>one of the best off roaders in the world
>cheap ($15000)
>banned in the US
absolutely pathetic, land of the "free"

>>28462654 (OP)
Nobody would buy it even if they could... It's a terrible daily driver and it has pretty lackluster off road performance compared to an actual off road toy. Here in Leafland we've been able to import these for a while now yet nobody does.

>>28462660
Is it 2033 in Leafland already?

>>28462676
We can import shit at 15 years. Its's not like these have changed much in 15 years. Also you can import them new but you can't drive them on the streets.

>>28462654 (OP)
$15,000 +tip
2 door, 4 cylinder, 63 horsepower, 2 seater. It wouldn't sell in the US. As much as "enthusiasts" say they'd show up with a briefcase of cash to buy one, they simply wouldn't sell. Car enthusiasts are some of the lowest IQ people on the roads claiming to want something but when you present them with what they just described, they'll autistically screech its not the same and refuse to put their money where their mouth is.
>yeah I'd buy that, but its not BoF
>I got a handjob from a tranny in one so I refuse to buy it
>only lesbians drive those cars
>it'd be great, but its $10,000 overpriced
sort of bullshit excuses.

You could go buy a Suzuki Samurai or Geo Tracker TODAY but you won't. Why? umm uhh errr its old and used and just not good and its the wrong color!

>>28462654 (OP)
Suzuki left the US car market years ago.

>>28462688
I just bought
>2 door
>3 cylinder
>38 horsepower
>5 speed manual
>all wheel drive
>2 seater
For half the price and it's twice as useful

100% worth it.

Daihatsu makes this nugget.
Gives another reason to pillage Japan for their nuggets of happiness.

>>28463180
I'd go for the nihon women. Just for the qts.

>>28463180
Sunday crossword answer for "Car named after US president, 4 letters"

Toyota's latest update on the LC70 looks like a copy of the Jimny design. They're very similar on the road coming towards you

>>28462660
its not really any worse than plasticshit tonka toy jeep wrangler goymobiles that cost 3x as much.

>>28462660
I was pissed when I found out the Jimny still existed and I couldn't have one

>>28462654 (OP)
Internet always posts the 3 door, but I prefer the 5 door. They look like a mini Grenadier/Defender.

>>28463527
No it really is much worse which is saying a lot compared to a shitty Jeep. A Wrangler is still a much more usable daily driver.

It took me like 4 minutes to find this pic.
I dump everything into one folder and reset when it gets too big. My DL folder is like 300GB, do not make my mistake. If you want to forum post, at least try to sort your pics somehow.

I love the Jimny. This ones mine

how does it unironically work with imports in the US?
i always here cars are "illegal" there but like
you cant just go to japan, take a car, bring it home, and drive it?
whats the reason for that?

>>28466776
Bureaucratic faggotry. I'm so fucking sick of corporations fucking shit up for everyone, worldwide. If I was a fucking billionaire I'd try to change things for the better. Or who knows, existing billionaires with a fucking set of balls probably know something I don't about stepping out of your lane against the (status quo)...

>>28466787
okay, but whats the issue?
are only imports from certain countries banned or all imports that arent "imported" officially by dealers or what

>>28466799
the AAMVA is a group of dealerships that provide lists of recommendations to DMVs for what to enforce as policy. They bribe the dmv operators to just follow it blindly (sometimes, most of the time they just follow it blindly cus that's what they have always done lol)
We have a substate controlling our car laws

>>28466714
nice g wagon 2bh

>>28466799
>In the 80s Mercedes Benz USA (the dealers) got fucking butthurt that ~20% of new MBs sold were being imported from Europe and not through THEM. So, they backed a bill that banned all non-US market vehicles from being legally imported until they became 25 years old and gained "classic" status.
AKA Bureaucratic faggotry under the guise of "protecting the consumer from vehicles not built to US safety regulations" And don't even get me started on the Chicken Tax and CAFE

>>28466860
lmao and thats still in force?
absolutely crazy

>>28462688
Agreed, the potential market for one of these in the U.S. has to be absolutely tiny, that's part of why they stopped selling the Samurai .
That being said if they could somehow make a profit on the say, 5000 to 7000 units they may sell in a year in the U.S. (after the post hype sales surge), it would be a fun alternative to a clapped out Samurai or a nigh unobtanium M422 Mite.

>>28462654 (OP)
>30 second quarter mile
>"best"

>>28466865
>That being said if they could somehow make a profit on the say, 5000 to 7000 units they may sell in a year in the U.S.
Theres the crux of the issue: they might sell 5000 if they had some stupid loophole to come back and sell a tiny truck like this. They might sell 5000 over the first couple years. Thats laughably unprofitable because of the bureaucracy involved with selling a product in the US, let alone a vehicle. Plus tariffs, plus parts support, plus everyone who touches that car before getting to a consumer a commission has to get paid on it. Theres just no profit in cheap vehicles so you must sell a huge volume of them (worldwide) making the US market irrelevant where consumers prefer $50,000+ large vehicles.

>>28466714
>AI GENERATED CONTENT

>>28466805
>>28466860
Even if they meet the 25 year federal emissions and FMVSS exemptions the states can still play fuck-fuck games. My import has "NON USA STANDARD" stamped on the title because it wasn't federalized by a registered importer to meet FMVSS, despite it legally not being required to.

>>28466940
Nah man it's real, used my phone to blur the plate