes 75kW of power. It delivers 130Nm of torque. Paired with four-wheel drive, of course. It’s a Jimny. You pay for the capability, not the horsepower.
Fuel economy sits at a claimed 6.4L/10 per hundred for the stick shift. The automatic burns a bit more, ticking 6.9L. Not terrible for something that climbs rocks.
Tech features vary. You always get LED daytime running lights and fabric seats. But the screens split. The Lite gets a 7.0-inch unit. The higher variants upgrade to 9.0 inches. Both run Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Essential now, even if it’s 2026.
Why mention the year? Because the sales data is from Jan to April 2026. The Jimny dominates.
It is the clear winner for Suzuki Australia. It accounts for 2537 sales. That is out of 4310 total brand sales. More than half the house.
Compare that to the next best seller, the Swift hatchback. The Swift managed 1034. Roughly a third of the Jimny’s total.
People want this thing. The Rhino adds flavor to an already popular mix. Will you buy the yellow one with the black roof? Maybe. The teaser leaves that hanging in the air, unspoken.
