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Introduction

Main purpose

The purpose of this page is to simply compile the links to various professional, semi-professional and amateur reviews and advertisements of Jimnys.
For each review, a short comment about it (a review of review) should be written here.
A review can either be in the form of a video documentary, an audio documentary (rare) or a textual article.

Since Jimnys have been in production for the last 20 years, there are many reviews and advertisements of them through the years, worldwide.
It is interesting to see how the reviewers' stances, review styles and opinions about Jimnys have changed over the two-decade span.
The review or advertisement can be in any language, it just has to be placed in the corresponding language chapter.

Some reviews and advertisements also contain useful information like technical specifications (some of which are hard to find in case of old or obsolete Jimny editions, like DDiS).

The content

All kinds of reviews are included here, even badly conducted (or written) ones.
The purpose is that you can learn the difference between four types of reviewers:
- amateur,
- professional,
- amateur idiot,
- professional idiot.

The easiest way to spot an idiot doing the review is by observing their driving style - if they are driving like a bat outta' hell, then it's probably all about sensationalism and pomposity.

Gathering methods and contributors

Forum user Bosanek browsed Youtube far and wide, and gathered as much Jimny advertisments and reviews as he could find, grouping them into several language-centered Youtube playlists.
Most video reviews are currently externally collectively linked as a language-centered video playlists on Youtube, because it is a LOT of work to link each video independently here.
Once a Youtube playlist web page is accessed, each individual video from the playlist can then be separately invoked for playback.
There is no specific ordering of the videos in the playlists - videos were added into the playlists as they were encountered during wanderings through the vastness of Youtube.
If someone is willing to link each video here separately, they are welcome to do it!
There around 450 videos in total!

Sorting and categorizing methods

Language-based grouping of videos and articles is not ideal - there are cases where a language in the video or article does not correspond to the world region where the material was made.
Example is a review by a Russian in Russia, but in English language - it will still belong to the English language category.
There are also languages which are spoken is several distinct world regions, like English in UK, South Africa, Australia etc. and Portuguese in Portugal, Brazil, etc.
Each video or article is featured only in one language category (so no double-categorization).
The only exception are videos and articles about diesel (DDiS) Jimnys - they are featured in the DDiS chapter AND the corresponding language chapter too.
Language chapters are ordered in alphabetical order.
If someone notices that a certain video or article is in the wrong language category, inform user Bosanek of the error.

Note for non-Latin languages

Due to a different writing scripture than Latin, it is very hard to find all relevant videos and reviews in the following languages:
- Arabic
- Ukrainian
- Russian
- Serbian
- Greek
- Japanese
- Korean
- Chinese
- Hebrew

Users who are familiar with their writing scripts could find more such videos.
There is a chance that these language categories might contain videos in other languages by mistake (for example, Chinese and Korean in the Japanese chapter, etc.).

Speechless / Textless reviews

This chapter contains all language-independent reviews - where (almost) nothing is written or spoken in any language.
The reviews in this chapter come from all over the world, and may feature a Jimny edition which is specific only to the local region.
This is by far the largest category regarding videos, and is very diverse in types and styles of featured content - from simple "walkarounds" in saloons, over pompous advertisements, to elaborate field tests.
Most of these kind of reviews feature awful, loud, pretentious, pompously, hard-core rock or techno music - you may want to turn off your speakers for better enjoyment!

Here is the Youtube playlist.

Arabic

Here is the Youtube playlist.

Chinese

This language is primarily spoken in China as well as in Taiwan.
Here is the Youtube playlist.

Czech

Here is the Youtube playlist.

Dutch

This language is primarily spoken in the Netherlands.
Its very similar variant called "Afrikaans" is also spoken is several countries in south Africa.
Here is the Youtube playlist.

English

This category contains videos from all over the world, and not just from English-speaking countries like Australia or South African Republic.
Here is the Youtube playlist.

Filipino

This language is primarily spoken in the Philippines.
Here is the Youtube playlist.

Finnish

Here is the Youtube playlist.

French

Here is the Youtube playlist.

German

Here is the Youtube playlist.

Hebrew

This language is primarily spoken in Israel.
Here is the Youtube playlist.

Hungarian

Here is the Youtube playlist.

Italian

Here is the Youtube playlist.

Japanese

Here is the Youtube playlist.

Polish

Here is the Youtube playlist.

Portuguese

Most of the content in this language was made in south America, especially in Brazil.
The popularity of Jimnys has exploded in Brazil in the mid-2010s, and hence the large number of videos over there.
There is a chance that this category could also contain videos in Spanish language by mistake (please report such cases).

Here is the Youtube playlist.

Romanian

Here is the Youtube playlist.

Russian

There is a chance that this category could also contain videos in other slavic languages by mistake (please report such cases).
Here is the Youtube playlist.

Slovakian

Here is the Youtube playlist.

Spanish

A lot of the content in this language was also made in South America (for example in Colombia).
There is a chance that this category could also contain videos in Portuguese language by mistake (please report such cases).
Here is the Youtube playlist.

Ukrainian

There is a chance that this category could also contain videos in other Slavic languages by mistake (please report such cases).
Here is the Youtube playlist.

Yugoslavian

This chapter contains all reviews written or spoken in any of the four (essentially the same) languages: Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, Montenegrin.
- They will be collectively called a "Yugoslav" language.
Reviews which are written or spoken in Slovenian and Macedonian languages are also included in this chapter.
- Reason: although they are quite different from the above four languages, those two countries were also part of Yugoslavia.

Here is the Youtube playlist.

Article from Croatian newspaper "Jutarnji list" from 2008

This is a hands-on practical review of the Jimny model.
The emphasis is on what to expect from second hand Jimnys (performance, reliability, standard issues), based on writer's market experience.
Contains some information and tips on DDiS Jimnys as well.
Written by a mechanical engineer with a doctorate level education.
Written in year 2008.

Link to the article

DDiS (diesel) Jimnys

These reviews can also be found in their corresponding language categories.
They have also been grouped here, since it is generally quite hard to find any information about DDiS Jimnys.
This is the only "double categorization" case in this article.
Here is the Youtube playlist.

Page last edited on 29/09/2017 by user Bosanek