Suzuki Jimny Rhino Confirmed for Australia: $44,990 RRP, 250 Units, Deliveries Now

Image credit: Suzuki Australia. Image shows the five-door Jimny XL body on which the Rhino Special Edition is built.

Suzuki Australia has put a hard number on the 2026 Jimny Rhino Special Edition and it is a fair bit chunkier than most people expected. The Rhino opens at $44,990 RRP before on-road costs for the five-speed manual and steps to $47,490 RRP for the four-speed automatic, with the run capped at just 250 cars nationwide. Deliveries started on 1 July 2026, and if you were waiting for the Kinetic Yellow paint on a five-door XL bodyshell, this is the only way to buy it factory-fresh.

The buyer story is that Suzuki has priced this cosmetic edition $10,000 above the standard Jimny XL manual ($34,990 RRP) and $11,000 above the XL auto ($36,490 RRP). We forecast a $1,000 to $3,000 premium in our June 2 preview, based on how Suzuki normally charges for special editions like the Jimny Heritage. The Rhino is roughly triple that. Whether the paint, badging and merchandise pack are worth ten grand is now the only real question for buyers, and it is a personal one.

Pricing

Suzuki Australia has confirmed the Rhino as a two-variant, single-spec proposition. Both cars roll on the same 1.5-litre K15B petrol engine, the difference is only the gearbox. Kinetic Yellow with the Pearl Black roof is standard, and Suzuki has not published any second colour option.

There is no separate charge for the two-tone paint or the Rhino GO Pack, both are baked into the sticker. Add roughly $3,500 to $4,500 in on-road costs depending on your state, and the Rhino manual lands closer to $48,500 driveaway and the auto closer to $51,000 driveaway. That is genuine Tank 300 territory, and it is a first for the Jimny nameplate in Australia.

Specifications

Nothing has changed mechanically. Same K15B, same gearboxes, same transfer case, same axles, same chassis, same wheel and tyre size as the current Jimny XL.

What the Rhino badge actually gets you

Image credit: Suzuki Australia. Standard five-door Jimny shown for reference.

The Rhino is a cosmetic and merchandise play, and Suzuki has been open about that. Here is what the extra spend buys you.

• Exterior: Kinetic Yellow paint with a Pearl Black roof, a black hex front grille with chrome undergarnish, satin silver bumper garnishes and side skirt trims, front and rear mudflaps, a Rhino tailgate badge, and bespoke door and rear-quarter graphics featuring a charging rhino and the Japanese katakana for "rhino".
• Wheels: new 15-inch diamond-cut alloys in a Shuriken-inspired design. Sizing and tyre spec are the same as a standard XL, so aftermarket all-terrain fitment stays easy.
• Interior: leather Rhino-embossed seat upholstery, eight-colour customisable footwell illumination, diffused LED ground-entry lighting, satin silver air vent surrounds, Jimny-branded floor mats, a Rhino Special Edition dashboard badge, satin silver shift panel detailing on the automatic, and a retro-style gearshift knob on the manual.
• Rhino GO Pack: a metal key presentation case, key chain, bucket hat, portable lantern, drink bottle, blanket, thermos tumbler, cooler box, a portable Bluetooth speaker and a nine-piece box of Koko Black dark chocolate pistachio praline in a Rhino sleeve.

Nothing under the skin has been touched. No suspension change, no re-geared transfer case, no locking diff, no bigger tyre, no bash plates. That is a genuine choice by Suzuki Australia rather than an oversight, and it is worth calling out because a lot of buyers see the word "Rhino" and assume hardware.

Safety

The five-door Jimny XL, and by extension the Rhino, is not yet rated by ANCAP. The three-door Jimny's three-star rating from 2019 protocols expired at the end of December 2024, and that rating never applied to the XL. Suzuki fits six airbags including curtain airbags over row two, autonomous emergency braking, lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control, hill descent control, hill hold, driver monitoring, a stereo camera system with night-time pedestrian detection, a reversing camera and rear parking sensors.

That is a stronger active list than the old three-door but still lags a modern small SUV like the Suzuki e Vitara. Anyone using the Rhino as a daily family car with young kids should read a current ANCAP report on a comparable body-on-frame small 4WD before signing, and treat the missing structural rating with respect.

How the Rhino compares on CarSorted

The Jimny has always sat in a lane of its own on price versus off-road capability, and the Rhino narrows that lane rather than moving it. Here is how the numbers line up against the closest small ladder-frame rivals in our database. All figures below are RRP before on-roads for a like-for-like read.

The Tank 300 comparison is the one that stings the Rhino most. For a similar driveaway spend, GWM gives you a 2.0-litre turbo with 162kW, front and rear diff locks and a full-size five-door body. The Rhino counters with about 700kg less kerb weight, a proper low-range case that fewer new SUVs still offer, and a nameplate that keeps its resale better than almost anything in the class. Both are valid buys, they answer different questions. Have a look at the buyer-view breakdown here: Jimny GLX vs Tank 300 Lux.

Warranty and running costs

Suzuki backs the Rhino with the standard five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty and capped-price servicing on 12-month or 15,000km intervals. Nothing about the Rhino badge changes that. On CarSorted's running-cost model, a Jimny XL manual driven 15,000km a year sits at around $8,900 all-in, including registration, insurance, tyres, fuel at 95 RON and scheduled servicing. The Rhino uses the same drivetrain and the same 40-litre tank, so the annual running cost is effectively identical. The premium you pay is a one-time thing, not an ongoing one.

The CarSorted angle: is the $10,000 badge worth it?

Here is the maths, plainly. On CarSorted, a standard Jimny GLX at $33,990 RRP delivers the identical drivetrain, chassis and 4WD system as the Rhino, in a three-door body, for $11,000 less. The Jimny XL five-door at $34,990 RRP gets you the extra pair of doors, still $10,000 under the Rhino. What the Rhino adds on top is Kinetic Yellow paint that no other Australian XL can wear, a two-tone black roof, a distinctive wheel pattern, embossed leather seats, patterned floor mats, badges, decals and roughly $600 worth of Koko Black chocolate and Suzuki merchandise in a branded box.

That leaves close to $9,000 of the premium going purely to rarity. 250 units, no restock. If you are the kind of buyer who values a numbered special edition and expects to keep the car long enough for its exclusivity to hold value, that reads as a fair trade. If you would rather spend the same money on real hardware, a Tank 300 Lux with two diff locks and a turbo is available for similar driveaway money, or a standard Jimny GLX plus a full lift kit, all-terrain tyres and a bull bar comes in below the Rhino sticker with an actual off-road benefit.

We tend to argue the second case more often. But the Rhino is a genuinely honest special edition, Suzuki has not pretended the wheels or the paint make it a different car, and there is a real audience that has been asking for a factory yellow five-door Jimny for a long time. Cross-shop the rest of the small ladder-frame lane in our CarSorted directory, filter by low range and braked towing, and use the Jimny vs Tank 300 comparison as your yardstick before you commit.

What this means for buyers

Three practical calls. First, if you were already going to buy a Jimny XL, the Rhino is worth walking into a dealer to see, because 250 cars will not last long and the Kinetic Yellow is a nice thing in person. Second, if the Rhino GO Pack and the paint are not moving you, the standard Jimny saves you $10,000 that is better spent on tyres, recovery gear or fuel for actual trips. Third, if you were cross-shopping the Rhino against the GWM Tank 300, the driveaway numbers are now close enough that the decision is about what you are using the car for. Weekend beach runs and school-run duty push you toward the Rhino, real touring with a camper trailer pushes you toward the Tank.

For anyone who signed up to the June Register Your Interest list at Suzuki, the Rhino is now a real order, not a wait-and-see. Call the dealer this week if you want manual, because the automatic is expected to sell first and the split between the two gearboxes has not been made public. Full context on the initial teaser is in our June preview, and if you are still weighing the whole Jimny question against Suzuki's newer electric direction, look at the Jimny EV spy shots and the Suzuki e Vitara before deciding.

Useful comparisons elsewhere on CarSorted: Suzuki Jimny GLX | GWM Tank 300 Lux | Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 2-Door | Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4-Door | How ANCAP ratings work.