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2013 Suzuki Jimny Sierra on sale in Australia

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By Tim Beissmann
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The 2013 Suzuki Jimny Sierra is now on sale in Australia, with the compact four-wheel drive sporting a new front end and a refreshed cabin.

The upgraded pint-sized off-roader features a redesigned grille and front bumper for a tougher, more rugged appearance, while a new air intake on the bonnet assists engine cooling.

The cabin of the four-seater Suzuki Jimny Sierra also scores new fabric upholstery, which rounds out the changes to the 2013 model.

The 63kW/110Nm 1.3-litre four-cylinder petrol engine carries over unchanged from the old model, using 7.3 litres of fuel per 100km when teamed with the five-speed manual transmission and 7.8L/100km with the optional four-speed automatic.

The updated Suzuki Jimny Sierra is available in dealerships now, priced from $18,990 driveaway for the manual and $20,990 for the automatic. Alloy wheels add $1000 to the price of both variants.

The third-generation Jimny is one most enduring vehicles on the market, having launched down under around 14 years ago at the end of 1998.

Despite its age, sales of the Jimny are up 66 per cent so far this year, with 696 sold across Australia to the end of September.


 

  • AndyGF

    I couldn’t help bursting out with laughter at the last photo in the article… It looks somehow surprised that is trawling through mud…

    Its the same look a cat will give you when you have to give it a bath (if you have to)…

    • yay

       (=’.'=)

    • Robin_Graves

      I dont think it would be phased by a little bit of mud, these things go a lot of places that ‘real’ 4WD’s cant

      • Jez

        Yeah, these cars are surprisingly good off road!

    • Abiwankanabi

      Actually, I find sometimes I do have to bath the cats – for my own enjoyment obviously :) ))

    • no soft-roader

      You obviously don’t know much about Sierras – they’re the most capable off roader out there this side of a Landcruiser.

      Better in some situations due to their light weight / short wheelbase.

  • Pro346

    A real offroader:-)

    • Gust

      I guess you havnt driven one then?

      • Matt

        It’s this new thing called sarcasm, kids these days…

        • matt

          i guess neither of you have driven one? lol a real off roader it is… go further then a patrol or cruiser…. idiots

  • Matt

    Such a gutless engine and yet uses so much fuel.

    • Yetiman

      Because you need to rev the engine all the time.

    • BLAHBLAH

      Seems like a bigger engine would of been a good choice.

      • Zaccy16

        yeah at least the 1.5 out of the swift

        • Troll No. 47

          What a pity it isnt available with a little turbo diesel. A 1.5 TD with a 6 speed manual would be the shot.

          • Zaccy16

            Yeah very good idea!

  • Sumpguard

    Ironically despite the comments above regarding cats in water and gutless engines this is one of the most capable offroad vehicles around. Light weight and short wheel base are hard to beat when the going gets tough.

    I read a review against several 4×4′s some years back and they took them across Australia through some truly rough country. The sierra came second and was beaten only by the landcruiser. The decision was all down to that light weight working against it in flowing creek crossings. Everywhere else it won.

    $21000 is small change nowadays if you want a capable off roader that doubles as a vehicle that’s also easy to do the shopping in and parking’s a breeze. I can still see the appeal of this car. I’ve seen plenty attached to A-Frames behind motor homes over the years and with good reason.

    • Michael Lock

      Just don’t drive them too far if you’ll need a double kidney transplant, apart from that just brilliant offroad, especially in the coastal areas playing in the sand.

    • AndyGF

      Irony; is a comment from someone called sumpguard, for a car so desperately in need of one…

      ^_^

    • Gust

      They are one of the only cars you CAN attached to an A-frame behind a motor home. thats the only reason you see them.

      • 3D4

        That’s BS…

      • Big Mac

         Absolute rubbish.  i have seen Vitaras and a RAV 4 behind motorhomes.  The main reason is that Suzuki are prepared to put their reputation behind their cars and allow the tow frame to be attached, very few other manufacturers will do that.

    • Henry Toussaint

      I like this car as well and would like an older model as a first car.

      • MisterZed

        Your sense of humour needs work.

    • Matt

      Wow 60kw! What’s grandma’s yaris putting out these days?

      If you’re in the market for a landcrusier or similar I don’t think a Jimmy is something you’ll be considering.

      • matt

        dude? get over yourself! it weighs stuff all over a yaris to start with and anyone in the market for a cruiser of similar would definatly not be in the market for one of these, we get it you dont like mini 4wd’s….. amazingly other people exist … and want one

        • Matt

          Wow, defensive much? An engine that produces 60kw of power yet uses 8L of fuel (not even counting real life figures) to do so is a *very* badly designed engine.

          And duh, if you read the person I replied to he seems to think they’re in the same market.

      • Robin_Graves

        A hayabusa is 1.3 and puts out 145 kW roughly. This engine is tuned for flexibility – not some figure on a brochure.

    • hugespud

      I remember that review, in one crossing it floated.

  • 3D4

    Great real off-roader with solid axles.. It’s lifespan without major changes speaks for itselfs..  Well done Suzuki 

  • MisterZed

    Um, Caradvice, small correction – this isn’t available in all of Australia. It has no ESC so it’s illegal to sell in Victoria. I don’t think I’ve seen ONE in the past 5 years anyway.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Karl-Sass/100000921334936 Karl Sass

      So that explains why I don’t see any of the little buggers getting around : (

    • Speedy X

      there are other states apart from victoria !

  • horsie

    what is the safety rating ?

    • Henry Toussaint

       I assume it would get around a 2-3 star safety Rating as it only has 2 airbags and abs..

      • MisterZed

        And of course, no ESC, so it can’t be sold in Victoria.

      • Zaccy16

        yeah probably 3

  • Jimbo

    If the Swift and Alto have esc and all round airbags, why can’t Suzuki fit them to the Jimny. Just up the price a little if cost is the problem… Seems silly to me.

    • Jimbo

      Plus a little diesel wouldn’t go astray either! I’d pay $23-24k for one if they addressed these issues.

      Struggling though the dunes in SA in a $90k work Landcruiser one of these little buggers cruised past us in our lumbering beast like we were not moving. Great little 4×4 in the right set of circumstances!

      • Simon

        Yeah, it *wants* a turbo with the new bonnet vent – I have heard these are pretty good off road due to their dimensions and weight.  They should do the soft-top again like in the original Sierra!

  • ABCDEFG

    No mention of DSC / traction control? If it doesn’t have those, it can’t be sold in Aus.

    • MisterZed

      Yes it can.  Only Victoria bans cars that don’t have ESC.  The law in the rest of Australia only applies to *new* models that are introduced without ESC.  *Existing* models that don’t have ESC can be sold indefinitely.

  • SirRob

    Typical Suzuki, same attitude with their bikes.  ”Let’s put a bonnet scoop on and change the seat fabric, and call it the next year model with upgrades”.  No idea.
    But, those buying these don’t care and probably love the scoop to help cool the massive horsepower-heat from the 1.3 forklift engine.

    There, that’s my whinge :)

  • davie

    Hired one one of these on Fraser island. It was simply unstoppable in the sand. 

  • Frank

    Suzuki makes great cars, shame about the lame effort used to promote some of their vehicles as seen here with the use of OS media. Also evident in some of the rehashed photos they’ve been using on their website for some time now – AKA SX4 – gallery; they still have photos up of the SX4 Sedan which is no longer being sold, and some of the SX4 Crossover photos being used are from one model back.

  • horsie

    yes its true. for some reason suzuki have never marketed the SX4 properly in australia. most people don’t know what one is. 
    They sell truckloads of them in the USA due to low price and ability on snowy roads. 

    • MisterZed

      Not true. SX4 currently sells at a rate of 1000 a month in the US, which is dismal. In Canada, it sells at double the rate (per capita), but still only comparable to sales here in Australia.

    • Awolak

      Yup. here in Canada they sell very well… but only in the city. I live in a very remote area and most ppl drive huge diesel pickups. But most of them wish Canada had a vehicle that is 4 cyl, good on gas, has solid axles, and can take you anywhere at an affordable cost. If they sold the sierra here they would sell out like hot cakes. Noone wants to spend $60000 for a new truck of suv thats both reliable and capable. Jimny sierra all the way. Wish I could get one. My Grand Vitara is very capable, but the bushings on the lower controll arm break every 50000km. Why make a vehicle with a great 4×4 system and not back it up with strong suspension… redundant I say 

  • grumpy

    the bonnet scoop is probably the same one they sell in europe,pretty sure you can get a diesel one over there.They should have stuck with the sierra name though,not added “jimny” to it.i used to own a 97 coil sprung sierra and regret selling it.It was a really fun car and went just about anywhere even on road tyres,beaches were best  suited to the car.They could do with a longer range out of the fuel tank though,the one I had only used to get around 350km,but then it was only a 40L tank!

  • Phil

    Look at the bodyroll ON GRAVEL. I hate to think what it’s like on tarmac.

    • Sumpguard

         They pass the moose test. Many years ago (1980′s)  the original sierra had a roll over problem which actually made it onto 60 minutes. The track was widened amongst other things and the vehicle passed later tests.

    • Legnab

      Yep they flip , far too easily , bit old hat .

  • Farhrnz

    The jimny diesel is no longer sold as Suzuki no longer has a relationship with Santana that supplied the engines (santana may even be bust). It was a 1.5 litre model but was only left hand drive.
    I think this is a stop-gap facelift before a completely new model comes out in 2014-15.

  • JimnyFan

    I have a 2010 stock Jimny except for A/T tyres and a snorkel and the look on Patrol and Landcruiser drivers is priceless when I catch up with them on some of the hard tracks…

  • Shonahp27

    We are thinking of buying a jimny to tow on car trailer behind out motor home. Was wondering how much camping stuff we can store in it, with out making it unsafe to drive, we won’t be doing much in the way off 4WDing. In saying that we will still be taking it on some corrugated roads that u find in Australia.

    • Dsghsdfg

      If you remove the back seats, you’ll have enough room to put 4 medium size plastic tubs plus a little bit more neatly at the back and a roof rack can take max 30kg (including its own weight). If you a lightweight type camper, 2 people for a week will be the max I’d say otherwise you’ll be looking at a couple of days. It also depends how much driving you will be doing because the tank is only 40L and extra fuel would mean additional room and weight.

  • Jono

    A scaredy cat no,a thirsty car yes at highway speeds,but in town like they was designed for in Japan mine runs on vapors and i use mine on the beach weekly as well as some mud fun and its very unlikely to get bogged,in fact ive tried to make it stop in sand and it wont,ive never let air out of the tyres and its a standard Jimny 
    I tried to teach my wife  to drive a manuel gearbox in it and she broke it,parts are a killer to find and very pricey.
    When i have had the misfortune of having to drive long distances in it,its a pretty horrid ride and i would rather ride a GSXR in a winter rain storm.
    Windscreens seem to habitually crack,windscreen wiper hose leaked into cabin and it now stinks inside.baby seat in back means front passenger is face planting the dash every hard brake.
    But i love it as it takes me to normally unreachable and uninhabited places without any fuss and i have never 4x4D before,
    It has got claws and they will pull you out of anything NO SKILLS NEEDED- INCREDIBLE!