There is little doubt that the Suzuki Jimmy it is one of the models of the Japanese brand (maybe even the model) that has attracted the most attention in recent years. After all, in an era of refined SUVs with little or no off-road capability, Suzuki has gone the other way.
Thus, the new Jimny adopts a frame with stringers (like pure and hard jeeps), there are not many electronic aids, it offers a five-speed manual (or automatic… four-speed) and a transfer box with gearboxes and instead of resorting to a small turbo gasoline engine (like for example the 1.0 Boosterjet used in the Vitara) it resorts to a 1.5 l atmospheric 102 hp, very old-fashioned.
Faced with these more “rustic” solutions, Suzuki is not afraid to declare that its new Jimny is a pure and tough all-terrain.
However, there is some distance between saying and being, so Autocar confronted him with one of the legends of off-road vehicles, the Toyota Land Cruiser (here in the three-door Utility version, more focused on work and less in leisure that is not sold here) in overcoming an obstacle… stony.
The result of the confrontation
What can be seen in the video is that despite being small the Suzuki Jimny is not frightened off-road. It's true that it has some weaknesses when compared to the Toyota such as a lower ford capacity, the absence of differential locks or an engine that needs a lot of rotation to reach maximum torque (130 Nm reaching only 4000 rpm) .
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However, in general, the good height to the ground (210 mm) and the good angles (37º, 28º and 49º of attack, ventral and exit, respectively) allow you to pass where the big ones pass, you just need more patience and care.