Future of the Jimny

This is our second Jimny the first 1999 to 2007 and the second 2007 to now.

Each time we are in the Suzuki Dealer we ask how long they will be on the market. The dealers advise that Suzuki is not that communicative on the subject.

When we bought the 2007 car they were not selling well and were £2000 below list and the dealers were less than interested in them.

Now that money is tight things have changed. In the North East of Scotland they have gone up in price second hand and they are in short supply new.

Has anyone heard anything about the future of the car that was available in the UK from 98 and apart from a replacement engine and drivetrain has not changed much!

Apart from the Morgan it appears to have the longest shelf life of any modern car.

eddie

Not heard anything about the Jimny, however if the Sj is anything to go by, they have big markets in the Med and the east, and also a big demand.

Just wish Suzuki would listen to their customers and introduce the Diesel into the UK

I wish they'd introduced the diesel into the UK in 1998 so we could all buy bargain old ones now for off roading without spending a fortune nd having the waterproofing that comes with them - not that the petrol one is bad with water from what I read - not got the bottle to try deep water but I've seen you have Ooky!

Kirkynut

I'd heard there was no intention to discontinue any time soon. They're still very popular. "As long as people keep buying them Suzuki will keep selling them" someone said.

Hi

I have a 2001 Jimny and I love it. Soon I have to buy a new 4WD car. Sadly Suzuki do not sell Jimny anymore in Sweden, probably because it failed the Moosetest, lacks ESP etc and poor sales?

So I really hopes that Suzuki comes out with a cool Jimny that is really offroad and have ESP and other safety gadgets and that Suzuki will sell them in Sweden.

The Jimny should have better ground clearance and easier to fit larger tires and have better options like lock diffs from factory.

Almost in all Jimny advertisment there are young girls driving around town, is this the right group for a 4wd, do I have a girl car. Suzuki should make better advertisment with Jimny as a cool rough 4wd car

Or ells I will probably buy a 2 door wrangler but I find the motor to be old and not so good for the environment and my wallet.

There are not so many 2 door real 4WD cars out there. The Defender is nice but lacks airbags and have diesel and I think that it cost about 1000 euro a year for diesel taxes in Sweden and it is quit expensive.

There are not many small 2 door real 4wd out there, strange if You consider the environment, bad economy and not all have alot of children.

The new Grand vitara is nice but does not look like a true 4WD, looks to soft and the 2011 version do not have a wheel in back and have IFS.

I Have to wait for a new Jimny or a wrangler with a newer motor.


Best regards

Omar Brännström

Personally I don't want any electronic driver aids as they will hamper me off road. I also don't care if my car's base model does not pass the relvant roll over tests as they are for people who drive every car like a GTI with no regards to the type of car they are in.

I would only mod it and make it even less able to pass the tests!

I agree that there are not many options out there now though. The Defender has the ford Puma engine in it which is controlled by too much electricery and Jeeps are OK but not my bag and they all cost a fortune.

You can't buy a Jimny without ABS now either, so I wouldn't buy a new one for offroading anyway, leaving little point for me to own one.

So the older Jimny rules the roost for me but the future does not seem bright for the home mechanic off roader in another 20 odd years!

Jimny's will be like SJ's are now!

Kirkynut

Here in the UK a 1.3 Jimny costs £125 to tax if it is made before 2001, and £200 (£180 for the 1.3 VVT) if it is newer.

This is why I have a December 2000 model

The only issue I have is the lack of permanent 4WD, (unlike the Terios, but a 2000 Terios usually needs welding underneath, and lacks a low range.)

With such a short wheelbase and rear wheel drive,there is a tendency for it to swap ends very easily in slippery conditions, meaning that you do need experience of driving short part-time 4wd vehicles in wet and icy conditions, possibly this is why there are so many rolled ones in scrap yards. :blink:

Up until the beginning of last winter the tax rises and fuel rises had killed the 4x4 market. A number of local car dealers would not take 4x4's in Part Exchange as part of a sale.

However, the hard winter soon reversed that. Suddenly everyone wants a 4x4 as a back-up and the trade in price of my Range Rover dramatically increased almost overnight. I would suspect this contributed to Suzuki keeping Jimny sales going in the UK as before this they kept forecasting its demise.

On a modern housing estate in suburbia we were literally snowed in for a number of days with the only way in and out being on foot, with the exception of 4x4s, including my Jimny. My wife loved getting waves from the pedestrians as we drove past!

Martin

Hi

My 2001 Jimny soon needs a replacement and Suzuki in Sweden (and Denmark) do not sell Jimny anymore because it lacks esp and are prone to roll over.

I am looking at Jeep Wrangler JK 2 door, modell 2012 with Pentastar engine, Jeep do change the model more offen than Suzuki do with the Jimny. But wrangler is twice as expensive and is very heavy on petrol.

Hopefully Suzuki will uppdate Jimny soon with a new model with esp, traction control better ground clearance etc.

Traction control on the wrangler is almost as good as a locker according to Jeep.

blog.chryslerllc.com/blog.do?p=entry&id=270

In Brazil they are going to build Jimny late 2012, can it be a new Jimny model? Nice that Jimny is expanding and not totaly forgotten.

"The plant in the city of Itumbiara, about 300 kilometers south of Brasilia, will have an initial capacity of 7,000 Jimny models a year and begin operations at the end of 2012, Suzuki said in a statement."

From www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfee...x?id=138501958299891

racionauto.blogspot.com/2011/04/suzuki-j...er-fabricado-no.html

Best regards from Sweden

Omar Brännström

Traction control on 4x4's that work in the same way as on landies IS as good as lockers, by no means a hardcore substitute but if you have the skills to build it into a truck it would make for something very good off road.
Anyone who's driven or seen a landy with it on will agree how good it is. Even on the 2wd freelanders, i've seen one waving a wheel and the tc pulled it through so 1 wheel drive!

Omar Brännström wrote: Hi
"The plant in the city of Itumbiara, about 300 kilometers south of Brasilia, will have an initial capacity of 7,000 Jimny models a year and begin operations at the end of 2012, Suzuki said in a statement."

That's some good news ! 20-25 Jimnys/day :laugh:

mcjimny wrote: Traction control on 4x4's that work in the same way as on landies IS as good as lockers, by no means a hardcore substitute but if you have the skills to build it into a truck it would make for something very good off road.
Anyone who's driven or seen a landy with it on will agree how good it is. Even on the 2wd freelanders, i've seen one waving a wheel and the tc pulled it through so 1 wheel drive!

I'm completely sold on landrover's traction control system. My mum and dad love anything with the little green badge and have a freelander2, new range rover and a Puma defender 110. Even the freelander2 was amazing in the snow with road tyres on and i was completely blown away by the performance with TC set to "snow" mode. It went up an icy hill that other cars were sliding down backwards and it didn't even struggle. Just drove straight up.

I always considered myself a 4x4 purist and thought of traction control as a gimmicky crutch for 4wd newbies but i'm definitely a believer now. I don't know how other 4x4 manufacturer's traction control systems compare but, having witnessed the landrover system in action, i was VERY impressed.

Funnily enough, the 3 year old freelander2 on road tyres seemed more stable in the snow and ice than the brand new range rover with goodyear wrangler MTs. You'd think they'd constantly be tweaking the TC system and making it better or maybe it's the vehicle weight difference or very different tyres.