The body has no structural carrying role. The 1998 release used the G13BB EFI engine, replaced by the M13AA EFI engine in 2001 and the M13AA variable valve timing engine in 2005, in conjunction with a minor interior redesign.Ĭommon design characteristics Overall construction Īll four Jimny generations have separate frame and body ( "ladder frame chassis"). The new Jimny was released in 1998, and now bears the same name in all markets. The series from SJ410 to SJ413 was known as the Sierra in Australia, and remained the Jimny in some markets. An updated version of the SJ413 became known as the Samurai and was the first Suzuki officially marketed in the US. The Jimny8/LJ80 was an updated version of the LJ50 with an 800 cc, four-stroke, in-line four-cylinder engine, followed by the Jimny 1000/SJ410 and Jimny 1300/SJ413. This was originally targeted at the Australian market, but more exports soon followed. In 1975, Suzuki complemented the LJ20 with the LJ50, which had a larger 539 cc, two-stroke, in-line three-cylinder engine and bigger differentials. The liquid-cooled LJ20 was introduced in 1972 with the cooling changed due to newly enacted emission regulations, and it gained 3 hp. The LJ10 had a 359-cc, air-cooled, two-stroke, in-line two-cylinder engine. The first Suzuki-branded four-wheel drive, the LJ10 (Light Jeep 10), was introduced in 1970. The tiny Hope company had been unable to enter series production, and only about 45 were manufactured. A better opportunity presented itself in 1968, when Suzuki was able to buy bankrupt Japanese automaker Hope Motor Company, which had introduced a small off-road vehicle called the HopeStar ON360. The history of Suzuki four-wheel drive cars began in the latter half of the 1960s, when Suzuki bought a Steyr-Puch Haflinger to study with the intent of building a kei-class off-road vehicle.
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