It looks cool. I might lease one in the future. But I will never buy a Land Rover.

 

The Jimmy would almost surely be more reliable than any Land Rover product. But I'm not sure I'd trust that extremely narrow width and high center of gravity....like the old Samurai, it looks like a rollover just waiting to happen, even with modern stability controls.

 

Absolutely worshiped here in Japan. A two year wait upon order.

 

I would get one if they are available in the US. Very compact and capable

 

Woow
This new design is so nice. I like it.

 

Source

 

Toyota bought a 5% stake in Suzuki and Suzuki did the same with Toyota.

Bring it over and sell in Toyota showrooms, and it will bring all the boys to the yard.

 

I like it!

 

 

^^^ IMO, this guy is full of it. He can B.S., shout back and forth, and wave his arms all he wants to (like Scotty used to LOL), but in the end, it is the simple laws of physics. All else equal, short, narrow, high, and a tall center of gravity mean only one thing......potential rollovers, particularly back in those days before advanced stability and roll-control systems. And, for a while, in the late 1980s, there were more class-action-suits against Suzuki (most of them involving Samurai rollovers) than with any other manufacturer selling in the American market. As I stated in an earlier post in this thread.....Daihatsu, with the Rocky, did it correctly. They made the Rocky somewhat more stable by widening the track of both front and rear wheels several inches, thereby making it less-prone to tipping and rollovers. And you didn't see the same kind of accident rate or level of suits from the Rocky, either, even considering for the fact that fewer of them were sold in the U.S.

This, BTW, from Wikipedia:

According to CU, Suzuki internal documents indicate that the company was aware of the Samurai’s rollover problem. A Suzuki memorandum dated July 14, 1985, stated: "It is imperative that we develop a crisis plan that will primarily deal with the ‘roll’ factor. Because of the narrow wheelbase, similar to the Jeep, the car is bound to turn over."[8] Over the years, over 200 Suzuki Samurai rollover lawsuits have been settled, and Suzuki's own expert witnesses testified the automaker was aware of 213 deaths and 8,200 injuries involving Suzuki Samurai rollovers.[8]

 

100hp is plenty for a vehicle weighing that amount. I drove around for a few years in a car weighing 2100lb that had 50hp.

 

Remember......in most driving situations, torque is more important than HP.

 

For offroaders its all about gearing.

 

Yep, that, too...but it gets back to what I said.......the lower the gearing (within reason), the more it multiplies the torque. That's why World War II-era Jeeps with 49-60 HP could crawl through just about anything.