Can All-new Jimny Remain in a League of it's Own?

BarryPort

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The 1,200 units the UK was allocated for 2019 have already been spoken for so it’s welcoming to see the new mighty Jimny start off with a 12 month waiting list.
 

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They’re a cool wee wagon. They are supposed to be good off-road too?
 

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The 1,200 units the UK was allocated for 2019 have already been spoken for so it’s welcoming to see the new mighty Jimny start off with a 12 month waiting list.
Try 600 units (year one) and an 18 month wait, it's going to hurt suzuki, unless they can get jimny customers into a vitara for a couple of years.

They had been selling around 1100/yr of the previous one, so with demand for the new one, and previous owners holding off their bi-annual jimny change, to get a new one, it's not good at all.
 

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They’re a cool wee wagon. They are supposed to be good off-road too?
They are absolutely outstanding off-road, I've had the previous one in places no Defender could dream of going...
 

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Slight side note long way to go to be longest production original beetle ran 1945-2003.
New jimny looks a lot nicer should fly
Should have worded better - it remained relatively unchanged, with the chassis being the same for that time, unlike other models who, as you have rightly said out produced
 

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I may be wrong but as I no it the beetle chassis didn't change that much during that period. Few face lifts around 70s removing split screen, port hole rear window and light changes but i would have been comfortably sure you could reshell a 1945 onto a 2003 chassis. Another notable mention for long runner is the Citroen 2cv ran from 40s to 90s with minimal changes. Apologies kinda ocd on these things
 

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Went to get the wife one, she absolutely loved it... until she seen the boot and was told it could take a year to get one ffs plus the sales guy in Bangor was a complete mong.
 

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i had the sj413, black soft top with a big purple stripe down the doors.
the one after the samuri with the 'corrected' suspension.
my dad has 23acres of hills that i plowed the crap out of with it.
great fun.
 

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I really love the look of them, can't wait to see some of the Kahn/Urban type crowds get their hands on them.

One trip up the motorway and they'll be trading it back in. Should be good quarry fodder in 10/15 years time. Will just about be the only useable 4*4 by that stage.
 

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Seen a white one sitting at Mid Ulster Cars Suzuki (TJ Hamiltons) - cool little thing, really caught my eye.
 

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Stopped at Roadside Dollingstown this evening to look round their Black one. I really like it. A couple out for a walk came over to look round it too. Very eye catching. The blocky design certainly stands out against modern curves and swoops.
 

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Went to get the wife one, she absolutely loved it... until she seen the boot and was told it could take a year to get one ffs plus the sales guy in Bangor was a complete mong.

A customer of mine test drove one at the weekend and has been promised a delivery date of July which is odd if this years allocation is already gone.
 
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