The front doors are heavier than the rear doors and give you an assuring thud sound. The material and paint quality is by far the best by Maruti Suzuki.
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Visited the Nexa Showroom yesterday in Navi Mumbai. Few observations to share with you guys :
- At the first glance, Jimny looked small from front (due to the width) and decent enough from side angle. But as you spend time with the goat, the size grows on you.
- Tyre size could have been a bit bigger, but doesn’t look as odd as lot of people (mostly youtubers) have spoked about.
- My height is 5′ 8″ and nowhere inside the cabin, I found everything ergonomically misplaced except for bottle holders. Maruti Suzuki should have given the space for keeping bottles at the doors.
- Leg space was decent at the front as well as at the back and cushioning was adequate for my need. Boot space is also adequate for 2-3 bags. The front seat fully reclined back and adjusted, a few cushions at the back seat will give you a decent comfortable sleeping position for people with height < approx. 5'8".
- The front doors are heavier than the rear doors and give you an assuring thud sound. The material and paint quality is by far the best by Maruti Suzuki.
- There was substantial shaking at every ingress/egress as pointed out by other members in this forum.
- I asked the sales rep to let me start the engine so that noise levels can be assessed. After few reservations, he obliged my request and gave the key. At idling, the engine is very smooth and silent. I revved the engine up to 3k rpm 2-3 times (couldn’t revved it more due to lot of undue gaze from the audience and sales reps) and didn’t find the engine noise jarring or any vibrations inside the cabin. The sound of the engine was somewhat soothing to the ears. The whole NVH levels have to be ascertained at the time of test drive only.
- One of the main guys from the showroom who drove the vehicle during the previous night in Vashi, told me that the vehicle is very eager to drive and the power is instant unlike Vitara or Baleno. Most probably, he was talking about the low end torquier nature of the engine and AT. I enquired about the turning radius and he confessed that during U turns, he had to take a larger cut.
- Certain issues were also observed. The exposed wires at the tail gate for defogger had come out and reason may be lot of people sitting inside the boot. Nevertheless, the exposed wires will surely come out at some point of time while handling big luggage and articles in or out. Maruti Suzuki should conceal the wiring in the production version as they have concealed the door hinges. The body cladding also had taken some hits during the handling of the car.
- There are 2 towing hooks at the back and 1 at the front and all were painted black and so does the rear seat recliner bracket. I have seen the body colored hooks and brackets elsewhere.
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