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I just realised this thread should be in the Auto News section - my mistake. Any mods reading this feel free to move it.
Not sure if this thread should go here or not - I did look to see if anyone else had made one.
I've always loved the Suzuki Jimny, so when Suzuki announced they were changing it after 2018 I was a little worried. After those DC100 Land Rover Defender prototypes I wondered if Suzuki might take away the retro styling of the Jimny as well. However, I'm not worried about that anymore!
This article on Motortrend shows the testing mule in its camouflage and it still looks very retro and utilitarian.
The old Jimny had a wheezy 1.3 litre inline-4 petrol engine, making about 83BHP. But what made it so good off-road was its low kerb weight and small size. Barely weighing over a tonne (about 1090kg if I remember correctly) meant it could skip over some obstacles bigger off-roaders would get stuck in. Hopefully this one will keep that low weight.
As for engines, in the European market Suzuki doesn't offer many.
The 1.2 dualjet 4-cylinder in the Ignis and Swift with 92BHP - probably the most likely engine to be used.
The 1.0 boosterjet 3-cylinder with about 110BHP
The 1.4 boosterjet 4-cylinder with 140BHP
The 1.6 N/A 4-cylinder in the current Vitara with 116BHP
It's unlikely they'll use the Fiat 1.6 Diesel or a newly built engine but you never know.
Either way I'm pretty excited about this based on how it looks! I've driven a few older Jimnys and they're great fun (albeit for the wrong reasons)! What do you guys think?
EDIT: Some leaked photos have been found from a Suzuki presentation.
Clearly the interior is a little more upmarket than the current generation (not that it would take much) and more colours and personalisation options are likely to be offered.
Based on the leaked images, it looks as if the car is a base model, going by the steel wheels and plastic trim. Not that it's anything to go by, but the test mule has LED rear lights where the leaked image shows basic plastic box-units. If the current generation is anything to go by, the higher-spec models will likely have LED lights, alloy wheels, leather seats and painted exterior trim, among other things.
Not sure if this thread should go here or not - I did look to see if anyone else had made one.
I've always loved the Suzuki Jimny, so when Suzuki announced they were changing it after 2018 I was a little worried. After those DC100 Land Rover Defender prototypes I wondered if Suzuki might take away the retro styling of the Jimny as well. However, I'm not worried about that anymore!
This article on Motortrend shows the testing mule in its camouflage and it still looks very retro and utilitarian.
The old Jimny had a wheezy 1.3 litre inline-4 petrol engine, making about 83BHP. But what made it so good off-road was its low kerb weight and small size. Barely weighing over a tonne (about 1090kg if I remember correctly) meant it could skip over some obstacles bigger off-roaders would get stuck in. Hopefully this one will keep that low weight.
As for engines, in the European market Suzuki doesn't offer many.
The 1.2 dualjet 4-cylinder in the Ignis and Swift with 92BHP - probably the most likely engine to be used.
The 1.0 boosterjet 3-cylinder with about 110BHP
The 1.4 boosterjet 4-cylinder with 140BHP
The 1.6 N/A 4-cylinder in the current Vitara with 116BHP
It's unlikely they'll use the Fiat 1.6 Diesel or a newly built engine but you never know.
Either way I'm pretty excited about this based on how it looks! I've driven a few older Jimnys and they're great fun (albeit for the wrong reasons)! What do you guys think?
EDIT: Some leaked photos have been found from a Suzuki presentation.
Clearly the interior is a little more upmarket than the current generation (not that it would take much) and more colours and personalisation options are likely to be offered.
Based on the leaked images, it looks as if the car is a base model, going by the steel wheels and plastic trim. Not that it's anything to go by, but the test mule has LED rear lights where the leaked image shows basic plastic box-units. If the current generation is anything to go by, the higher-spec models will likely have LED lights, alloy wheels, leather seats and painted exterior trim, among other things.
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