Suzuki Jimny SZ4 (2015) review
Current-gen Suzuki Jimny has been in uninterrupted production since 1998. In other words, when it first rolled off the line MKIII Jimny Spice Girls dominated the charts, TV Teletubbies children and Labour New polls. And TFI Friday still in the first round of TV time. Much has changed in the wider world since then. But Jimny yet.
Sporadic updates (very) small side, the Jimny is still the same animal: a separate chassis pint-sized off-roader with a switchable four-wheel drive system, the cute Barbie Goes On Safari styling with no overhangs front and rear, and a small gasoline engine size spare tire full on the back. Age is quite a feat when you think about it, and it is far from finished. Suzuki Jimny not a replacement schedule for several years at least.
Current-gen Suzuki Jimny has been in uninterrupted production since 1998. In other words, when it first rolled off the line MKIII Jimny Spice Girls dominated the charts, TV Teletubbies children and Labour New polls. And TFI Friday still in the first round of TV time. Much has changed in the wider world since then. But Jimny yet.
Sporadic updates (very) small side, the Jimny is still the same animal: a separate chassis pint-sized off-roader with a switchable four-wheel drive system, the cute Barbie Goes On Safari styling with no overhangs front and rear, and a small gasoline engine size spare tire full on the back. Age is quite a feat when you think about it, and it is far from finished. Suzuki Jimny not a replacement schedule for several years at least.
Suzuki Jimny's are being tested here?
It is a top-slim Jimny SZ4, complete with a patch of fake leather on the seat, the air-con (worked - we drove the car during the hottest week English summer and no cooking), 15-inch alloys and privacy glass at the rear. Useful for passengers to easily embarrassed.
With the standard manual gearbox (four-speed automatic is an option) was £ 13,295; which boggo Jimny SZ3 is £ 11,995.
All Jimnys use all alloy 1.3-liter gasoline engine with variable valve timing, 83bhp and 81 pounds ft of torque delivered from low revs useful for off-road work.
Surely Jimny must change at least slightly since 1998?
Every now and then Jimny got a light dusting of spec upgrades. The latest being at the tail-end of 2014, putting the new digital (!) Read-out in the middle of the instrument panel to ensure it meets the tire pressure monitor and a gearshift indicator regs. Bluetooth phone connectivity? Do not be stupid ...
The rest of the interior still looks like it came from a Christmas cracker, with plastic ludicrous and fittings, but its main purpose in life is to get muddy. Although not adjust the steering wheel, the driving position bolt-upright pleasant surprise, giving you a view of the road ahead ladder. Indicator stalk has been repositioned since the last time I rode Jimny (in 2012 one), when I spent most worthy of my first trip wiper operation at intersections by mistake. It's on the left now, in the European norm.
Electronic stability control is now standard as well. Probably a good thing, as the Jimny not have the most confidence-inspiring handling on the road.
How does it feel to drive, then?
Funny, though not entirely for the right reasons. With super-short wheelbase, high and thick tires, body crosswind-phobic, it's not what you'd call right. You will find yourself constantly working behind the wheel even in the arrow-straight road. Top speed is 87mph claim but V-maxing a Jimny will probably be about as scary as doing the same in the Veyron.
Getting there would take a long time, because with the best will in the world it is not the fastest car. Or the quietest; You will not enjoy a long motorway journey. Then again, it was not designed for the purpose Jimny.
How off-road?
This is where the Jimny comes into its own. Like some kind of goat terrier / mountain mulatto, takes everything thrown at it with calm and keep coming back for more.
Push-button on the dashboard can switch between rear and four-wheel drive while the Jimny is traveling up to 62mph, giving the front wheel straight, and there are also low-range mode, accessed while stationary.
Just remember to put it back to 2WD mode (process occasionally accompanied by a resounding 'dunk') before attempting to park, to avoid grinding halt transmission of wind-up-induced.
Verdict
Look at it objectively, it's hard to recommend the Suzuki Jimny. The interior looks more dated than you might imagine, it was as bad on the road as it was better than that, and the small dimensions mean that the best thinking as a two-seater with luggage space right of the four-seater.
But as an affordable second, or even third, cars for rural residents who need a true off-road capability, it started to make sense. And it is filled with character and charm in the car world entirely without it. Such is the Jimny has developed a cult following that sells Suzuki 1000 of them in the UK every year like clockwork, almost no input marketing, and many of them for existing owners cut the old, hard to use Jimny.
For most of the car-buying public, the Jimny is irrelevant. Others, let's party like it's 1998.
It is a top-slim Jimny SZ4, complete with a patch of fake leather on the seat, the air-con (worked - we drove the car during the hottest week English summer and no cooking), 15-inch alloys and privacy glass at the rear. Useful for passengers to easily embarrassed.
With the standard manual gearbox (four-speed automatic is an option) was £ 13,295; which boggo Jimny SZ3 is £ 11,995.
All Jimnys use all alloy 1.3-liter gasoline engine with variable valve timing, 83bhp and 81 pounds ft of torque delivered from low revs useful for off-road work.
Surely Jimny must change at least slightly since 1998?
Every now and then Jimny got a light dusting of spec upgrades. The latest being at the tail-end of 2014, putting the new digital (!) Read-out in the middle of the instrument panel to ensure it meets the tire pressure monitor and a gearshift indicator regs. Bluetooth phone connectivity? Do not be stupid ...
The rest of the interior still looks like it came from a Christmas cracker, with plastic ludicrous and fittings, but its main purpose in life is to get muddy. Although not adjust the steering wheel, the driving position bolt-upright pleasant surprise, giving you a view of the road ahead ladder. Indicator stalk has been repositioned since the last time I rode Jimny (in 2012 one), when I spent most worthy of my first trip wiper operation at intersections by mistake. It's on the left now, in the European norm.
Electronic stability control is now standard as well. Probably a good thing, as the Jimny not have the most confidence-inspiring handling on the road.
How does it feel to drive, then?
Funny, though not entirely for the right reasons. With super-short wheelbase, high and thick tires, body crosswind-phobic, it's not what you'd call right. You will find yourself constantly working behind the wheel even in the arrow-straight road. Top speed is 87mph claim but V-maxing a Jimny will probably be about as scary as doing the same in the Veyron.
Getting there would take a long time, because with the best will in the world it is not the fastest car. Or the quietest; You will not enjoy a long motorway journey. Then again, it was not designed for the purpose Jimny.
How off-road?
This is where the Jimny comes into its own. Like some kind of goat terrier / mountain mulatto, takes everything thrown at it with calm and keep coming back for more.
Push-button on the dashboard can switch between rear and four-wheel drive while the Jimny is traveling up to 62mph, giving the front wheel straight, and there are also low-range mode, accessed while stationary.
Just remember to put it back to 2WD mode (process occasionally accompanied by a resounding 'dunk') before attempting to park, to avoid grinding halt transmission of wind-up-induced.
Verdict
Look at it objectively, it's hard to recommend the Suzuki Jimny. The interior looks more dated than you might imagine, it was as bad on the road as it was better than that, and the small dimensions mean that the best thinking as a two-seater with luggage space right of the four-seater.
But as an affordable second, or even third, cars for rural residents who need a true off-road capability, it started to make sense. And it is filled with character and charm in the car world entirely without it. Such is the Jimny has developed a cult following that sells Suzuki 1000 of them in the UK every year like clockwork, almost no input marketing, and many of them for existing owners cut the old, hard to use Jimny.
For most of the car-buying public, the Jimny is irrelevant. Others, let's party like it's 1998.
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