Tokyo 2013: Suzuki X-Lander – the future Jimny?

Suzuki X-Lander TMS 5

Ah yes, “discover the new style of a vehicle with both the environmental performance and exceptional ground-covering ability to let you enjoy pleasant drives, both in the city and when heading off-road.” That’s the descriptive plug for the Suzuki X-Lander hybrid concept, yet another of the automaker’s Tokyo debutants.

The boys from Hamamatsu say that the design study is based on the Jimny, but it’s nothing like the JB43 looks-wise, for sure. The X-Lander (or Cross-Lander, if you will) is similar in size to the Crosshiker, at 3,600 mm long, 1.695 mm wide and 1,700 mm tall, just scoped differently.

The 4WD offering is powered by a hybrid powertrain consisting of a 1,242 cc four-cylinder Dual-Jet engine and a single electric motor, mated to an automatically-controlled manual transmission.

Suzuki X-Lander TMS 4

The interior features the use of waterproof materials throughout the cabin, with sports seats that are built to withstand rough use. Door cutouts mean you won’t be sloshing about in the X-Lander if you’re going through an extended downpour.

Three cameras mounted in front and sides of the vehicle display current road conditions at tyre level through a triple panel floating instrument display to help expand the driver’s field of vision. There’s also a night mode with this one, as well as a recording function, so you can catch all the action as you chug along.

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Anthony Lim

Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

 

Comments

  • powershot on Nov 27, 2013 at 8:25 pm

    how much will this cost if it comes to our shores? 200k?

    the relic jimny sold here is already 90k

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  • future jimny. but we just got our outdated jimny here ^^

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  • Van Damn on Nov 27, 2013 at 10:53 pm

    OMG Fugly

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  • Kepunden Parang Skeper on Nov 27, 2013 at 11:52 pm

    wait till theophilus ‘chops this!

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  • autoczar on Nov 28, 2013 at 8:38 am

    interesting designs but we have lost the appeal that the orignal ones have like price etc.Lets bring back the retro designs with common sense value.

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  • autoczar on Nov 28, 2013 at 8:52 am

    interestng designs but have lost the appeal of the original ones especially the price etc.Lets bring back the basic retro designs with common sense values

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  • Toomany on Nov 28, 2013 at 10:04 am

    There is sense of awesomeness overall. But the butt has to be redesign though.

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