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Suzuki Jimny Four Wheel Drive
The 1998 Suzuki Jimny updates and replaces a
long running staple
for the marque.
The Jimny will initially be available only as a hard-top,
with the 1.3L 4-cylinder engine and either
5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmissions.
There are two levels of trim - JX and JLX.
Standard features include air conditioning (even on the JX)
and the JLX comes with power steering, electric windows, central locking
and roof-rails.
The Jimny is one for the economically minded (au$17K to $20K as of '98/'99),
true-believer in four wheel drive.
It has all the serious 4WD features:
live axles with coil-springs, fore and aft,
a real chassis, and a real tranfer case with high and low ratio gears.
It is compact, which can give a choppy ride on undulating
road surfaces, even in the city, but this is great for manoeuvrability.
Suzuki Jimny 1998
- hard-top, 2+2 seats, 3 doors
- loa: 3625mm, width: 1600mm, height: 1670mm,
ground clearance 190mm
- weight: 1025kg (unladen)
- 1.3L, petrol, 4-cyls, efi, 4-valves/cyl
- power: 59kW at 6000rpm, torque: 104Nm at 4500rpm
- transmission: 5m/4a, 2-speed transfer-case, part-time 4WD
- suspension: live-coil / live-coil, brakes: disc/drum
- fuel tank: 40L
- oz showings:
National 4x4 Show,
Sydney Motor Show
1998
- Towing an (aus') Jimny
- price: base JX $16,950,
JLX $18,750 manual, $20,250 auto, $au 11/1998
Right: Andrew Flanagan sends this shot
of the open Jimny, due in Australia, late 1999.
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