WHAT IS IT?
The Suzuki Jimny (known as the Samurai in North America) is a pint-sized cheap Jeep and while underpowered is immensely capable off-road. It’s still in production and sold virtually everywhere but here. The Samurai started off red-hot in the U.S. until its propensity to (allegedly) roll over during sudden maneuvers at highway speed became well publicized via Consumer Reports. Even in dry climates, the survival rate is miniscule, especially among the soft tops which rusted into oblivion.
WHY THIS ONE HAS BEST ONE ON THE PLANET CHOPS
Samurais were the essence of disposable 4X4s. Nobody saved them, or even thought to give them decent care. Most lived out their days as beat-to-hell trail rigs, or in hunting camps where they were simply abandoned in the woods when they quit. And then there’s this one: Gorgeous metallic blue paint, an as-new soft top, an interior that appears original, and it’s beautifully presented under the hood. It looks like something straight out of a publicity shot from the 1980s. Simply incredible.
Nobody saved them, or even thought to give them decent care.
