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Suzuki Jimny vs Fiat 500X

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Suzuki Jimny
Suzuki Jimny

$30,490 - $37,490

2024 price

Fiat 500X
Fiat 500X

2019 price

Summary

2024 Suzuki Jimny
2019 Fiat 500X
Safety Rating

Engine Type

Turbo 4, 1.4L
Fuel Type
-

Premium Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
-

5.7L/100km (combined)
Seating
-

5
Dislikes
  • Would get tiring on a long trip
  • Quite spartan in terms of features
  • Low power, surprisingly high fuel use

  • Iffy transmission
  • Oddball ride
  • Slow
2024 Suzuki Jimny Summary

You really can’t please everyone, can you?

It seems like just about every example of the wildly, ridiculously, immensely popular Suzuki Jimny barely had time for the suspension to settle as it parked in the showroom before it was being snapped up and rolled out for a customer - in fact plenty of Jimnys probably never saw a showroom floor, such was the length of the waiting list.

But even then, you all wanted a bigger version of the Jimny. It’s never enough is it? 

Fine, says Suzuki, here’s an even more easy-to-live-with version of the adorable 4X4 that everyone wants, and these examples will probably continue to fly off the shelves too.

But is the XL just that - a Jimny with two extra doors? Or is there more to it than that?

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2019 Fiat 500X Summary

Fiat's indomitable 500 is one of the great survivors - not even VW's recently deceased New Beetle could keep riding the nostalgia wave, partly because it made itself just that little bit out-of-touch by not being a car anyone can buy. The 500 avoided that, particularly in its home market, and is still going strong.

Fiat added the 500X compact SUV a few years ago and at first I thought it was a daft idea. It's a polarising car, partly because some people complain it's capitalising on the 500's history. Well, duh. It's worked out well for Mini, so why not?

I've driven one every year for the last couple so I was keen to see what's up and whether it's still one of the weirdest cars on the road.

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