Used Jimny prices

After seeing a couple of troubled Jimnys with either too large dents or failed MOT be sold or put on the market for around a 1000£ (or 10000 NOK) I set up a notification on the most popular used car website in Norway, planning to buy one as a donor for my SJ project.
But now two years later none has come out at that price. Several did before.

For now I'll just scrap my plan of putting 2004 Jimny wiring, engine,dash ++ in my 1987 SJ lwb project.

Were you planning to use the Gen.3 suspension on your Gen.2 project?

Roger

While I was at the dealers collecting my Jimny yesterday I saw this on the forecourt  GEN3  to put it in context, that is the price I paid for mt GEN4 3 years ago and this is 2 years older.

They also have a  GEN4  in stock.

That's a lot for a Gen 3

However a few things have happened that may have caused a rise in Jimny Gen 3 prices.

Many towns are introducing LEZ's and this has caused a lot of Defender owners to fall foul of the new penalties, the Manchester one starts in May and it's £9 per day if your Defender doesn't comply.

That's any Defender classed as a "Commercial Vehicle" (all hard tops, double cabs, truck cabs and Utility versions plus anything made after 2011 when they were all reclassified "Commercial" by Land Rover to get around emissions and safety regs such as no airbags)

Obviously Jimnys are petrol, which means they mostly comply with the new LEZ (petrol cars made after 2004, with diesel it's around 2015)

So l've seen a rise in Jimny SZ3 prices around here, coupled with a fall in Defender prices.

A 6 year old Gen 3 for the same money as when it was new, crazy.

Mind a 4 year old Gen 4 for £27k, only two years younger makes the Gen 3 look reasonable value? Nooooo, they are both over priced.

It's an auto so it will be more than a similar manual. It also makes me happy that I got Temeraire when I did as I suspect being a year or more newer she would probably be firmly into the 20s now.