New Jimny 2017 Tokyo Show

Chiffon Ivory metallic you mean? I like it, it goes with the whole 70s retro feel.

Hearing aid beige.

I'm pleased to see they have progressed the design whilst so much of what made the old Jimny great has been kept. I was so worried it would lose the 3 L's- ladder chassis, low range and live axles.
My observations:
Reverting to stick 4wd is a bonus.
Proper fold flat seats are nice, as well as a few well thought out storage options and durable materials.
The front seats look a little more supportive.
The traction control looks to work well and an optional LSD on top of that will be fantastic.
There is lots of tyre clearance in those arches.
The little mirrors for seeing along the nearside are very neat!
They've added a steering damper, which is a hint that they haven't found a definite solution for the steering wobble.
Still drum brakes on the back. Discs would be nice but I suppose not necessary.
There's no mention of how the front hubs engage. I'm guessing it's still a vacuum system which is fine with me but will disappoint others.
I like the styling and there is a reasonably good choice of colours

auchenblae wrote: For those of us that do a lot of road miles, one big issue was the engine noise at 70mph that by and large made you reduce speed to about 60mph or so.

I thought the 1.5 litre engine would be a big help but doing the calcs the new 1.5 is doing 3,539 revs and the old car is doing 3,660 revs not realy much different.

The car is being optimised for off road use which is correct as Suzuki now have 4 car type units with 4WD.

The Vitara, SX4, Swift and the Ignis and talk of a new Grand Vitara in the next year or two.

I've never found the engine noise an issue, but you have to remember there is only so much a small engine can do. At 3,500rpm the 1.3 is making barely 45hp. A longer 5th gear would put the engine revs too low so it lacks the power to maintain cruising speed.

Read my post again. I was not saying that the 1.3 that should have longer gearing. The 1.5 is 20% more powerful than the 1.3 and I would have expected the 1.5 to be higher geared than the 1.3 by more than 2% or so.