Jimny prices

I think there has been a definite slowing in sales, the high priced ones are hanging around unsold at the moment as far as I can see. With the modified Gen4 ones, its getting to the point where they are "not worth the sum of their parts" i.e adding on a £1000 roof rack does not add £1000 to the price of the car. Many Gen3 owners sort of fall into that trap and end up removing the parts and selling them separately to realise better value.

With the commercial Jimny on the horizon people will be debating whether to buy a modded older one at £25,000 or a new one for say £18,500 and spending the £6,500 they saved on putting on their own modifications. A modifier owner will not worry that the commercial only has two seats.

Martin

mlines wrote:  A modifier owner will not worry that the commercial only has two seats.
Martin

Even a none modifier will not worry. Its actually a bonus for a few, myself included, as the first thing I did on my G3 was remove the rear seats. So I would not need to modify a new comercial G4 if it was supplied with no rear seats fitted, result.
No rear seats may deter a family school run trendsetter, but thats about all.

 

Scimike wrote: No rear seats may deter a family school run trendsetter, but thats about all.


 

Oi, I resemble that remark! 

No offence intended

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may be a little, but not a lot
Trendsetter -
noun
Meaning - "Those that purchase a Jimny without understanding its not going to feel like a "normal Car" on the road and are dissapointed. They then sell it 4 months later for the next thing that takes their fancy."

Its in the Collins dictionary.

 

Changing the engine won't "kill" prices for the 1.5, as it's so well suited to the vehicle. lt may make the original version a little less desirable compared to the new version, but as all are likely to be in short supply it likely won't affect values very much.
Not that it would really worry us, as ours is unlikely to ever be for sale.
I doubt Suzuki will go to the expense of doing an engine swap, but it would be great if they did.

The Suzuki 1.0 turbo would be a great choice.

My local Land Rover specialist have just taken in a 3,000 mile 2019 Jimny SZ5.
They have it up at £23,995
Lets see if it sells. l have a feeling it won't be around for long, as they are a very well regarded dealer and in the current market that's a fair price.

The Jimny sold for £23,995 !

lt was a standard 2019 silver SZ5 with 3,000 miles and no extras.