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Why don't Suzuki offer factory soft and hardtop models?
I'm now entertaining the idea of reshelling/restomodding a santana shell onto a late gen3 automatic, keep the bonnet bulge and have a unicorn, could finish it in white for the full hairdresser look with a tan roof and interior, sweet!
Anyone got any time, money and donor vehicles they want to give me?
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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The trouble is a Forum or online group can only speculate an answer to your question. You would need to ask someone High up Suzuki to get a real answer. My guess is though it must a demand/production costs. As for Jeep culture in the UK It's not the biggest. Land Rover is main Leader in the 4x4 world in the UK. I see more Lwb Jeep Wranglers than Jimnys though so there are more of them. I won't get into a Jeep Vs Jimny debate as I haven't owned one nor do I think it's fair. However I will say that Jeeps are way more expensive to buy in the UK. A new wrangler is about 50k whereas up until
Recently the jimny was a Sub 24k car so quite a big difference. Therefore I'm not sure Jeep customers are the same as Jimny customers. You would probably be better asking a Japanese Jeep group as to why they didn't buy a Jimny and see what their response is. In the UK I would guess a lot of Jeep owners prefer the extra space the Jeep offers as-well as the removable roof and more powerful engine etc although that's just my guess as to what they might say. Fuel wise I think most wranglers in the UK are petrol although you can diesel ones so not sure which is most popular but I think petrol is. From a Jimny owners view they are more expensive to buy, run and maintain but that's just my view without owning one. They do look cool though when all kitted out.
I think Suzuki are trying to keep away from the "hairdresser" image they had in the past with convertible Vitaras, Jimnys and the ultimate example, the X-90.
Which is why I said that I probably asked the wrong group. I just searched Jimny forums and this one came up. Often times engineers do hang out on forums of vehicles they work on, but as you noted, I need to query a Japanese forum. I didn't anticipate the discussion devolving into a soft top bashing exercise though. My question had nothing to do with which people prefer and why. Lol
I'll try to find some info elsewhere and if I do I'll report back.
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