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Seeking a definitive answer regarding a new Jimny LCV - After driving through two speed traps on Easter Saturday, my mind wandered to whether the new Jimny LCV needs to be driven at 50mph on a road that I would normally drive my Jimny at 60mph? Any owners of an LCV model know the answer and willing to share it? Also wondering if the 'Commercial' status would mean paying green tax extortion money to enter some UK cities?
Because it's 4x4 normal car speed limits apply. Congestion charge is another matter and may be different in each zone but being a euro6 petrol may well help, you need to check individually.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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The only issue I have come across is some car parks that read the registration plate refuse to issue a ticket as "no commercial vehicles permitted"
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Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
I've looked into this too for my van and as far as I can work out the strict word of the law is that if the V5 says LCV then it's 50 but the rules seem to be inconsistently applied.
Logically my van is the same laden mass as the car version, same engine brakes everything but 50mph limit. That said I go everywhere at 60 and have had no problems in 50k miles but that wont help you in court..
The speed limit thing is because a Jimny was built or modified to be powered by all axles it is for the purposes considered as a dual purpose vehicle. Same rules as land rover defender and hard top land cruiser.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
Also a "Car Derived Van" designed to be under 2 tons when fully laden is treated as a car for speed limits too. In practice very few vans fall into this category but the Jimny LCV might?
As per a previous post, when I enquired I got the answer "Car derived van with no payload change from car, then its a car for speed limit purposes".
On the V5C it is a Light 4x4 Utility which seems to come under "dual purpose vehicle" - either way it appears to be allowed to use the car speed limits.
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
Last edit: 11 Apr 2023 12:06 by mlines. Reason: Clicked Submit too soon
Many thanks for your response - most informative. Think it's safe to say that a Jimny LCV can be driven at the same road speeds as a (normal) car. Funnily enough it was in your area that the camera wagons were out in force on Saturday - hence triggering my enquiry.
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