Re: Australian Import 1996 sj
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 6:38 pm
twiss wrote:Well here's a Hopestar 360, which was called the Suzuki Brute (after Suzuki bought hopestar)
1981 Suzuki SJ30
That and the 410... They do look identical, but technically they are different models... they didn't even make the SJ410 in 1981.
The started that in '82 in order to export it.
I suppose you could argue its the first European SJ...
as they never exported the SJ30s over here due to the law on how many parts had to be European.
But on the other hand you could argue that they are all Jimnys really anyway!
In Japan, LJs, SJs, Samurais, Jimnys, Vitaras... they are all Jimnys (vitara is "jimny wide")
I Read some where that they wanted to call them Jimmy s but the m got changed to an n - lost in translation or a mis-print, but it stuck and we ended up with the Jimny, I wonder what the translated version of the name is in Japanese because obviously jimmy isn't a Japanese name!
Edweird wrote:If you want to get picky mine's not the first european one, as in fact I have front discs, not drums.
Good point, as twiss said they came in the early 80's I think the early ones not only had drum brakes but a T-box that resembled an LJ's with out a 4wd light switch, I'd love to know how many SJ's are on the road! does anyone have any mates that work in the dvla? It would be good to see how many are left!
there is something i dont like about the new SJs and i took a while to realise what it was, but now i can see it