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300bhpton wrote: What I'm trying to say is. I'm willing, ready and eager to be a Suzuki customer. But I'm not really convinced they actually want to sell cars or gain new customers ???
And with each passing month an Approved Used Wrangler or even something like a Ranger Raptor are likely getting more affordable. Guess we will have to wait and see.
I share your frustrations! I'm ready, willing and able to go with a new Jimny as well. What I won't do is pay over the odds for an ex demo or for extras that I don't need or desire. All I want is a basic spec SZ4! I'm resigned to waiting up to a couple of years for the one I want but a bit worried that I might not get one even after the wait, as there seems to be no certainty on supply. Yes, I could go for a recent Mk 3 but the prices being asked for recent low mileage ones aren't far off a new Mk 4. What a shambles! I'm actually feeling a bit sorry for my dealer, who'd love to have some to sell. For an exercise in how not to introduce a new model, over to Suzuki......
No word yet from the local branch about the current quarterly allocation, but as according to this thread the annual numbers have gone from 1200>1000>750, this is hardly surprising.
I did order mine last year on May. My order was 15th in the country. Now mine is 3rd in the list waiting to be built. Opted for GLX (SZ5 for you guys). Can't wait to drive it already. New Jimnys are quite rare here in Estonia.
I am now lost as to what is happening on this waiting list.
There is clearly a new Jimny supply shortage as reflected in this thread. However, a colleague has just decided he wants an automatic. After phoning around a few dealers, he has been offered two manuals in white with Feb/Mar delivery.
Are manuals not popular? Is white an undesirable colour? Are early deposits not converting to orders? Is demand diminishing?
Crazy situation... Here is hoping my June delivery actually happens...
The thing is that real demand as judged on the later gen3 wasn't anything like that shown as interest on the gen4, so as the supply has fallen so far short many people are not unreasonably getting fed up with the wait. I also think that a good proportion of initial interest was because of the looks of the car attracting what might be called the hipster/fashion/novelty/influencer/lifestyle types that had to have one because it was cool not necessarily because it was what they needed or had a practical purpose for or actually wanted, which is what the primary market was for the gen3 and what Suzuki thought was going to happen.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
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