New Jimny waiting list

300bhpton wrote: What I'm trying to say is. I'm willing, ready and eager to be a Suzuki customer. But I'm not really convinced they actually want to sell cars or gain new customers ???
And with each passing month an Approved Used Wrangler or even something like a Ranger Raptor are likely getting more affordable. Guess we will have to wait and see.

I share your frustrations! I'm ready, willing and able to go with a new Jimny as well. What I won't do is pay over the odds for an ex demo or for extras that I don't need or desire. All I want is a basic spec SZ4! I'm resigned to waiting up to a couple of years for the one I want but a bit worried that I might not get one even after the wait, as there seems to be no certainty on supply. Yes, I could go for a recent Mk 3 but the prices being asked for recent low mileage ones aren't far off a new Mk 4. What a shambles! I'm actually feeling a bit sorry for my dealer, who'd love to have some to sell. For an exercise in how not to introduce a new model, over to Suzuki......

No word yet from the local branch about the current quarterly allocation, but as according to this thread the annual numbers have gone from 1200>1000>750, this is hardly surprising.

I did order mine last year on May. My order was 15th in the country. Now mine is 3rd in the list waiting to be built. Opted for GLX (SZ5 for you guys). Can't wait to drive it already. New Jimnys are quite rare here in Estonia.

Not great news for buyers in Scotland:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-51063412

I am now lost as to what is happening on this waiting list.
There is clearly a new Jimny supply shortage as reflected in this thread. However, a colleague has just decided he wants an automatic. After phoning around a few dealers, he has been offered two manuals in white with Feb/Mar delivery.
Are manuals not popular? Is white an undesirable colour? Are early deposits not converting to orders? Is demand diminishing?
Crazy situation... Here is hoping my June delivery actually happens...

Seeing these messages today about a couple one potentially available, I called a dealer near to me. The salesman said they had an unallocated one due in Feb/March, would I be interested in an Auto White one? Yes I said. He then said they will be registering it as a Demo and then selling it for £24,999...

He then went on to complain about traders who are buying them and flipping them for a profit!!

When I said I wouldn't be pay 25k for one, he kept saying well I would have to wait for 2 years then...

Unbelievable, surely unethical for a main Suzuki dealer to be doing this??!!

P.S. if it was available at list price, I would have bought it.

Hi,

New member here as I have just bagged an sz4 at list price and I can confirm that supply is still awful on these things. You can tell by the quantity and prices of the ones for sale on autotrader. Used ones are going for way over list.

It was a real ballache to get one and some dealers were even saying I shouldn't bother as production/importing is being stopped on them altogether.

If you want one ring as many dealers as you can and you might get lucky like I did. If they have one put the deposit down straight away as 5 minutes later it will be gone.

As an example one of the dealers I spoke to said they have been allocated only 2 cars for the whole of this quarter!

Anyway, it's a pleasure to join you guys(and girls) and I look forward to Jimny ownership. I haven't seen one, I haven't driven one, my wife wasn't happy when I told her (practically reasons),
but I had to have one becausee just like her, it's cheap fun and looks fantastic.

PS. She isn't cheap

We surprisingly have 2 arriving at the same time this month.... but to be fair one was suppose to be last years allocation.