Jimny history

Introduction

• This article has been generated from both a forum post by Kirkynut and Wikipedia entries.

Naming differences

• It is important to understand some Jimny history.
• First, as this forum has a large United Kingdom (Great Britain) based membership, visitors from other countries may be confused by the vehicle name.
• Within the UK, only the latest version of the "Jimny" (sometimes referred to as the 3rd Generation Jimny) is called the Jimny.
• Previous versions, that were called "Jimny" in other countries, were called LJ50, LJ80, SJ410, SJ413 and Samurai within the UK market.
• Therefore, this website uses the term Jimny only to refer to this latest generation vehicle.

• The compact off-road capable Suzuki Jimny was Suzuki's first global success, lending it name recognition and a foothold in markets worldwide.
• The Jimny slotted into a hitherto unfilled gap in the market.

First generation

LJ10/LJ20

Suzuki LJ10

Suzuki Jimny LJ20 (1973), note spare tire placement

SJ10

Suzuki Jimny 55 (SJ10)

SJ20/LJ80

Suzuki SJ20/LJ80

Second generation

SJ30

Suzuki SJ30

SJ40/SJ410

Suzuki SJ40/SJ410

SJ413/Samurai

Suzuki SJ413

Maruti Gypsy

Coil sprung versions

Suzuki SJ413

Suzuki SJ413

• These are particularly interesting, as they were the last of the SJ413 developments and effectively had the "3rd Generation" suspension (coil springs).
• This makes them (in the terms of construction) very similar to the Jimny as we currently know it.

3rd generation

• The 3rd generation vehicles arrived in 1998.
• They were initially made in the JB33 variant (for the international market), which had the 1300cc SOHC G13B Series engine.
• This was built in "tin top" (Japanese) and a "soft top" / "hard top" cabrio (Built by Santana in Spain from 1999 to 2009).

• JB33 edition was followed by the JB43 variant with the 1300 cc DOHC M13A series engine.
• Within some markets (primarily continental Europe) a JB53 variant was produced with the Renault sourced K9K diesel engine.

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  Suzuki Jimny Sierra

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  Suzuki Jimny

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  2001 Suzuki Jimny JLX softtop

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  JB53 Diesel

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