1996 Suzuki Jimny · 4WD · 48,813 mi

If you are shopping kei trucks, this 1996 Suzuki Jimny, finished in Blue is one to look at. Built as 4WD with a manual gearbox. The number on the plate is JA22W-109933.

At a glance

• Year: 1996
• Make: Suzuki
• Model: Jimny
• Chassis code: JA22W
• Drivetrain: 4WD
• Transmission: Manual
• Odometer: 48,813
• Engine: K6A 658cc
• Colour: Blue
• Chassis number: JA22W-109933
• Body type: Kei Truck / Mini Truck
• Stock reference: BUC27170

A little context on the JA22W Jimny

The JA22W is the coil-sprung Jimny Suzuki built from 1995 to 1998. It keeps the ladder frame, the live axles and the low-range transfer case of the leaf-sprung car but rides on coils, and it moved to the twin-cam, turbocharged 658cc K6A. Enthusiasts tend to treat it as the sweet spot of the kei Jimnys: old-school hardware with the better suspension.

Shown on the clock: 48,813 miles, near enough 78,600 km. Suzuki's F6A and K6A three-cylinders were produced in enormous numbers across the Carry, Every and Jimny ranges, so the model line's service history as a whole is unusually well documented.

What you are buying

The 4WD Carry is the default working kei truck in much of rural Japan. The layout is the orthodox one — cab over the front axle, engine under the floor, longest bed in the class for the length — with a front axle you select from the cab. On a farm track or a building plot that is the whole argument for it.

Between $8,000 and $12,000 the market moves from ordinary trucks to better ones: later chassis, lower readings, fuel injection, air conditioning, or a factory option that is hard to find. The step up from the mid band is usually specification rather than condition.

How to take it

The 1996 build year puts it outside the 25-year window that restricts importing vehicles built to a foreign specification. You do not deal with the import paperwork; we do, and we organise delivery to your address. The asking price is $8,789 — contact us to reserve it.