Does the Suzuki Samurai Make it Up All 3 Stages of a Snowy Gold Mine Hill?
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Merry Christmas and happy holiday season. Thank you!
Ehem, baka Gaijin means idiot foreigner lol
It was called Maruti Gypsy, not Marati Gypsy. Maruti was very sacred car brand from India and they made cars in partnership with Suzuki
Just want to say I appreciate you all and also appreciate the "guy talk" between you guys. Don't worry about those millennials that are so impatient that they can't understand that type of communication but rather embrace their cell phones instead. Truly, it's appreciated.
Could you guys get a new jimny??? If so I would really love to see a review...
Right-on Ravi...
A 30 years old small suv putting to shame most of the modern ones, so satisfying to watch!!
In India we still have the original one produced till this day. The sales have gone down hill, but there is still enthusiast's going for it!!
BTW it's called as Maruti Gypsy in India!
Lol your name! The new stuff will do this too but the reviewers are pussies as are the manufacturers who whine if stuff gets scratched or broken. These new overpriced off roaders are press vehicles and written off as such. They should be pounded on!
Bottom line.... The Suzuki is capable as is Nathan.
@@FrankySilverFace hell to the ya...
daviesakiller i agree with you
It’s more like a street legal side by side
The sword sound effect when pulling the oil dip stick, got a chuckle
I heard it too and it was excellent...
That was fantastic.
Bought mine in 1987 for $8,050 brand new, and kept it for 15 years. I couldn’t kill this wonderful little guy even though I tried really hard. Even rolled it onto its side during a power slide in a parking lot. Three guys walked over and we pushed it back into its wheels. A convertible truck that gets 30 miles to the gallon; how do you beat that! Definitely my favorite vehicle that I ever owned.
That's why it's not allowed here.
I had a 1990 Samurai brand new and that thing got me through all seasons. My dad put wider tires on it and bought a custom removable hardtop for it. The best first vehicle ever! Nothing bad to say about it. That thing gets the job done. I had to rescue neighbors from being stuck in a snowstorm. I miss that little thing. My daughter wishes she could have rode in it. I kept it until 2003. Sold it to a guy who collected them. 😍
My first Off-Road jaunt was along the rugged, smoking lava coasts of the Big Island of Hawai’i in my sister’s friend Pete’s Samurai Hardtop...30 years later I still offer huge respect and thanks!
We made it over all that black lava to home, hibachi steaks and much saké...love you Suzuki Samurai! 🇯🇵
Of course it handled it because; despite it's diminutive size it IS a proper 4x4.
Seriously. Most people are shocked when I tell them it is frame on body construction.
I'm 36, and over the course of my life I've heard jeep guys talk trash about the samurai, but it has definitely been getting quieter- by now most guys have seen a sammie go places their rig won't and have realized that despite the size, it is all business.
I also live in Colorado, my samurai is getting forced induction next summer.
My buddy had one of these back in the day. 4 of us (bigger guys 250lbs+) were in it and going down the highway. We were going about 50 MPH and cars were honking as us in anger as they passed us. I told my buddy to speed up! He said, "I can't! I've got it floored!" LOL
It's not made for Highways..... anyway, you could just stop the car and get out, I bet no one could be in anger when look at 4 250lbs guys
@@giannidallemolle705 Of course it was made for highways... Just apparently not made to haul over 1k pounds. :)
I bought one of these new in 1988 when they started saying they were unsafe and the dealer had a big discount on them. It was a love it and hate it car. It was super fun in winter even with the stock tires it went anywhere I pointed it. Good in town commuter, winter driver, off road, and fun convertible, but horrible on the interstate in 80 mph traffic. Used for what it was designed for it was fine, as long as you have another car for weekend road trips on the interstate.
I would love to see Suzuki come back to the United States with the Jimny.
I've drove mine on road trips over 500 miles lol
When I was at a low financial time, I bought a small Suzuki hatchback (named a Holden) that had been around the clock at least once, but ran OK. It had the same 1,300cc engine as Nathan's SUV. It was really a lot of fun to drive, the gearshift was slick, and it was great to be mobile in something so cheap ($NZ700). I even managed to get a speeding ticket with it, but the female cop was gorgeous so it was hard to stay mad. When I traded it in, I made the huge mistake of changing the oil. The thick black gunk in the engine had kept it going. When I changed to 15-30 weight (as recommended by the dim girl at Supercheap Auto) The motor started visibly smoking. It failed to get a Warrant of Fitness, and my trade in was reduced from $750 to $250. I nearly made a profit. Apparently the advice for elderly engines is to use 40W oil to keep the smoke where it belongs.
One of the best videos you have done, you had way too much fun. Toyota and Suzuki are building cars together. Toyota needs to re badge this and bring it to Canada...and the U.S.
Merry Christmas.
If Toyota rebadged it. The price tag would double the current Jimny price.
I'd buy the Jimny if it were available.
I've heard rumors of this happening, but I highly doubt it. if they do it'll either be nothing like the Global Jimny (like the Ranger) or end up like the Roxor as an off-road only vehicle
Been waiting for you all to take the Samurai up Goldmine Hill. I've a 88 1/2 that I've owned for about 16yrs I love it! Gonna keep it stock except 225 tires on it. Keep it stock more fun will last longer.
My grandfather bought one in the 1986 hardtop, and We still have it. We repaired the engine 5 years ago, it has ported head (.40 are the degrees of the cut for the head). has bigger pistons (from suzuki forza or swift gen 2) for high compression. It has a custom manifold with 2 inch pipe to the back. Now it has around 100hp. It has a 2-inch lift kit with 8-inch wheels and Cooper tires for mud (30/9.5/R15). My father used it every day for 27 years to go to work. and still used daily for everything, work, hang out, to go hunting and some mudding grocery store jajaja
I had one of these 20 years ago in Alaska. It was bone stock except for studded snow tires and could go where none of my friends could go with their "real" off-road rigs.
The first time I left them was on a big snowy hill that we couldn't walk up. I got to the top, moved out of the way and waited, and waited, and waited... then got out and went to look. They weren't coming... stuck at the bottom. LOL So I snaked my way back down and around to where they were and said, "Come on, It's easy. You just do it like this, " and went back up. LOL
This is the video that I was waiting for. In all stock form with stock street tires. The entire series of this samurai makes me want to buy one now.
Love the samaria. As a child my uncle use to own one. He ran out of oil once which he quickly learn to check often but blew the engine. He decide after that to put a rotary engine which amazingly made it the best samurai in town, at that time. Not sure going off road but definitely in a straight line.
Miss my Samurai, 2 inch lift and a rear locker made it a giant killer, even on mild tires
Autolocker or ARB-type setups?
Lol that oil dipstick sound like samurai katana
"...leave all my underwear to Mikey" 😂😂😂 Clever way to address the ever popular "Nathan must be Mike's dad" Thanks for this Christmas morning merry adventure, Nathan! Always fun to watch you conquer the terrain.
Maruti* gypsy. We can buy this 35 year old generation new in India. Just walking into any nearby Maruti~Suzuki dealership ask if they have it and they will take an order and deliver in 02 weeks. 2018 tho is the last year of its production in India.
I saw someone put on a $450 Jeep lift that fits these, and they had massive articulation at a fairly low budget. You can make these things extremely capable for a low budget. And probably break less than a Jeep in the process.
That was plain awesome.
5 years watching tfl and im loving you guys doing the older car vids mixed with new cars keep up the awesome content :)
cody Buffington vf
As a previous samurai owner/builder its great to see one get pro quality video time.
I brought a Samurai new in 1987 for 7995.00. No power anything, it didn't even come with a radio. It was slow and horrible on the highway, but unstoppable off-road. Even in the stock configuration, I could get through stuff bigger trucks couldn't. It never failed and would start even when temps were well below zero. These videos make me miss it, but the north-east winters slowly ate up the little Samurai's body. R.I.P.
Years ago I had a grey market left hand drive 84 SJ410 (the model before the Samurai). That had the "mighty" 1L 4 cylinder. I never have had more fun with a vehicle since. Drove it for 10 years. At 65 I now drive a Tacoma, but would buy a new Jimny in a heartbeat as a second vehicle if they decided to sell them here.
Ahhh. Memories. Did a good amount of work to mine but came time to move on.
Its still in production in production in India. 35 years they've been making it with just a couple of engine upgrades. Production is ending in March, and i wanted one before it was over. So I wrote a cheque and now i have a brand new 1983 Samurai. Long wheel base, soft top, 80hp 16 valve 1.3L. No AC, no tach, no power steering. Its like ww2 jeep with 1982 japanese engineering. Its stone simple, crude as a hammer, and I absolutely love it.
Finally, you put on the banzai head band right side up! Thanks for the video, I drove a vintage Samurai (Jimny) in Koh Samui Thailand. It was a challenge!
Nathan is a beast. No coat or sweatshirt when the outside is covered with snow
just restored a sj410 from 86 nearly everything is new and it runs completly fine ....1 year of work for an eternity of joy :D
I love how tight-knit the TFL family is!
Great video. Love that you're giving the samurai the attention it deserves
I owned one and put a lift on it with 30” skinny mud tires on. It was great fun. These things are very capable, even in stock form. The engine was really the only thing holding them back from greatness. I remember being on the interstate going 50 mph, screaming in 3rd just waiting for the next downhill so I could pull 4th. Lol. Great times in that rig.
I had no lift on my Samari and had 235/75r15 Wrangler MTR's and all I had to do was remove the front bumper (amazing how light and useless it was) and replaced the bumper bar with a flat piece of wood that I painted black. No rubbing at all. That thing went through some serious stuff. It is a great water car, I could go in water that was 3 feet with no problem at all.
Nathan you’re commentary made this video fun. Good job merry Christmas
When a tire says M+S They really mean dry pavement with maybe a little bit of rain.
In the UK, M+S means Marks & Spencer, the retail store. 😆
@@crashbox7130 hahaha
A friend of mine had one back in the early 2000's and he loved driving it in the winter. He may still have it.
This video is so much more fun and satisfying to watch then giant $50k+ behemoths loaded with tech and driven mostly by people from the suburbs...Good Job Guys!:)
It was Maruti Suzuki Gypsy in India. A classy smooth SUV, it was such a craze back then in late 80s and early 90s. Suzuki Samurai was in fact a motorcycle in India, 100 cc I think, again quite famous in the 90s.
NATHAN, kicking ass and taking Samurai names, the JX410 always kicked ass and still make most modern equivalents look silly. I live in central Canada and our dealership use to sell these new back in 1987 before the cars were brought to Canada and all the different models sold themselves. They were and still are reliable durable easy to service and always started in the coldest weather and had awesome heat in them like the Volvos we sold. I f Roman decides to sell it ,let me know and I'll buy it from you guys. I know the best Suzuki mechanics in my city.
I drove one brand new as my demo and my boss put snow tires on it and there was never ever a problem in any kind of snow/ice.
The samurai is a great offroader.
S. O. A. (spring over axel) lift is cheap and easy. If I remember right with the SOA, you can fit 33-35s. The chevy 4.3 fits nicely up front.
Merry Christmas and thanks for a good chuckle and a fun video!
Seeing you checking the oil reminded me of an old friend we lost a few years back . In the early 80"s Ronnie had a old Bronco the used so much oil he used to take 5 gallons of waste oil with him when he came out on the weekends . Any time he stopped he would raise the hood and add oil .
hey friends, great video. i have an 89 samurai and I'm telling you now that what you did here was nothing compared to what that little thing can actually do! seriously! you will be amazed what you can do with that little beast!!!! Merry christmas :D
I got a 87 for free, just had to get out of an older couples side yard where it sat for about 6 year. Towed it out to the steet put a battery in it a few gallons of gas with sea foam and hit it with some starting fluid and she fired up. We aired up the tires and drove it about five miles home.
We had to flush the radiator all the oils and put on new brake, hoses and belts and I drove it for about three years. It got a shackle lift and 235x75x15 AT tires and took it all over hell and back. It finally ended up a hunting rig in South Texas and is still in use today. They are great little 4x4s and am on the look out for another one.
My 1988 Dodge Raider (Mistubishi Montero) was nearly as small and light. I embarrassed several of my friends who had big 4WD trucks about 20 years ago. They would suggest we take the Raider on some of our crazier hunting trips here in New Mexico after they had seen it in action. The Samurai is basically less of the same. And that's a good thing. When I was a teenager, my hunting vehicle was a surplus 1942 Willys Jeep. I miss the Jeep AND that old Raider.
I told you so! The Suzuki Samurai is possibly the most underrated off-road vehicle ever. Even with completely inappropriate tires, mixed bad road surface, the little Samurai easily scrambled up that challenging mountain. Imagine what it could do with proper off-road tires? OK so putting a set of new tires might double the purchase cost of the Samurai, but it would be worth it. Maybe TreadWright makes a recycled off-road tire with aggressive thread in that tiny size.
I had an 87 Samurai, I did the Spring-over-axle as well as a shackle lift and fit 32's under with very minimal rubbing - only at full lock. I then re-geared the transfer case and had no problem with fairly extreme rocks and river beds. The gears also made it very drive-able on the highway even with the much larger tires.
Nathan calling himself a foreign idiot was great. I'm glad to see the little Samurai actually able to make it up GMH.
Many an adventure from 89-93. Off road, beaches, road trips with a top speed of 60. Bought a sidekick in 93 and got 170k with minimal maintenance. Four wheel drive never let us down. Good memories
So all those "my Samurai could make it up that hill" comments were right!
Samurai Don't Care!
Had one back in the early 90's . Froze your ass off in the winter but that thing was super capable off road and in deep snow.
Great little video, I love my Zuk. If you do a spring over swap, be sure to get a proper kit and do it right. You'll have to sort the shock mounts, ubolt mount plates, axle perches, steering pitman arm, extended brake lines, diff/driveline angle adjustment and likely a spacer or two. Check out sites like Low Range Offroad and Zuks Offroad to see what the various lift kits involve.
There are also YJ jeep leaf spring swaps you can do which give better flex and ride quality due to their longer length, a few other kits like Old Man Emu 1.5" etc...
Cheapest option? Slap a 1" body lift under it, put some knobby 30" tires on and just drive it! Add a $150 lunchbox locker in the back axle if you're feeling adventurous. They're a blast in any form.
Merry Christmas!
Ahhh! I’ve been waiting for this one! Thanks for the Christmas gift TFL! I agree small lift and some aggressive tires is what Zoe needs!
Thank you!! That is what I been waiting for!! To see it go up GMH!!
Had an 87. Miss that thing. Great vid Nathan.
MINE WAS AN 881/2 MODEL TEAL GREEN and I pulled a 5z10 trailerall over central Florida, loved it
I have a 93 SideKick 4dr 4X4 264k miles it is great, goes anywhere. Only time I got stuck was when I was in a white out blizzard and went to drive around a car stuck in a drift and drove off the road down a 3 ft embankment filled up with snow. Almost got it out when a snow plow showed up and gave me a pull. I love Samurai's always on the look out for one seems all are gone in the north east.
Please keep featuring this samurai. I like to imagine each of these videos brings us a little closer to getting the Jimny in the U.S.
I had a 1997 Chevy Tracker which was a rebadged Suzuki Sidekick. It was very reliable and the 1.6 liter engine was a gem. Sure the 95 HP wasn't going to win any races, but with a 5 speed manual, it wasn't too bad. The manual locking hubs were a bit of a pain, but I never got stuck in snow. Driving in high crosswinds was scary as hell and going up steep hills...not recommended...lol.
Had an '84 SJ410 when I lived in the Virgin Islands, I believe the samurai is the SJ413. Four wheel drum brakes, 1.0 liter engine with a sidedraft Mikuni carb, and went anywhere. Suzuki was the most underrated Japanese marquee, it's a shame they don't have US presence anymore.
I saw a Samurai in person first time in my life last month. Never saw one before in last 30 years
My father had a Geo Tracker for years and replaced it with a Suzuki Grand Vitara V6 in 2010. He doesn’t know what to have next. He would buy another Grand Vitara if it was possible. All other 4WD vehicles are either too big, expensive or have reliability issues! We miss you Suzuki! :(
he'd be best off sticking to used vehicles anyway tbh. closest you could probably get is a 2012 Suzuki Equator (a truck based on the Nissan Frontier, the same Frontier still being made today for the US) but they are aging
I opted to keep alive and restore my 1990 Geo Tracker which I paid $500 for than to buy new. First item was an ARB bumper for $800 LOL, and now, 5 years later I got a pretty decent and reliable every day ride without the unneeded complexity cars have deteriorated to today.
Nathan is one with the Samurai.
jjmarz1001 more like sumo lol
According to the samurai way, what happens when one fails a mission? Hehe
Hey not too correct you or anything but we had a Suzuki Jeep back in the middle 70's in Florida, it had no designation other than Suzuki Jeep, was mustard yellow and came with Military tread tires. We got it because of the 70's gas shortage and kept it until the early 80's. The Jeep was two seat, cargo area in the back, only a steel bar to swing up and lock in place instead of a actual door, with canvas top and canvas door's. Buying Engine Air Filters was the biggest headache because they had to be ordered from Japan. The Jeep was the very best off road vehicle I've ever experienced. Thanks for doing this review.
What?! None of you guys have a cat? But, I guess I can forgive you guys, because it was a fun video to watch. Many moons ago at the other side of this planet I drove a 780 kg (1700 pounds) Renault 5 in snow and ice up a hill, where real offroad SUVs were stuck and I learned first hand, the best vehicle on snow and ice is the lightest one. The exact point that you mentioned at the end.
Quick spelling correction. Its Maruti Gypsy, a popular make in India. Love you guys!
As long as Nathan and a mike don’t get in at the same time it will probably survive TFL.
Laugh the whole duration. Thank you Nathan for a perfect christmas gift for us hardcore Zook fans... Btw, It's giving me nightmares not being able to own the new jimny. That thing is absolutely smashing. The new article on Top Gear has so much goods to say about it when compared to the new G Wagen. Oh! And it can do 176 km/hr meaning 108 m/hr. Oh Suzuki please do something.
I hit 87 mph in my '86 Samurai once. It was terrifying.
I remember seeing those Samurai in the mid 80’s they were so cute and reliable although very light duty and they had a following. Price wise some people were buying two at a time
Great episode Nathan. The Samurai is a fun little offroader
Had an ‘82 when I lived in Guam. Could not get it stuck. I drove around a stuck CJ5 in a mud hole. Got it airborne a couple times. After scuba-diving I hosed down the inside to get the salt water out.
Change the spark plugs to get a bit of the that performance back.
"Performance"
It would be cool if they did a v6 swap or a sidekick swap
Altitude doesnt help
Exatly what i did to mine 2001 with 235.000km 1.3l 82hp It is smoother and a bit faster too
Wonderful to watch. Still a few of these on the road here in Canada 🇨🇦. Now we would like to see try the 2019 RAV4 on the same trail...don’t know if it will last 20 years plus.
I drove up Gold Mine Hill last weekend with my vintage Yugo. With snow tires, no problem at all.
I've been waiting to see this Suzuki being run up here ever since Roman bought it, I'm happy now.
Great video, and I had no doubt that Nathan would get that Samurai up that hill, it was a good run.
But the only reason why that 'worked' was because of the head band, you know that, don't you? LOL.
Here in Australia they were called Sierra JX. Light, go anywhere fun car. A bit bouncy on road. Hose out easy care interior. Easy to roll over too if you push it too much.
Well, the Sook is awesome. Spend a coupe 100$ on some decent tyres and a basic service. This one you should take good care of.
We need the Suzuki Jimny in North America; Through Toyota or GM...
well GM has no ties with Suzuki anymore, and Toyota may not be interested.
@@cpufreak101 I think Chevrolet Niva in Russia is made over there under the GM name. The Lada company
I would buy a Jimny in a heartbeat if they were available in Canada. I had a 99 Suzuki Sidekick brand new. Loved that 4x4.
@@scannermb Chevrolet Niva? I just had to look it up, it was never sold here in North America, closest is an actual Lada Niva that was made available in Canada (as for some reason Lada proved popular there for a while)
Please make this Samurai a project to lift this and put better tires! Or s a series to build the cheapest most capable offroader!
I think there's a happy-medium on weight. While snow-wheeling above Central City, my friend ran his TJ off the trail into the snow. Pulling him out, forward, meant doing all that off-camber on this trail. When I pulled him, with no lockers, running Phantom all terrains, starting off in 4-hi and 2nd gear (typical street start), ...all I saw where his Jeep's headlights burred in snow for 20 feet then popping out onto the trail. There was no effort, no sliding, and Roy called this stock farm truck a, "beast."
With me inside, the truck weighed in at nearly 5,000lbs. From my experience, this is a sweet-spot. That old truck has been through many 7/10 Colorado trails and countless snow-wheeling trips without a single issue. Had it been any lighter, Roy's jeep would have remained off the trail for a few more days.
I have feeling that Nathan has bought the samurai!
For a long time was in two minds about buying a brand new Samurai (they were being sold in India uptill 1st March 2019 under the label of Gypsy). Thanks to this video, ordered one in December and took delivery of my brand new 2019 MPFI Gypsy which produces 80 BHP and 108 nm of Torque. With slight rigs in the suspensions, a rear locker and all terrain tyres (very cheap mods), it does wonders (actually performs much better in competition spec tracks than the toyotas and isuzus being sold in India, which are ofcourse triple the price of a Gypsy.).
Cheers.
....we have owned a Samurai for 33 years...
...we have resided at 9500 feet in Colorado for 37 years...
...little Samurai got us home every time...
Great little trucks. Loads of them used to come along when we were off roading in our Landy’s back in the UK and they are excellent off road.
Somebody once told me you should never switch your axles and springs like you suggest in the video though. It puts incredible torque stress on the U bolts amongst other issues.
Over here in Europe they were also used for snow plowing, mostly even on the sidewalks as they're just about small enough.
I need to buy a bandana like yours... I use my samurai everyday for my farm work I and play a lot with my friends who have fancy new suvs and kind of jeeps, but when I buy a bandana like that, wow, I'll be a super hero. Love you videos, keep going ;)
There is a reason there is a huge wait list for the new one when it was announced to come out soon.
Wow this was the best video ever.
I can't believe that the Suzuki done that. It's a very old and tiny car
Well done! That was fantastic!
In Chile it is called the Jimny and is being sold with a 1.3l 84hp 110Nm engine and 4x4 with low range. The price is 13K USD. The new model is expected next year.
It was absolutely brilliant! Merry Christmas.
See, the headband on properly helped!
Awesome video. I got a Jimny and watch your videos a lot. I always wondered why you guys only drive big cars and wanted to see you pushing a Jimny to it's limit. This counts as well! Hehe
We missed you Nathan! This video is awesome!
One of the photos you show was a Rickman Ranger- a British kit car based on Ford running gear👌🏻
in Indonesia this car called suzuki katana and still the beast for offroad , hobby and jeep collectors
Wendy Bombril Katana from the erlier model, Jimny for the last year also the caribian for the pick up model.
Love them ! They are the Greatest little all purpose 4x4's Ever ! Hope the new one Live's up to this little Legend. Had 6 of these as Rentals in Australia never had any problems, Tough AS, little off roader's ! Yep You Need one !!!!!
Nathan’s videos are always the funniest 😂😂😂
Indian Army still uses this and they work perfectly
sure they are way better than mahindras
You mean Maruti Suzuki Gypsy?
He said Marati instead of maruti. Lol
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