Suzuki Jimny to be discontinued at the end of 2024

[Velocette]

 

What a shame !

[sandspider]

😞 

[Stephen-H]

Toyota has approached them to buy the brand/model but they turned them down. 

Big gap in the market now for a small affordable capable 4x4s 

[JohnfromUK]

44 minutes ago, Stephen-H said:

Toyota has approached them to buy the brand/model but they turned them down. 

Big gap in the market now for a small affordable capable 4x4s 

Toyota's original RAV 4 was pretty close to a "small affordable capable 4x4", but they chose to grow it and hybridise/electrify it and move away from that market.

The Jimny is a good vehicle in it's own 'niche', but it's quite a restricted niche.  

They appear to be continuing to develop EV/Hybrids for the Australian market, so maybe they will come here in time.  Suggestion at present is that they are doing well there

https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/suzuki-jimny-ute-hybrid-and-ev-coming-146538/

 

[Wymondley]

On 03/07/2024 at 12:52, Stephen-H said:

affordable

Have you seen the price of the Jimny?

There's certainly a gap for a small 4x4, unfortunately emissions and safety regulations have forced up the cost.

[hawkfanz]

my mate had one it would go anywere never got stuck in mud no matter how bad it got,downside not enough space in them,and thirsty on petrol a small diesel would have been much better.

[scouser]

I remember being in Thailand a few years back, I saw a SJ413 king cab pickup, and fell in love with it, would have been perfect on the farm.

[Westward]

I think it's something to do with emissions. Makers are forced by the EU to meet an overall average standard for emissions across their range and because Suzuki only makes small vehicles, keeping the Jimny with it's relatively high emissions means they wouldn't meet the target.

[JohnfromUK]

35 minutes ago, Westward said:

I think it's something to do with emissions. Makers are forced by the EU to meet an overall average standard for emissions across their range and because Suzuki only makes small vehicles, keeping the Jimny with it's relatively high emissions means they wouldn't meet the target.

Possibly.  I believe that is also the reason we only get the small Land Cruisers (known as Prado elsewhere) rather than the full sized versions.

[oowee]

Interesting. I thought that supply to the UK had already stopped due to conformity failures. The only new ones being old stock already transfered. 

[Wymondley]

On 06/07/2024 at 08:50, hawkfanz said:

a small diesel would have been much better.

There was a diesel, never brought into the UK though.

In fact a lot of Suzuki car models were available with diesel engines and 4wd options in other markets.

 

On 08/07/2024 at 18:48, Westward said:

I think it's something to do with emissions. Makers are forced by the EU to meet an overall average standard for emissions across their range and because Suzuki only makes small vehicles, keeping the Jimny with it's relatively high emissions means they wouldn't meet the target.

 

Yes, exactly, the commercial version was an attempt to get round this to some extent as there were different limits on commercials'.

 

Some people who bought, then quickly sold the new model made a lot of money from the limited supply.

Suzuki were trying (unsuccessfully) to enforce the maximum new price dealers could charge at one point, as demand was outstripping supply.

IMO, the new model really wasn't that good and certainly not worth the money they were changing hands for.

Some strange decisions on what colours to bring in as well.