In off-road racing circles, there has always been a model called "off-road hooligan", that is, Suzuki Jimney. According to off-road enthusiasts: Where the Mercedes-Benz G-Class can't go, Jimney can go, and objectively speaking, this sentence does hold true. After all, Jimney's more "pocket-sized" size can indeed go to the narrow sections that most off-road dare not go, which is also its biggest publicity selling point.
In 1970, the first generation of Jimney was born in Japan, in the following decades, Jimney with excellent off-road capabilities and high cost performance, respectively, sold in 194 countries in the world, and has a large number of loyal fans in various countries, but in China, with the delisting of Suzuki, it is also doomed to Jimney can not come in to sell through official channels, but fortunately, there is no way out, for Jimney's fans, there is currently a parallel import channel to choose from.
The original Jimney
However, recently there is a news that the price of the national six jimney in Tianjin Port has exceeded 300,000, which can't help but make people wonder: how dare a small micro off-road vehicle like Jimney sell to more than 300,000? To solve this question, let's start with Jimney's product strength.
I have to say that this generation of Jimney is relatively excellent in the shape of the appearance, compared to the previous kind of old models that look very cheap at a glance, the new Jimney at least in the appearance will not give people too cheap feeling, and pay more attention to the sense of edges, the whole is more like a "square box", many netizens even ridiculed it as a "pocket version of the big G".
The front face of this generation of Jimney uses a design style that is quite popular in Japan, and the round headlights and five-hole grille do have some "Showa style" at some angles. The diffuser under the front face uses the same black color as the intake grille, so that the overall feeling of the front face will be stronger. However, the new car configuration is still pitifully low, all 2022, it is still halogen headlights, which is for you off-road enthusiasts, driving this car out at night is estimated to be a black in front of you.
Body side, because the model on sale is the Jimney Sierra version, can also be understood as a more powerful version of off-road performance, so in the body side obviously added more elements that can highlight off-road, such as the four wheel arches are added to the black plastic anti-scuff strip, and the rim uses a metallic wind shape, although the size is not large, but it is indeed full of wildness.
In terms of size, the new car has a length, width and height of 3395/1475/1725mm, and a wheelbase of 2250mm. Its approach angle is 37 degrees, the departure angle is 49 degrees, the ground clearance is 210mm, and it has excellent passability, which must be necessary for a qualified off-road vehicle.
Jimney has always had a relatively large feature, that is, the rear spare tire, which is the same as the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, which has a relatively heavy sense of power. The rear tailgate is opened sideways, which is also a choice to withstand the weight of the spare tire.
Entering the car, although the current Jimney is made of hard plastic material as a whole, at least in terms of design, it can be seen that it is the model of this century, and a large number of physical buttons are retained in the car, although there is no texture to speak of, but it is more convenient to operate. It is reported that the new car is equipped with an internal mounted central control screen on the high-end model, while the entry-level model only provides functions such as CD radio and manual air conditioning. However, I think that for Jimney, it cannot be examined with a conventional eye, because for a purely off-road oriented model like Jimney, low configuration means less electronic components, which naturally reduces the failure rate.
The power of the new car continues the "weak" standard of Jimney for generations, equipped with a 1.5L four-cylinder naturally aspirated engine, with a maximum power of 75kW, a peak torque of 130N·m, a transmission matching a 5-speed manual transmission or a 4-speed automatic transmission, and equipped with a time-sharing four-wheel drive system, although such a power parameter is not strong, but for the Jimney car, it can also promote it.
In the off-road configuration, Jimney still uses the most traditional front and rear integral bridge suspension structure, which can maximize the guarantee that the four wheels are tightly attached to the ground when off-road, coupled with its own ultra-short wheelbase, so that Jimney even in the absence of rear axle differential lock, electronic limited slip such as the premise, off-road performance is still relatively strong.
After talking about the product power, we will go back to the price of Jimney, in fact, when I first knew that Jimney was going to sell for more than 300,000, I was really calmed down, and there was no cost performance at all. So I think that if it is really a Jimney, then you can go to see the second-hand Jimney, but it seems that the retention rate of the second-hand Jimney is also higher than that of 95% of the models on the market.
Write at the end:
I have to say that suzuki jimney is indeed a very classic car, with a long history and great heritage, and it is no wonder that so many fans love it. However, no matter from what point of view, the jimney, which costs more than 300,000, is quite outrageous. Jimney turned into a "luxury car" with his feelings, and such a dog-blood incident will probably only happen in the Chinese auto market.