New Jimny 2017 Tokyo Show

Suzuki have a 1.5 engine in one of their vans. it is not in any car in their range. I found the van enine on their corporate site in Japan.

OlaGB wrote: A new Jimny would kill the joy of having a car i can use a bit rough without worrying too much..

Now that's my problem too. I like driving a bit of a beater.

muto wrote: I think it would be logical to have a simple and more reliable engine in a car like Jimny. Not these small turbo thingies.

They've been selling small engine turbo Jimnys for years in the home market.

Rhinoman wrote:

muto wrote: I think it would be logical to have a simple and more reliable engine in a car like Jimny. Not these small turbo thingies.

They've been selling small engine turbo Jimnys for years in the home market.

It seems it may be discontinued.
Caterham also used the 660cc Turbo Kei engine in their evolved Lotus 7 160s car 2014 - 2017.
The engine is now longer available from Suzuki, forcing end to production of the 160s.
The last available engines were sold in a small run of retro theme limited edition super-sprint cars.

A shame, knowing the common link between such very different vehicles, it would have been a blast to have both a Jimny and a Caterham 7 .
Maybe in a years time the Caterham 160 will be resurrected with a new Suzuki engine and transmission.

Due to the emissions and the motor volume for the 1.5 engine, the Norwegian tax system makes it too expensive to be competitive in Norway according to rumors from the Norwegian importer.