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Finally got to TD the Jimny with @SaurabhChauhan0410 We both took turns and the car is amazing 
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Turning radius: Don’t go by the numbers in real life scenarios it won’t be a problem. Both of us didn’t feel it’s an issue. Steering turns a bit more but it’s very smooth.
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One of the best weighted steering from Maruti.
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Ride quality is top notch, suspension is superior to thar. As good as the Scross in fact better in off road situations.
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Rear seat under thigh support is less but it becomes manageable when reclined.
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Auto is good, holds the revs when pushed hard. OD button will help in overtakes but not much, will have to plan overtakes. As per Saurabh the 4AT is better than 6AT of his XL6.
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Tyres don’t look that bad and are good enough unless you plan to head straight to a technical off-road track.
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Bluish Black is the best color
(personal bias)
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This is amazing. Waiting for the videos.
I tagged along with @Vader for the test drive past weekend. Most of our observations on drive and ride quality has already been shared but I would like to stress about the 4AT vs 6AT debate.
If somebody is yearning for a 6AT over the 4AT that Maruti provided, let me share my experience from the test drive of Jimny 4AT and comparison with my 6AT in my XL6. In theory even i was pissed off when Maruti disclosed the choice of 4AT in Jimny. This is no technical review but just a mango person sharing the practical experiences. Staying in Noida, gave the opportunity to try out the car on both well paved road as well as narrow trail to broken village roads.
Shifts are not felt in either of these. So from that sense TC is sorted. Though I don’t appreciate Maruti’s pricing of the car but I am happy with them not getting greedy with AT. At 120k it is a very fair price for the shift quality alone, when many pseudo SUVs are plonking in an AMT that too for 70-90k premium. That is atrocious for the price and power those cars come with.
6AT is hunting for gears more frequently compared to 4AT. Since majority of the time even Jimny will be spending as a daily car for many i assume, 6AT is inferior to 4AT in moving from traffic signals, speed breakers, slow moving traffic like NH8(peak hours Gurgaon). Jimny holds the gear longer than 6AT. I feel this is going to be fun and practical in both city and offroad conditions.
With respect to expectation of 4AT feeling strained 100 or beyond. Let me make it clear even 6AT is not a engine transmission combo that is happy beyond 120. One can call it unpleasant, but I personally being a long distance tourer, prefer the 90-110 kmph most. That gives me drivability of 700+ kms/day without any fatigue. If somebody needs to cruise at speeds higher than that look for another engine as either of the GB-K15 combination is not comfortable beyond that. No saying one cannot keep it beyond 120kmph. Its just that one won’t find it comfortable speed.
6AT does offer pedal shifters in all Maruti iterations. It does give one the capability to down shift faster via fingers on the go while on highway for an overtake. This 6AT was widely criticized by almost all reviewers, but i don’t think they have used it in manual mode. Doing this as well increases the engine growl, which someone might complain in 4AT as well. For the sake of overtaking OD will come handy, obviously not at the flick of fingers but should be fine.
Coming to rpms, 6AT does achieve 100kmph @2.1k compared to 2.9k in 4AT. On paper this looks alarming or frustrating. How it feels inside the car. I didn’t feel any significantly high engine noise inside Jimnys cabin at those speed that i will be irritated with.
Engine braking is one area I felt significant difference. Jimny’s was much better. Might be more of a K15B characteristic, but i think this would be definitely needed in downhill moves.
Overall engine noise felt much better in K15B, due to which I would not mind even if it has slightly higher growl inside the cabin.
So overall in contrast to my initial dismay on the GB choice by Maruti, obviously from the options within their stable, I would prefer the 4AT on Jimny over the 6AT. It just makes it better for both the scenarios where it should excel at least in my use case if I buy the car. Drive to office 5 days. Enjoy some moments off the road on weekends. For somebody planning long distance cruising(90-110kmph) as well, 4AT will be my pick even if it delivers nearly 10% lesser mileage.
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Excellent, succinctly written and very precise description of how the Jimny’s 4AT transmission works. Its biggest boon as rightly pointed out is the ability to hold gears longer and also the engine braking it achieves.
Thanks, Saurabh, for putting this review together. Appreciate your very accurate expression.
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Excellent review. Thanks for putting together the comparison so aptly. Were you driving somewhere near sector 127 or 135 in Noida?
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The other side of highway. Behind sector 137,143.