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Still being made, here's the latest version.

Suzuki Jimny

Thanks for posting that link! That Jimmy Su FINALLY fills the gap in the market that the Samurai left. If it is reliable and a fair price for the reality of a limited size rig, then it should sell pretty well. Some of the small rigs in the past were priced the same as a big 4x4 pick-up, and didn't get much better mileage, so people like me would buy the pick-up every time. A small rig has to have some offsetting advantage to it's small size to make it saleable.

I like A/C, roof, and a windshield when offroad, I'm not going to lie. I can do a lot around here in a small 4x4 truck but will take my ATV if unsure of the property and its conditions.

Was looking at 4-6 passenger SxS utility rigs recently and basic ones are bumping $20k new with usual add-ons like roof/winch/windshield. Elected to just order up some ARB/Old Man Emu/Warn parts for the Tacoma and will pick up another vehicle for helping with the highway chores. $20k just seems like a lot for something I can't even drive on the road.

I may head back out there in February. If I do I'm gonna drive one back.

Fine.

I'll make room in my box.

But just for you.

I always thought the Samurais were a cool vehicle. I had a small Bronco II when I first started driving and while not as small as the Zuk they could fit down tight trails as well. I now have a '94 Landcruiser 80 series with an OME lift and factory lockers. It is definitely my go anywhere vehicle and always impresses me.

Can't you guys still get them?

Everything has pros and cons. The pros for a Suzuki outweigh the cons for my uses. Enthusiast may be too strong for me but I like to hunt and fish and want good four wheel ability at lowest reasonable cost. Zuki is easy on gas and as somebody said, it has a weight to traction to power ratio that gets it through a lot of places other vehicles get stuck.

Mine has driven me casually where larger 4 heel drive pick-ups have not been able to go in slick snow. However, one time a heavy fall of snow piled up so deep within hours that it trapped me 20 miles out till a tall-tired 4x4 came by and broke trail for me.

It also goes through narrow places and I drove a quad trail for a mile this summer to reach a lake. It can get me into bad places with no way to turn around, etc. A pro is that the short wheel base goes through wash-outs etc. without hitting the bumper on either end.

My original soft top was not good in constant coastal rain, poor visibility out the plastic side windows. When I hunted in deep cold, they cracked like paper thin glass. Fun summer beach rig however that my teen daughter loved.

Re the light weight, it is dicey in deep flowing water because it is so light it will float downstream sooner than a heavier vehicle. My first little soft top Zuki was so light that one time when we slid off the road in mud, three of us just picked up one end and put it back on the road.

It is so light that it will run on crusted snow sometimes and will often run on slightly packed snow machine trails. Bad idea. Do not do that. I learned the very hard way. If you ever break through or need to turn around, you wind up with the body sitting on top of the snow and 4 wheels not touching the ground. I dug out all of the snow under the vehicle and built a ramp up on to the packed snow again and never let off the gas for three miles back to plowed road. I'm a slow learner and drove 40 feet onto crusted snow one more time.

I totaled my last Suzuki on freeway black ice, am glad no truck hit me while I was ricocheting between the Jersey barriers on both sides.

What was wrong with it?

Here's some tracks...$6 grand.

https://brainerd.craigslist.org/snw/d/baxter-snow-tracks-for-jeep-or-suzuki/6777944184.html