In 1987, this little Samurai actually outsold the Jeep Wrangler two to one in North America — serious 4WD buyers trusted its off-road chops over the bigger Jeep.
Median 127 hp across 125 similar cars
Lead trim: F10A 1.0 L SJ410 (45 PS net) · up to 84 hp
Nobody in Burbles has spotted a Suzuki Jimny 1000 / 1300 SJ40–SJ413 / Samurai yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactIn 1987, this little Samurai actually outsold the Jeep Wrangler two to one in North America — serious 4WD buyers trusted its off-road chops over the bigger Jeep.
The regular (non-kei) Jimny. The SJ40 Jimny 1000 arrived in Japan in August 1982 to replace the LJ80, sold as the SJ410 in most export markets (Sierra in Australia) from summer 1981, with the F10A 970 cc four (45 PS net, top speed 68 mph; Japan claimed 52 PS gross at 5,000 rpm) and a four-speed. Body styles ran from half- or full-door soft-top convertible to hardtop "van" (low or high roof or no-glass), plus a long-wheelbase pickup (350 kg payload) and, from autumn 1983, LWB convertible and removable-hardtop estate versions. In November 1984 the Jimny 1300 (JA51; SJ413 or SJ50 abroad) took a 1,324 cc G13A, a five-speed and disc front brakes; around 1988 a widened SJ413, first sold in North America in 1985 as the "Samurai" (the width being the main difference), followed. A late-1991/early-1992 facelift brought the 1,298 cc G13BA (SJ51); in May 1993 the regular Jimny returned to Japan as the Jimny 1300 Sierra (JB31), and the coil-sprung JB32 of November 1995 had a 16-valve G13BB at 85 PS (sold abroad 1996–98 as the SJ80 Samurai/Sierra with the older G13BA). Santana Motor built it in Spain from March 1985, dodging Japanese import limits. The JA71–JA22 kei models are already in the catalogue.
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VerifiedFIRST · WORLDWIDEFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVERThis Jimny generation had a soft-top built in exactly one place: the Canvas Top, debuted at the 1999 Barcelona Motor Show, came only from Santana in Spain through 2009.
5 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F10A 1.0 L Jimny 1000 (Japan, 51 hp gross) | 1982–1988 | 1.0 L Inline-4 | 51 hp | 59 lb-ft | — | 4WD | — | — |
| F10A 1.0 L SJ410 (45 PS net) | 1981–1988 | 1.0 L Inline-4 | 44 hp | 59 lb-ft | — | 4WD | — | — |
| G13A 1.3 L Jimny 1300 / SJ413 (1,324 cc) | 1984–1992 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 63 hp | 74 lb-ft | — | 4WD | — | — |
| G13BA 1.3 L Samurai SJ51 (1,298 cc, from 1991–92) | 1991–1998 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 67 hp | 74 lb-ft | — | 4WD | — | — |
| G13BB 1.3 L 16-valve Jimny Sierra JB32 (Japan, 85 PS, from November 1995) | 1995–1998 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 84 hp | 78 lb-ft | — | 4WD | — | — |
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