New Jimny 2017 Tokyo Show

Gadget wrote: Think I'm 7th on my dealers's list, so possibly July

Not trying to be a rain cloud but unless you give up color and trim choice, you will likely need to factor that in also.

Its not a newly developed engine, it is from their line of Vans available in the Asian market. It has been tweaked for the Jimny.

Apparently it will not meet upcoming EU regs. This does not prevent Suzuki from selling it but there is a penalty for each one sold that will impact the profitability. So they are likely to change the engine (allegedly)

mlines wrote: Its not a newly developed engine, it is from their line of Vans available in the Asian market. It has been tweaked for the Jimny.

It's an existing block, the rest of it is new, I hear.

mlines wrote: Apparently it will not meet upcoming EU regs. This does not prevent Suzuki from selling it but there is a penalty for each one sold that will impact the profitability. So they are likely to change the engine (allegedly)

This isn't quite correct. It meets all current and immediate future regs, the issue is that with CO2 emissions of 154 g/km for the manual, it screws up Suzuki's cross-range CO2 average. By 2021, all manufacturers are required to achieve an average of 95 g/km, Suzuki are just north of 100 at the moment. If they sell a ton of vehicles with a CO2 figure of 154, they'll miss that target by some margin and will be exposed to substantial EU fines as a result.

The SHVS mild-hybrid system would, in my opinion, be perfect to help with that, but they say there are currently 'no plans' to introduce it, or any other electrified option on Jimny. When pressed as to why, I received two different answers, both of which were bullshit, so I'm placing that firmly in the 'missed opportunity' category for now.

Certainly from everything I've heard, the 1.5 is not going anywhere.

reedx wrote:

mlines wrote: So they told the Journalists the same as the dealers. 600 cars is approx 1 car per dealer per month.

@AlexK said the 600 would be available in the first half of 2019, which correlates with the 1100 total available for the whole year as mentioned previously.

Isn't there a 3 year waiting list for the new model in Japan already?

Colin

Yes, 600 in first six months, the original expectations in the dealer chain was between 2-3 per month per dealer. 600 is apparently closer to 1 per month although I am not close enough to the information, just feeding back the reports I am hearing

Here's a couple of shots from the off-road course. With three people on board, the Jimny will still climb the steepest hill on the site on tickover.

Thanks @AlexK

Disappointingly, my first colour choices were the medium grey then the green. That silver one does look good though!

Colin