NEW Suzuki Jimny 2022 review - it's changed more than you think!

This is the new commercial vehicle version of the Suzuki Jimny and it's a little bit like eating sushi But without the wasabi, you know, all the essential ingredients are there and it's nice enough just lacks that little extra kick now in this video I'm going to talk you through how this is different to the normal passenger car version of the Jimny both on the outside and on the Inside I'm gonna tell you what's good about it. What's not good about it. And of course, I'm gonna drive it I'm even gonna launch it to see how quick it is from nought to 60 miles an hour Anyway, I'm Matt Watson and you're watching car wow And if you enjoy these sort of videos Please make sure you subscribe to this channel and hit the bell icon to turn your notifications on that way You're not gonna miss any uploads buying a new car then head to car Wow, and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price car Wow your one-stop car buying comparison site Let's start this video by talking about the design of the commercial vehicle version of the Suzuki Jimny So it's based on the entry-level passenger car version the s said for you get the same kit on it You can get it in the same color. So it's not just in this white you can get it in black You can get in a yellow blue and silver, but you can't get the stuff that you got on the high-level s said five So no LED headlights just halogens. That's your lot. No at all wheels just steelies No body colored door mirrors or handles. They're just black plastic same at the back as well now I know a lot of motion journalists say well, you know what the most basic version of the Suzuki Jimny was always the coolest You know, look, it's just more utilitarian. That's nonsense. They didn't buy one I bought a Suzuki Jimny and I bought the highest spec s said five because you want them on cons if you're driving it every Day now if you want to see my own Suzuki Jimny I've done a video on it click on the pop-out banner up there for the link in the description below to go watch that Before we go any further we need to talk about the price because it's a little bit controversial when the mark for version of the Suzuki Jimny first went on Sale in 2018 the basic entry-level version cost from fifteen and a half thousand pounds Now that car has pretty much the same spec as this car yet. This starts from 17,000 pounds and that's if you buy it through your business and you've got registered if you're not that registered or you're buying it as a Private individual it's going to cost you from 20,000 pounds which is rather a lot However, if you go online and search for you Suzuki Jimneys, you'll find that some are actually fetching over 30,000 pounds In fact, if you've got a Suzuki Jimny you want to make some profit on or maybe you're just trying to sell your car You want to make sure you get a good price for it? You can get a car while and sell your car and get dealers bidding on Your car now to do that you can click on the pop-out band in the top right hand corner the screen or follow the link In the description below alternatively if you want it after this video simply Google help me car Wow and do it that way instead here on the inside apart from that cage there The interior design is the same as an entry-level said for passenger car version of the Jimny. So Materials are a little bit cheap and scratchy. You'd have a grab handle there for your passenger when you're off-roading The steering wheel is rubberized rather than leather like in my sd5 Jimny same story with the gear knob as well The layout is pretty simple. It was all kind of chunky quite nice quite cute quite lovable However, you got the same speedo, which I find just hard to read and it's really odd that in the digital display You don't actually get the speedo there. It just gives you your average speed over. However long you've been driving the car weird It's not the most practical either. So the door bins are really really narrow the glove box. Look at this It's it's an okay size, but it just flops down to the passengers knees You've got your USB port there and your 12-volt socket and you think all that trade is gonna be perfect for my mobile phone But pretty much every modern mobile phone won't quite fit in there We'll constantly fall out and go underneath your clutch brake or accelerator pedal and the cup holders are back here So when you're driving along you're having to do a little bit of a reach around to get them one of the bonuses of this van version of the Jimny is that you can carry quite a lot in it the boot capacities 836 litres reason being you can actually load it right to the roof because you've got that cage there So you don't have to worry about if you suddenly break all your stuff coming flying through into the driving compartment Now another thing that's good about it is this everything's nice and wide so you can fit big items in there And because it's a square shape, you can actually load it up full of boxes Well, you can't do though is carry any rear passengers a bit annoying In fact that brings me on to five other annoying things about this Jimny You'd think that being a commercial vehicle this would be quite tough There's something a bit flimsy about this Jimny Look at this when I shut the door the air pressure change will actually cause the roof to wobble watch this This car is rather uncomfortable all thanks to this cage you see you have two options One is you can sit so far forward that your knees are just bashing off the dash but that does allow you to recline the seat back or you can have comfy knees and Uncomfortable back Great with a normal commercial vehicle the back windows are blacked out But here on this Jimny, you know, so people comparing and seeing exactly what you're carrying about with you Seeing as this commercial vehicle version of the Jimny is basically a cheat for them to get around the emissions regs So that people who want to buy Jim in the first place who could never get one can now have one It's a shame. They haven't fitted it with some more kit For instance, you can't get the bigger infotainment screen with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay You don't get the climate control you just get air conditioning and there's no heated seats either There is no spec available on this car at all. It's a bit miserable. Why they do that? They could just made it available considering this is supposed to be a commercial vehicle. You can't really carry that much in it the payload is just 150 kilograms in comparison the payload of a Toyota Hilux pickup is 1,000 kilos and if you want to see my full in-depth video review of that truck click on the pop-out banner up there or For the link in the description. Thankfully though, it's not all bad Here's five cool things about this commercial vehicle version of the Suzuki Jimny Most modern small vans are front-wheel drive only whereas this Suzuki Jimny has a switchable four-wheel drive system and a low range mode So you can go proper off-road so you can deliver your goods in the depths of winter to the hilliest hill in hilly Wales Being a commercial vehicle means that if you buy this Suzuki Jimny through your business You don't have to pay VAT on it. It's good that It's got big back window and no bulkhead Which means that you can actually see at the back quite easily, which you usually can't do with many other commercial vehicles Are your feet filthy? Well, if you're worried about treading Sheep all over the interior of your Jimny don't worry. Look you got rubberized mat So you can just wash it off quite easily Let's be honest. Not that many people would want a commercial vehicle version of the Suzuki Jimny However, we should be thankful that it exists You see Suzuki had to axe the normal passenger car version of the Jimny because its emissions were too high that they faced fines But this way people who didn't get a normal Jimny can still enjoy the Jimny Experience sort of just in a slightly less enjoyable format Underneath the bonnet is the same 1.5 litre petrol engine you get in the normal Suzuki Jimny. It pumps out the same colossal 101 horsepower 130 newton meters of torque and it drives the rear wheels under normal driving conditions via a five-speed manual gearbox I'm gonna launch it soon to see how quick it is. It's gonna be so rabid All right. Let's see what this commercial vehicle version of the Jimny is like to drive. Well, it's Identical to the normal Jimny and I'm pretty familiar with the car. Obviously only one. I think the Jimny is brilliant to drive in town I really do because you sit up high you get a good view out. It's very short very narrow So it's easy to squeeze through gaps in traffic and it's easy to park as well The controls are pretty nice to the steering's light and it's reasonably accurate lower speeds the gear shift on it. Oh it's actually got quite a notchy gear change, but it's quite short and Precise and the pedals are all nice and light as well and the brakes they're not jerky or grabby Car doesn't dive too much under braking. So it's all pretty easy to drive about one thing You do notice though is the fact that it's got a ladder frame chassis and rigid axles Bumps do send a shimmy through the car when you're going slow It doesn't really matter too much you get shaken a touch But it's not enough to put you off it and the positives far outweigh the negatives when you're just tooting around at lower speeds Another thing about it is it's got good turning circle being so short. It actually has a turning circle of under 10 meters, which is Reasonable means if you come to a mini roundabout like I'm approaching now and you need to go around it a couple of times because you're not entirely sure where to go because I've got sat-nav in your car because reasons You can go round and round Till you find your way look and if you do get it wrong, I need to go over a curb Of course, you've got that jacked up suspension. So it's all absolutely fine You won't really worry about damaging other wheels in this particular one because you haven't got any heavier for steels Where the Jimny isn't so good is when you start going a little bit faster So on the motorway because you've only got five gears and quite a puny engine doing around 70 miles an hour It's revving between 3 and 4,000 rpm. And because it's hardly any sound insulation in here. You just hear like It really is pretty tiring and then when you're on the motorway go past a lorry Or if there's any side winds this car just weaves about all over the place Constantly having to correct the steering when you get on a twisty road when that's a little bit bumpy like this is now you really Do notice that as you're going faster the body really shakes gets bounced about all over the place and that means that you don't drive it too quickly because you could end Up hitting a bump and skipping off into a hedge Also, it does lean a bit in the corners It does the steering while good in town because it's nice and light is now just very very slow and responsive It's not totally awful like some off-roaders. You don't have to keep correcting it, but it is just a bit lifeless and If you suddenly need to make it an invasive maneuver, you can't and this car probably tip over anyway in fact when I did that the Stability control completely f***ed itself and I could feel it breaking the car as it was going What the bloody heck are you trying to do to me? However, the slow steering the rigid axles the ladder frame chassis stuff They all pay off when you go off-road. So let's do some off-roading. Here we are then some extreme conditions Do you know what I've never taken my Jimny in anything as extreme as this It's not even been off-road mine and I'm running this one in rear-wheel drive mode and it'll still make it over this Most people buy Jimneys for fashion. They do nowadays. That's why they all sold out Anyhow, if I put this into four-wheel drive and low range mode, this thing is super capable. I've actually had it in a quarry I've taken it some slippery steps. I've taken it down like a rock walk. I've taken it on an axle twister I've even blasted it through this little course Really showed off its durability and manoeuvrability. It's mental off-road this thing. Anyway, that's enough of that Let's do what I actually came here for. You see I am on an airstrip I'm gonna launch the Jimny. So specialist timing gear is here. Let's activate that. Let's launch it. Here we go Go to the revs Listen to that engine sing Should that be scream? 60 in 12.62 seconds. What's the quarter-mile gonna be? Come on Jim? 18.81. Oh Okay, it's just not bad going faster than this car. It's got so much personality. It's just great in a weird way I love it. It's it is slow though. It's like Good round time, but when you try to overtake anyone Unless they're on a bicycle So then what's my final verdict on this commercial vehicle version of the Suzuki Jimny should you avoid it should you consider it should You shortlist it or should you just go right ahead and buy it? Well, I think most people should avoid it because yeah It's fairly rubbish on road and there's no creature comforts on this van base version nor any back seats at all However, if you miss the mark for Jimny the first time round This is your only way to get a new one and even though it is more expensive than the original car was back in 2018 It's cheaper than buying a used Suzuki Jimny because they're fetching over lists now. So yeah, do whatever you want I mean, I'm a bit biased though because I own a Suzuki Jimny, so I love them Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the video If you did, please give it a like if you didn't swallow your own tongue Let me know what you think of this van base version of the Jimny in the comments below Click on those windows there for some more videos and on that box there for a special surprise