Suzuki Jimny in general

My best friend had a Suzuki Jimny 56 plate since December 08 and him and his wife,daughter and son in law were out for the day and they were on their way home and a Vauxhall Astra ran into the back of his Jimny. His Jimny has been written off,the spare wheel got whacked and pushed the rear door and the left hand corner of the bumper snapped in two and split the wiring loom to the lights and a dent below the rear window and the rear seats were twisted out of shape and the towbar was bent downwards and the chassis was also bent down and forced the rear floor area to bent upwards. These Jimny's in my opinion are unsafe and are poorly built and flimsy,Suzuki should stick to building motorbikes and not cars! Get these off the road. I wouldnt class these as a 4x4.

The Suzuki Jimny I'm going to review is the 1.3 JLX What a fantastic little vehicle the suzuki jimni is. My family have had a few 4x4s all of different makes but there isn't one that compares to this little wonder on wheels. As we live in a remote area with a steep hill to climb in winter this is the only vehicle to get us home and dry.Others we have had to abandon and walk home on more than one ocasion. During a day out to a sheepdog trials on a wet summers evening where the ground was extremely muddy. 4 x 4s were getting stuck one after the other.The only one which was sailing by was my dad in his suzuki. Some of the owners ...  Read the complete review

Hi All I bought a Jimny Soft Top in April 2002. I can safely say that it is the biggest mistake of my life. Upon delivery the indicators wouldn't work. The interior trim falls apart very quickly, especially the door kick plates and glove box The car has leaked oil since I got it. The dealer has had 12 goes at this at the last count. The cam belt screeches like a scolded cat above 2k revs. ...  Read the complete review

I've had a Jimny for a while after owning a hot hatch, and it's been quite a change. Good points : Comfortable, nice driving position and bags of headroom. High above the road - great view of traffic. Reasonably capable off-road, with selectable 2/4WD Small size compared with most 4WD's - good for town parking Easy to drive Central locking Bad points : A bit "bouncy" both on and off-road. Not quick - not really for motorway use, but fine around town and on rural roads No real boot space - small area struggles with a couple of bags, though rear seats ...  Read the complete review