Suzuki Jimny (Mexico)

Posted by Pale-Succotash441@reddit | Autos | View on Reddit | 34 comments

Why aren’t these available in the USA??? I just got back from Guadalajara, and these reminded me of the old Sidekick. Saw both 2 and 4 doors driving around.

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Daph@reddit

They used to be available in the USA a long time ago as the "Samurai"

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Arch-by-the-way@reddit

And no one bought them. But we’re blaming lobbyists I guess.

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im_failing_chemistry@reddit

Nobody bought then because jeep lied about them.

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Drzhivago138@reddit

Consumer Reports aside, they wouldn't meet modern safety or emissions regs in the US.

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im_failing_chemistry@reddit

Yeah but the new ones could I'm sure of it. If we can have smart cars we can have the Suzukis. How much emissions does a 1.3L or a 600cc motor put out anyways?

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KinkyMonitorLizard@reddit

we're blaming them for not being able to buy them now.

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Arch-by-the-way@reddit

And that’s dumb because lobbying has nothing to do with companies knowing Americans don’t buy these

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Apple_Slipper@reddit

Also known as the Geo Tracker or Suzuki Sidekick there.

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Ibuilds@reddit

Sidekick and Tracker are called Vitara in the rest of the world. The Suzuki Vitara is still made and is similar to a Rav4

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Ileana_llama@reddit

i live in mexico and hate this things going 70km/h on the highway when the limit is 110 😅😅

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hungryhummushead@reddit

Like many here I so badly want one of these in the US. This would be the perfect car for here in Philly, shit roads, tight roads, and a little car that can park anywhere.

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JustAtelephonePole@reddit

That’s my next vehicle, assuming the USA ever partakes in the futuristic present of other nations’ automotive offerings.

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neanderthalensis@reddit

I wish Suzuki would assemble these in Mexico so I could buy one in the US

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mcard7@reddit

Me too. I’ve wanted a amigo or a samurai since high school.

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-HEF-@reddit

i haven't spoken about my Amigo in decades but it came up last night in a bar conversation. it was def one of my fav vehicles. '98, red, stick, V6.

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Of course stick, but navy with the top down in Utah mountains in the summer time. Rolling through the days listening to music and camping at night with friends drinking around a campfire in some random mountain peak.

Lake Powell, watching summer volleyball, rugby league.

My favorite summer boyfriend had one at the time and like a bad teenage movie I’d fall for him every summer and break my heart every fall when I had to move back to my normal life.

So much fun but I loved driving that stick all summer while he was working at the mountain.

Plot twist: The teenage love story was with the car, not the boy.

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KinkyMonitorLizard@reddit

To piggyback off /u/im_failing_chemistry

The US automakers couldn't compete with cheaper gray market sales, you know due to being shit, so they bribed the government to block them for 25 years.

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Drzhivago138@reddit

The US automakers couldn't compete with cheaper gray market sales, you know due to being shit, so they bribed the government to block them for until a car is 25 years or older.

Ackshually, the 25-year rule was lobbied for by Mercedes dealers in the US, not the Big 3. They didn't like that people were gray market importing Benzes optioned in ways other than MBUSA would sell them.

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