Posting Silhouettes of SUVs, Xiaomi Turns Out Only Jimny Cars

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Xiaomi had spread the silhouette of SUVs in its official Weibo account. The poster also includes a sentence that says’ Make a car? We are serious! ‘

Silhouette picture is similar to the appearance of a Jimny SUV box or Mercedes-Benz G-Class. But the lapse of hours within the upload is deleted by the Xiaomi.

Quoting scmp, Wednesday (1/7/2020) Public Relations Manager Xiaomi Xu Jieyun clarified that someone on Weibo had made a mistake. He said the company has no plans to make a car in the near future.

Suzuki Jimny Xiaomi Photo: Paultan—

Hose delete posts Weibo, it turns out Xiaomi released Suzuki Jimny on a scale of 1:16. Remote control car that can be controlled remotely. This replica will be sold for 199 Yuan (around Rp. 405 thousand) for the Chinese market.

This Jimny RC car can be controlled via a smartphone with the application installed and relies on bluetooth. It looks as similar as possible to the fourth generation Suzuki Jimny.

Okay, if you look at the replica ladder frame of the Suzuki Jimny, it is made of nylon, which is associated with the shock absorber suspension and coil springs. In fact, the torque of the motor can move all the wheels (4×4) which are wrapped with off-road tires.

Uniquely, the RC Jimny made by Xiaomi is made of 200 separate components so that the owner can replace the component when they want to use it.

Suzuki Jimny Xiaomi Photo: Paultan—

The Xiaomi SUV silhouette indeed had a stir, although so far Xiaomi has not revealed plans to jump into the car market. But it is not impossible for Xiaomi to make motorized vehicles through a collaboration scheme with Chinese car manufacturers.

Plunge into the automotive world is actually not something really new for Xiaomi. Last year they released Redmi Car. This is not a car actually made by Xiaomi actually, but another version of a Chinese SUV called the Bestune T77.

Xiaomi did collaborate with Bestune to bring this car. Redmi Car became Xiaomi’s first car. Xiaomi Redmi Car is a custom version of the Bestune T77.

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