I figure you have seen MANY video reviews of the new Jimny.
Most of them, as you already know, are positive, sometimes the reviewers simply pick a random feature and talk it down just to keep things .:unbiased:..
There is a plethora of reviews, where the Jimny does not get to show its true potential and in my opinion, the reviewers also tend to misjudge the car. Some even said it was FWD with on demand rear drive.
However, there are a few occasions in the material that I have seen, that stand out:
Russians
The manufacturer had been secretive about certain technical data, including acceleration times.
The russian crew simply took care of that missing info:
Acceleration measurement with a V-Box: 0-100km/h in 13s a whole second faster than the JB53 Jimny
Acceleration 0-100km/h at 4:00
Top Speed at 14:12
Also at the beginning of the video, there is a nice segment, where they zoom in onto the car from far away while the reviewer demonstrates its truly minute dimensions.
Italians
Alhough coming from renowned YT accounts/oldschool printed media giants, some videos contained ZERO offroading. If there was any offroading being presented by major printed media players, it was restricted to moderate speeds and very light terrain.
Then these italian crews came along and pushed the envelope, taking the Jimny to its limits.
They even managed to get a few FEET OF AIR jumping over and obstacle. They also did break a rocker panel and almost tore the rear light off during a serious rock crawling/dry river bed driving test.
Note how the AllGripPro system does not react well to repetitive on-off throttle input. What other reviews advise is steady throttle and left foot braking in rock crawling situation.
The italians also did a great job inspecting the underbody.
The Jump at 0:27
Thorough underbody inspection at 0:17, axles, transfercase, suspension and ladder frame.
Rock Crawling scene at 1:35
Germans
Then come the Germans with their BIER TEST. A father-son duo perform a test where the Jimny drives over a traditional german beer glas.
Bier at 15:35
Latvians
Latvians test the Jimny on an array of portable obstacles. Lots of bystanders as this takes place at a city square. Jimny amazingly drives up a steep slope with both rear wheels AND one front wheel on rollers.
Roller test at 2:20 - this is not available for embedding
enjoy the videos and post your yt treasures. Stay open to non-english vids, the world is full of people with talent, language is not a border.