From reviews I've seen, I'm not so sure.If it cute and priced right those Jimneys will sell like hotcakes ...Guaranteed!!!
People buying them primarily as a small off roader that is streetable would snap them up (that's why I'm in lurv with them).
People buying them as a daily driver that they can but probably never will off road will kill their reputation, which is basically what happened with the previous run of Suzuki SUVs in the US. Well, that and rollover issues, because evidently people want to be safe or something.
According to the reviews I've seen, they're gutless (1.5L NA engine that puts out 105 PS, which is communist horsepower, comes out to 103.564 HP, but the Wikipedia article on the Jimny says the K15B puts out 100.5 HP @6k RPM and 101.8 lb ft torque at 4400 RPM), steering is "vague," and the ride is rough (duh, it's SFA).
Then again, MSRP for a top trim Suzuki Jimny is $27,990 in Australian dollars (sorry, that's the market I could find numbers for). Converted to US dollars, that's $17,054.73 (as I type this, exchange rates fluctuate, etc.), which is pretty damn attractive. If they were selling these things for less than $20,000 in the US, they'd probably still have trouble keeping them on the shelves.
Problem is, they probably won't pass US crash and emissions standards, and the mods required to get them there would probably push them into the $23,000-$28,000 range. The lower end of that might work out. I, personally, wouldn't pay more than $25,000 for a fully loaded Jimny, no matter how much I lust after one, and even that's probably a bit ambitious.
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