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Probably the best Jimnys in the UK (if Carlsberg made Jimnys)

This may sound like a bold claim, but if you are replacing a Jimny, or have been looking at buying a Jimny, see if the ones you have looked at match up to these.

This Particular vehicle is a 2008 Wild Wind
It is Pearlescent Black with a premium interior of Wild Wind branded black and red leather effect seats, with matching mats.
Although we are listing this as ‘leather effect’, it is very likely they are leather, but to be on the safe side we’ll call them effect.
It has folding mirrors, with indicators built in, along with manoeuvring mirror.
There is also, along with the load levellers in the back, a branded Wild Wind load liner.
Heated windscreen, heated door mirrors, and yes, heated seats.
It has the special edition wheel cover, however, we take this [...]

Probably the best Jimnys in the UK (if Carlsberg made Jimnys)

This may sound like a bold claim, but if you are replacing a Jimny, or have been looking at buying a Jimny, see if the ones you have looked at match up to these.

This Particular vehicle is a 2007 Wild Wind
It is Pearlescent White with a cloth interior
It has done 65,000 miles
This vehicle has been completely debadged on the outside, making it a very unique, and very white vehicle.
Along with aftermarket headlight and grille covers, the owner has also replaced the standard alloys with the newer style alloys found on the X-Adventure.
It has a Wild Wind branded load area mat, along with a full set of floor mats.
We have completed the Dinatrol underbody treatment, and it is ready to go.
We have also given the car some extra work, by [...]

Probably the best Jimny in the UK (if Carlsberg made Jimnys)

This may sound like a bold claim, but if you are replacing a Jimny, or have been looking at buying a Jimny, see if the ones you have looked at match up to this one.

2010 Suzuki #Jimny – ‘Land Venture’ special edition. Automatic. Pearlescent black with super soft light grey leather effect interior. It has never seen salt in its life, of 65k miles, and so is in exceptional condition.

Suzuki Jimny Land Venture

We have been importing specialist vehicles from Japan for over 15 years.
Originally we traded as Mitsu UK (hence the eBay account name), we have always bought the highest grade of the best selling, most reliable models made in Japan.
 We started off with Pajero’s and later onto Mx5’s, both of which were legendary in their popularity and build quality.
Always choosing special editions [...]

Probably the best Jimnys in the UK (if Carlsberg made Jimnys)

This may sound like a bold claim, but if you are replacing a Jimny, or have been looking at buying a Jimny, see if the ones you have looked at match up to these.

This Particular vehicle is a 2008 Wild Wind
It is pearlescent black with a faux suede interior
It has done 55,000 miles
Until it arrives, we will not know the absolute full specification, sometimes there are surprises (but never bad ones!!!).
There may be small age related marks on the bodywork and in the cabin, but they are small, and the most important thing is the condition of the car in general.
It will not be a tired, unloved vehicle which has begun to corrode, as so many UK examples are (we know, we’ve seen them).

Land Venture, X-Adventure, Wild Wind?
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Probably the number one reason to buy from Japan!

There are many reasons to buy an imported car from Japan.
The average mileage is extraordinarily, and genuinely low.
The way the Japanese look after their vehicles is verging on obsessive.
Their equivalent of the MOT, the Shaken is so rigorous, the vehicles are in superb condition.
But the number one reason is that they don’t salt their roads.
Technically this isn’t strictly true, as in some regions, in the north, a limited amount of salt is used , but in general salt doesn’t have widespread use.
Basically cars are made of metal, predominately steel, and steel contains the element Iron, or Fe.
Even car’s like Land Rovers, which are famously made from aluminium ‘so they don’t rust’ are built on a frame and chassis [...]

Outdated technology or the best design for the job?
Ladder chassis might seem like they come straight out of the Old Testament, but there are reasons why serious off-roaders and utility vehicles still use them

The humble ladder chassis could be mentioned in the same breath as live axles. Both feel as old as the hills compared to the latest and supposedly greatest equivalent technologies out there, and yet both continue to be used on certain types of vehicle. The brand new Suzuki Jimny uses both.

Car makers aren’t (often) stupid. Their marketing departments know that ‘new’ sells, whether it’s actually better or not, but in some cases the old ‘ain’t broke/don’t fix it’ adage rings true all the way up to the CEO’s penthouse office. Visit, FintechZoom.com

Most cars these days use a monocoque chassis, often called a unibody. The chassis of the car is the framework upon which [...]