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| What puddle? Member Since: 25 Oct 2013 Location: Reading Posts: 952  
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http://www.carscoops.com/2017/10/heres-bet...jimny.html
You could have TWO for the price of a forthcoming (if ever) Defender! Damn, I'm tempted, as I'm not sure I want to wait any longer, and to have one for me and one for Mrs Puddle is so tempting. To be shown at Tokyo show later, and imminent in Suzuki showrooms.  Click image to enlarge |
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5th Oct 2017 9:57am |
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| steve E Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Tenby Posts: 2073 
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Looks great
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5th Oct 2017 11:04am |
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| defender9 Member Since: 12 Mar 2016 Location: Fylde Coast Posts: 1629 
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Mini G Wagon
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5th Oct 2017 11:33am |
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| DonH2000 Member Since: 12 Jan 2015 Location: North Kent Posts: 551 
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Especially if they do a soft top! Cheers Don.
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5th Oct 2017 1:56pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Yeah, but then you'd be stuck driving a Suzuki  Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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5th Oct 2017 1:59pm |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
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Would be good if it was full size
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5th Oct 2017 2:40pm |
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| Swac3 Member Since: 21 Feb 2015 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 363 |
I think it looks fine, Really needs to be a shade bigger than the old ones imho, The client has them as fleet cars and theyre tiny 3 Landrovers
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5th Oct 2017 2:41pm |
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| RichLech Member Since: 09 Nov 2015 Location: West Sussex Posts: 115 
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Much better than the outgoing model. I like the more utilitarian shape. Definitely does look more rugged. Wonder if there will be a "farmers spec" version I would be happy to throw my muddy labradors into.
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5th Oct 2017 2:51pm |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006  
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We are just waiting for the final spec to be released and if comparable with the one we have now it will be being ordered. Jimny may be small but it kicks butt! Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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6th Oct 2017 1:21pm |
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| What puddle? Member Since: 25 Oct 2013 Location: Reading Posts: 952
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Popped in to a local dealer near Maidenhead today to register my interest, but the guy didn't seem to know what I was talking about. He even said it was two years away and Japan would get it way before us. That's not the talk on the net. Still, sat in a current one and was very impressed. Incredibly small, though. Watched a YouTube video last night of a Jimny and two Defenders green-laning. The Jimny got through some really tough terrain on a path that had been abandoned. Never even thought about owning one before, but given that JLR have taken a pathetic age to release the new Defender, and given that it will be £35,000+, then I think I'm smitten.
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6th Oct 2017 3:15pm |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006
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It's easily the most versatile car i have had the opportunity to use. By turns it is a farm workhorse by day and a wizzy little hothatch on a weekend. It is a matter of knowing it's limits, it will never be a people carrier nor a tow barge for a big trailer, so what? It's every bit as component off road assuming you drive to its strengths of smallness and lightness. It may be showing a bit but I love mine! Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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6th Oct 2017 4:32pm |
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| rockster57 Member Since: 15 Nov 2014 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 937 
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I am also a fan of the Jimny and drive them regularly. Couple of downsides to the current model. First is they are very thirsty. Secondly they have a rather narrow track - good for narrow field gates but by same token, they roll over too easily.
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6th Oct 2017 6:23pm |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006
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I know mine is good on fuel by the average as I get low 40 mpg but even so most are in the low to mid 30's, unless they are overly modified? But either way they are not really thirsty not in the upper mid 20's way that a defender is. Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon.
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6th Oct 2017 7:54pm |
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